Good morning, I’m new to the group. I recently bought a debussy and I loved it so much that I wanted to upgrade. My options would be to add an NB or switch to a Bartok. what do you think? thank you so much

[image] Javla: My options would be to add an NB or switch to a Bartok. Fundamentally it depends upon your budget. Even buying used Bartok will be significantly more expensive than Network Bridge. As Bartok offers considerably more than Network Bridge then, everything else being equal, it is…

Thanks Pete… I am afraid your are right. But I wonder if the NB will be better than the Bartok streamer because of better isolation… perhaps the Debussy plus the NB is not far away from the Bartok. I know it is not the same money but perhaps if I find an affordable Bartok I can do the switch.

Bartok is going to be superior to a Debussy/ Network Bridge combination. Although the network boards will be more or les similar, the Bartok DAC is a later and better generation. Further it is now Bartok v. 2 ( software upgrade 2020). The increased speed of processing compared to earlier iteration…

The NB was designed exactly for that purpose…Being used with older than Rossini and Bartok dCS dac… It is is the best streamer option with your dac. No other dac on the market can make the most of the dual AES digital input. The only on problem is finding a second hand NB. It is true that the NB …

Thanks Cris… yes, that´s my question. There are some around for 2.5-3k and the Bartok is around 9k…all used of course. But if a sell my Debussy I am not too far. Thanks again

Anup this is oerhaps a semantic issue in the use of the word “support”. All that the dCS statement says is that Network Bridge will still be supported in versions of Mosaic. There will not be other firmware versions in the future for example.

Are there only benefits for high res files with the dual aes? O there are also benefits in overall SQ?

The reason for dual AES compared to single wire AES was not for SQ per se. I was because the AES 3 protocol at the time l( turn of the century) limited AES to the carrying of 96kS/s. So dual AES cable was developed to carry split data to sum above 96 KS/s. The AES 3 protocol has developed beyond t…

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Anupc (Anup) September 19, 2023, 12:11am 8

Thats not the case Chris, the dCS Network Bridge is absolutely still Supported by dCS.