After purchasing an ex-demo dCS Vivaldi Apex dac I didn’t rush for the Upsampler Plus and/or Master Clock. Knowing the dac is ‘only’ part of a digital playback system given the price these days I looked into alternate possibilities and stumbled upon a used Aurender W20SE at irresistible price.
I now kill two birds. Upsampling availability, clocks in sync with Vivaldi’s word clock output (master) into Aurender’s clock input (slave) using dual AES.
Would the use of a dCS Vivaldi Upsampler and/or Masterclock outperform my solution? Dunno, but I still don’t feel any need to figure it out, it’s that good!
And last but not least: Aurender’s Conductor app is terrific!