Advice wanted on how best to integrate a DSP (Accuphase DG68) into my system

Sam, I’m sure Accuphase makes excellent products, but, it’d be an awful waste of dCS’ Ring DAC to be putting the Rossini’s output through an A-D/D-A stage (especially one that uses merchant ESS DAC chip) :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

If you look at the functional block diagram of the DG-68, you’ll see that it can do everything you want it to do, completely in the Digital domain!

You really don’t need to use the DG-68’s A-D/D-A stages at all. Meaning, you can equalise your system in the digital domain, and send its processed digital outputs to the Rossini and onto your Pre-Amp, in other words; DP-560 --> DG68 --> Rossini --> Pre-Amp --> Amp.

The DP560-to-DG68 HS-Link2 can remain a separate path to your Pre-Amp on a separate line input, and all your other Digital sources would go to the DG-68 instead of the Rossini, which would then be just a pure DAC for the digital output of the DG-68 (which is exactly what dCS’ are renown for :wink:)

You’ll still be able to enjoy the full digital-signal-processed/equalised benefits across the entire chain including with the Rossini inline. So, the steps to equalise your sound would remain exactly as described by Accuphase. :+1:t3:

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