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Originally Posted by C4STR0
Very impressive. Those dcs units are very expensive. I was actually just looking at the vivaldi upsampler today. What exactly does it do? A redbook dac like the DC-81 can get upsampled by that unit? Maybe i dont even want to know considering the cost.
So you have not heard the DAC-50?
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The signal flow is: source > (room correction) > upsampling > DAC.
The Vivaldi Upsampler does network streaming and upsampling of all sources connected to it (upsampling from standard PCM to high def PCM, DXD and DSD; signals must then be fed to a DAC, which can handle these formats). DC-81 DAC can only handle 16bit 44k or 48k.
I have not heard the DAC-50, only the units I mentioned (and owned).
FYI (off topic)
dCS offers three systems: Vivaldi (four separate units or one box), Rossini (including optional CD transport or with separate SACD transport) and Bartok (including optional headphone amp).
All three systems feature network streaming, upsampling and proprietary technology DAC (Ring-DAC).
www.dcsltd.co.uk