Article: dCS Takes My Audio System To Another Level

[miguelito]

Couple of things...

1- John visited me in NYC, I was having some issue with (the first release of) MQA in the Rossini. John is a technician, a gentleman, and represents everything dCS stands for - amazing. I'll be a customer forever.

2- Rossini v2.0 is truly amazing. I experienced the same as you and I would add my soundstage acquired more depth.

 

Finally... Can you publish your AXPONA 2019 playlist please?

[miguelito]

Curious about this RPG Room Sizer thingie... A google search took me to RPG EU, but can't figure out a way to the software.

[miguelito]

23 hours ago, MarkS said:

Ditto from me on all the comments regarding John Quick. He’s helped me innumerable times over the years. 

 

Regarding the Rossini DAC (while I will catch a lot of crap for what I’m about to say at its price), I think the Rossini is one of the best values in high end audio and for sure in dacs. I’m a very fortunate Vivaldi owner (partial stack - no transport), the Rossini v2 is darn close. If you can do the Rossini, you will not be disappointed. Ive heard it many times, and it is a world class dac. 

I have not listened to Vivaldi on my system so I cannot say, but I have Rossini and master clock, and it sounds amazing. The addition of the Vivaldi filters and mapper in v2.0 was just amazing.

 

More importantly, I have had an amazing experience with dCS in terms of evolution of the platform (via firmware updates, for free!!!). This is in extremely sharp contrast with my horrible customer service experience with my previous DAC (which was not much cheaper at all).

 

Kudos to dCS for an amazing product, support, and the pleasure I get when I listen to music every day. Flawless.

[miguelito]

On 5/7/2019 at 7:52 PM, bobflood said:

It is no surprise why high end headphone listening is so popular. For many there is just no practical way to overcome a bad room. The other option is to sit in the near-field like you did but then in effect you just have a giant pair of headphones. There are several reviewers out there who do just that. I have seen pictures of their systems and they have these massive speakers in a tiny room. It does take the room out of the review equation.

Funny enough, I enjoy listening to my system from afar also. My speakers (Avantgarde Duo Messo) are definitely not usable for near-field. They are positioned firing along the long side of the room and the presentation you get when listening from ~ 27ft away (vs the sweet spot listening position of ~16ft away) is quite different. It is basically like sitting in the back of a club vs first row, quite like that actually, and it’s fun for how much more relaxed it is. Some pics of my room in my signature’s url.