https://www.avcat.jp/next/avnews/2024/08/02/dcs-new-flagship-hongkong-av-show-debut-6box/ Can anyone translate the poster?

It’s a purely untuned percussion piece (I think the first ever) and yes it has these sirens making an extraordinary noise. He also has this thing called a “Lion’s Roar”, which is a large drum head with a cord that is pulled through it. Supposed to sound like a lion roaring, but actually sounds mo…

[image] aublumberg: Hands up … who had ‘Varèse’ on their bingo card? Frank Zappa raised his hand…:wink: [EDIT] quote FZ: “No Varèse, no jazz; no jazz, no Elvis; no Elvis, no Dylan; no Dylan, no Beatles: none of us would be shit without them. No Beatles, no Frank Zappa; no Zappa, no Mother…

This is what Frank Zappa did, inspired by Varèse: Frank Zappa - Pedro’s Dowry: [ - YouTube] Frank Zappa - G-Spot Tornado: [ - YouTube]

[image] PAR: However is it a Vivaldi Apex replacement or a model placed above it? If you look at the Vivaldi Apex’s measurements on Stereophile, it’s got a stunningly low noise-floor of better than -140dB; doesn’t surprise me that dCS didn’t feel the need for any standalone PSUs, there’s noth…

[image] Anupc: Considering how successful the Vivaldi was, perhaps an attempt to pick another “V” named unit? :thinking: Varèse’s compositional output was revolutionary . I expect the dCS Varèse to be named because of that.

[image] aublumberg: Hands up … who had ‘Varèse’ on their bingo card? :wink: [image] Headphones Burn-in Support This album will do: :sunglasses:

My guess on the dual analog outputs on each unit is to allow you to start with a single unit in stereo mode then upgrade to two on mono. Gives a lower point of entry and an upgrade path for the future.

Not sure, but would be nice. The rear text seems to read DAC Left / Right. Two outputs eg to a speaker amp and to a headphone amp.

No, I think @Anupc is spot on, this is a new flagship series with a dual mono DAC architecture addressing one of the few areas of measured performance where the previous flagship, Vivaldi, had meaningful room for improvement, namely channel separation. Syncing L and R channels (potentially even mul…