The reason I didn't spend much time in the room is that a Rossini Apex DAC is on the way to Port Townsend for review. Before long, I hope to have a handle on the sonic ramifications of the much-heralded Apex upgrade to dCS's Vivaldi and Rossini DACs and players.
From one box to three. On May 24, dCS introduced the new three-piece Lina headphone system. Lina includes a dedicated Network DAC ($12,750), headphone amplifier ($9100), and Grade 1 master clock with dual crystal oscillators ($7300). Due to ship at the end of June, with several videos and explanatory articles expected before then, Lina developed organically after head-fi lovers welcomed the optional class-A headphone amplifier that can added to the one-piece dCS Bartók streaming DAC with built-in upsampler and preamplifier.
