Not long home from the Rossini demo so herewith my impressions while the sound is still fresh in my head.
The demo was only of the Rossini player. No Dac or clock the latter of which is not yet readily available even for demos.
Some context first. 15 foot square room but well set up. Stillpoints ESS stand, Ultra 5s and SSs, Silver Tellus, Powerus and 2 Silver Minimus, Entreq Challenger and Konstantin cabling,new Vitus Reference integrated amp, Melco streamer (which I didn't hear because of time constraints), and very new Bowers and Wilkins 800 D3s not yet released generally and only about 100 hours play time, So in many ways very similar to my own set up (details in profile).
Played Abcko Let it Bleed CD and Emanuelle Haim Le Concerte D'Astree version of Handel's Messiah which is a top class recording and obviously much newer than the Stones CD.
First impressions were a lovely open and musical sound. Voices very clear and intelligible with great timing and dynamics. Overall not up to my own system but almost certainly down to the speakers and amp. My Kipod Signature passives and Vitus SIA 025 are clearly superior and the Rossini could not be expected to overcome the limitations of the demo amp and speakers. Bass in particular was not as full and rich as through my nine inch woofers. Having said that the Rossini was impressive and would I am sure sound much better in mine or another higher end system.
Looks very elegant and the build quality stood out, The DAC in the Rossini player has the Vivaldi technology and I am sure would be great with other digital kit and I would judge beat the Debussy as would even more so the dedicated Rossini DAC whih I am sure is going to be a tremendous performer, but not needed for the Rossini player.
I am a fan of SACD so the Rossini for me would need a Paganini or Scarlatti transport to play SACD by AES which is another option for me as I had been thinking of adding a Scarlatti DAC to my Puccini/Scarlatti word clock.
So yes a great addition to the DCS line up but I am sure I did not get to hear its full potential for the reasons set out above. Should you audition the Rossini player or DAC? Unquestionably yes.
Hope that is helpful.