dCS 新旗艦：dCS Vivaldi

[Leo Yeh]

World Premier in 2012 HK SHOW

Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual show - dCS launches the Vivaldi Digital Playback System - a new four-box range which represents the pinnacle of their ‘no compromise’ approach to product design and sets a new standard for the future of digital audio playback.
Comprising separate Digital to Digital Upsampler, CD/SACD Transport, DAC and Master Clock in a powerful yet elegant industrial design, Vivaldi delivers unmatched sonic and measured performance by using the latest groundbreaking technology from dCS, including next-generation versions of their Ring DAC™, Digital Processing Platform, and Clocking System.


Vivaldi is designed to play music from any source and processes all high resolution PCM music formats up to DXD (24 bit data at 352.8 and 384kS/s), plus DSD. The optimised DSP filters and clocking architecture ensure listeners can extract every last nuance of musical detail and feeling while tuning the system to suit their personal preference.


Vivaldi DAC utilises the next generation of the state-of-the-art dCS Ring DAC™ which combines exceptional linearity with very high speed operation, enabling it to deliver true 24 bit performance even at low signal levels. The new dCS Ring DAC™ used in Vivaldi represents the most significant reworking of the design in its 20+ year history, and it incorporates a number of important technical advances that have resulted in enhanced dynamic range, reduced jitter, improved channel separation, and greatly improved musical realism.

Vivaldi Upsampler can access music from any digital source (PCM digital inputs, USB, UPnP network streaming, iPod™/iPhone™), converting the audio from its native sample rate to either high resolution DXD, DSD or standard high resolution PCM. The array of independently selectable digital inputs and filter options in Vivaldi elevates the performance of Red Book CD from CD Players or high resolution audio from digital streamers and servers to a previously unsurpassed level.

Vivaldi CD/SACD Transport has been designed to extract revelatory levels of detail from both CD and SACD. It features a Dual-AES output that supports DSD or DXD and a completely new chassis design that provides separate power supplies for digital processing and CD/SACD mechanism circuits as well as near-silent operation.

Vivaldi Master Clock features two banks of clock outputs capable of outputting different frequencies simultaneously, thereby improving ease of use while minimising jitter. Used as part of the Vivaldi digital audio playback system it improves on an already spectacular sound and takes it into an entirely new domain. Images snap into sharper focus, the music displays a substantially greater sense of authority and power, and most importantly offers noticeably higher resolution of fine detail.

2012 Worldwide Vivaldi System Premiers

Hong Kong > 10-12 August - RADAR @ Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show 2012

United States > 14-15 September - dCS North America @ Ears Nova, New York City

United Kingdom > 22-23 September - dCS Ltd @ National Audio Show 2012

Japan > dates TBD - Taiyo International - Tokyo

[Leo Yeh]

[Leo Yeh]

除了DSD全面支援外
Upsampler還多了UPnP網路串流

[將軍]

看來,一堆dcs的愛用者又要破費了!!

[c7c]

看來,一堆dcs的愛用者又要破費了!!

將軍家裡的 CH 沒有那麼快上斷頭台吧！？

兄有沒有去聽過 Constellation 的前後級，聽了一下就覺得很不錯。

[將軍]

哈..CH沒那麼快啦!!
Constellation 聽過多次,是不錯.
但要將現役的紅獅子幹掉,是還有一大段路要走.
我個人的癖性要求:
功率線性不符合的,先淘汰!!

[chsiang]

我覺得轉盤好大台, 好有wadia的fu.......

希望有打開的照片看一下裡面到底塞了甚麼需要這麼大一箱......

[c7c]

哈..CH沒那麼快啦!!
Constellation 聽過多次,是不錯.
但要將現役的紅獅子幹掉,是還有一大段路要走.
我個人的癖性要求:
功率線性不符合的,先淘汰!!

嗯，我覺得 CH 還有自家的 Clock 及外置電源未上場，進步空間還是令人期盼的。

紅獅子嘛，回去真的要好好硏究。

[c7c]

我覺得轉盤好大台, 好有wadia的fu.......

希望有打開的照片看一下裡面到底塞了甚麼需要這麼大一箱......

會不會是因為缐路版是垂直擺放，像 Lindemann D680一樣？所以這麼高？

[archimedes]

聽說是因為這個轉盤內部是上下兩層結構，但具體是那部分放在下面就沒有留意了