dCS new price-list 2023

Hi all,

Happy New Year!

Today my local dCS distributor came up with the new dCS prices for 2023.

In Euro, September 2022 → January 2023:

BARTÓK 2.0
Upsampling DAC / Network Streamer 19.900 → 19.900
Upsampling DAC / Network Streamer/ Headphone Amp 25.000 → 25.000

ROSSINI APEX
Upsampling DAC / Network Streamer 32.800 → 33.000
APEX Upsampling CD Speler / Network Streamer 35.900 → 36.500
CD/SACD Upsampling Transport 27.700 → 27.700
Master Clock 11.600 → 11.600

VIVALDI ONE
APEX Upsampling CD/SACD Player/Network Streamer 92.000 → not listed

VIVALDI APEX
Digital to Analogue Converter 42.500 → 45.500
CD/SACD Upsampling Transport 46.300 → 49.000
Master Clock 21.900 → 24.500
Upsampler Plus / Network Streamer 27.000 → 32.500

APEX Upgrade Rossini DAC & CD player, Vivaldi DAC & One 7.900 → 9.900

UNIVERSAL REMOTE Universal Remote Handset 875 → 875

I can only react with a gasp.

This is , of course, not the price that dCS themselves seek but is what your national distributor wants. The UK prices which also include the distributor’s mark up and VAT make an interesting comparison. You can see them online if you google the distributor.

Hi Pete,

Can you please point me to the UK prices? I cannot find them on the website of Absolute Sounds.

The prices are in the list for all products handled by them for 2023:

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Wow pretty remarkable

Thanks Pete.

It shows huge differences between locales. I have added between brackets the UK prices, converted from Pound to Euro):

BARTÓK 2.0
Upsampling DAC / Network Streamer 19.900 → 19.900 (UK: 17.776)
Upsampling DAC / Network Streamer/ Headphone Amp 25.000 → 25.000 (UK: 20.033)

ROSSINI APEX
Upsampling DAC / Network Streamer 32.800 → 33.000 (UK: 30.225)
APEX Upsampling CD Speler / Network Streamer 35.900 → 36.500 (UK: 33.184)
CD/SACD Upsampling Transport 27.700 → 27.700 (UK: 25.483)
Master Clock 11.600 → 11.600 (UK: 10.670)

VIVALDI ONE
APEX Upsampling CD/SACD Player/Network Streamer 92.000 → not listed

VIVALDI APEX
Digital to Analogue Converter 42.500 → 45.500 (UK: 39.126)
CD/SACD Upsampling Transport 46.300 → 49.000 (UK: 42.683)
Master Clock 21.900 → 24.500 (UK: 20.158)
Upsampler Plus / Network Streamer 27.000 → 32.500 (UK: 24.900)

APEX Upgrade Rossini DAC & CD player, Vivaldi DAC & One 7.900 → 9.900 (UK: not listed)

UNIVERSAL REMOTE Universal Remote Handset 875 → 875 (UK: 564)

Yes, big difference but I would regard it as interesting only. These comparisons are not likely to be precisely like for like and it is really difficult to make a true comparison of goods prices between countries as so many factors other than the item itself may apply n one place and not in another.

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A full Vivaldi stack here now costs Euro 151.500, whereas in the UK it costs, converted to Euro, 126.867… A difference of Euro 24.633.

Indeed :wink: