Article: dCS Takes My Audio System To Another Level

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The dCS Rossini quickly got a reputation for having "digital done right" - so it's all about the DAC working a lot closer to producing a clean signal. The better the rig is at not producing obvious flaws, the less the speakers, setup and room matter - at an acceptable, for me, quality level the room you're in completely ceases to exist; the sound field projected by the system completely dominates your auditory world.

 

Why is digital normally so lacking in the things that matter, subjectively? Hmmm, ... go and have a talk to the engineers ... .

[jay]

I too would love to see some details about the mono test please?

[Temporal_Dissident]

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I had Vicoustic conduct an analysis of my room and recommend acoustic treatments to reign in the liveliness of the room. 

@The Computer Audiophile Was this a "virtual" analysis done remotely? Or did someone come on-site? 

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, Temporal_Dissident said:

@The Computer Audiophile Was this a "virtual" analysis done remotely? Or did someone come on-site? 

The Vicoustic part was all done remotely because it's all science / math. The tweaks and tuning was done first by John Q. from dCS and later by John G. from Wilson when my new speakers arrived. 

 

Here is a PDF of the Vicoustic analysis. I sent them tons of info about the room and received this back. 

 

pp.1964.18.int.pdf

 

 

[Temporal_Dissident]

Impressive.

 

I am getting a little nervous about the new system I am building. Because we are doing this in our living room, as opposed to a dedicated listening room, I have very (very) little flexibility when it comes to speaker placement, listening position, and acoustic treatment.

 

My wife loves music and is fully supportive of my move from inconspicuous, in-ceiling speakers to large, floor-standing speakers. Here "support" is not unlimited. She is an architect, interior designer, and artist. Pulling speakers >18" away from the wall and gluing foam panels all over the walls is just not in the cards. 

 

Basically, I am banking on good luck. I will know how it sounds in a few weeks.

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 minutes ago, Temporal_Dissident said:

Impressive.

 

I am getting a little nervous about the new system I am building. Because we are doing this in our living room, as opposed to a dedicated listening room, I have very (very) little flexibility when it comes to speaker placement, listening position, and acoustic treatment.

 

My wife loves music and is fully supportive of my move from inconspicuous, in-ceiling speakers to large, floor-standing speakers. Here "support" is not unlimited. She is an architect, interior designer, and artist. Pulling speakers >18" away from the wall and gluing foam panels all over the walls is just not in the cards. 

 

Basically, I am banking on good luck. I will know how it sounds in a few weeks.

You can always use a little DSP to correct things. Your Roon setup enables this pretty easily.