Those are some rather hefty numbers!
At one point I thought a possible path to updating the Vivaldi would be:
eliminating the LED display User interface box
a stereo DAC instead of two mono DAC’s
a Clock
a Core
in other words a 3 box set (with the potential of a transport) just like the current Vivaldi DAC, Upsampler, and Clock.
With those prices it would mean potentially:
Stereo DAC - 45,000 gbp instead of 90,000 ??
Clock - 32,000 gbp
Core - 75,000gbp
ie 152,000 gbp - which unfortunately would represent a significant price jump over the current Vivaldi.
Perhaps a lower price Core would help.
And while we are at it…updated Rossini would simply be a lower spec version of the Stereo DAC above plus a lower priced version of the clock - two boxes as currently made.