Hello everyone, and greetings to all the experienced dCS owners here. I’m fairly new to the Vivaldi family, although I’ve been a dCS enthusiast for many years. I recently had the opportunity to try a dCS Vivaldi DAC Apex, and honestly, the sound completely changed my expectations. Once I heard it,…

[image] MartinLeong: is any reason to prefer a factory-built Apex unit over an older unit that has been properly upgraded to Apex. In essence, no. However although there have been no significant hardware changes AFAIK, it is essential that the earlier model has been kept updated with softwar…

Great question Martin and I think this is important for everyone to know. So, for the record, although minor changes can occur during a product’s lifecycle, such as specific components ceasing to be available and being replaced by equivalents, all products that are returned to the factory for repai…

Hi Andrew, thank you so much for taking the time to give us such a clear and powerful official answer. Honestly, as a dCS owner, this means a lot to me. For many of us who are working people and have to work hard and save in order to afford products at this level, buying a dCS is not simply buying…

Trust me on this, dCS will 100% look after you now and going forward, I can full hold my hand on my heart and tell you this. The after sales service you will get from them is second to none,as been said every thing goes back on the test rigs and won’t leave unless it passes and it’s not a quick test…

Hi Andrew, I bought my Rossini Apex brand new three years ago and did not know of the existence of the SNAPHAT batteries inside; I assume the batteries need replacement, so how many hours of use do you recommend before replacing them?

You don’t have them in the rossini its only the vivaldi range, due to when it was designed. Plus its about 10 years i believe they recommend is a good time to change them, but as said you don’t have any

Thanks, Duncan, for the info. I am now relieved.

As Dunc says, these batteries are only used in the original Vivaldi units. The search function is your friend: [image] The Vivaldi backup battery: questions dCS Products Hi Erno, The Vivaldi range uses a battery backed RAM/RTC to store unit settings, such as…

Andrew, thanks for the clear answer.

Not sure why you would buy a “newer” vivaldi non apex and upgrade versus an “older” vivaldi apex’d unit. These aren’t automobiles… buy whatever is cheaper (vivaldi apex or Vivaldi + apex upgrade)

Vivaldi vs Vivaldi Apex — Is the difference really this big?

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AndrewS (Andrew) September 29, 2026, 6:17am 29

Sorry, I have no inside information to share. I refer you to James’s last post on the subject.