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    DCS Vivaldi

    Have you updated to the 406 version of the Upsampler firmware? Have you found it changing anything “sonically” or operationally? https://www.dcsltd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dCS-Network-Firmware-Release-Notes-28406295b15d.pdf
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    DCS Vivaldi

    I was initially using a Puccini clock with my Vivaldi. I then had a few bucks and bought a lightly used Vivaldi clock. I could not believe the difference. I thought it made more of a difference than when I got the Upsampler. I asked John Quick about cables and since at the time I was going to...
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    DCS Vivaldi

    It’s now out. The Vivaldi MQA update for the DAC and Upsampler. I used the check for new firmware in the Vivaldi iOS app. It downloaded and installed the few version, 2.10 for the Upsampler. Called my dealer and he said the DAC firmware 2.11 disc will be ready SOON, he’s trying the upgrade out...
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    Confessions of an Audiophile Junky-I Got Center Stage With Pitch Perfect Sound

    My Vivaldi DAC sits on a Synergistic Research Tranquility base which is on three Stillpoint Ultra 6’s which is on an HRS M3X. Would Center Stages be beneficial anywhere in this mix?
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    For those using Ethernet to your DAC

    Using TP-Link Gigabit Ethernet Media Converters, with iFi Ipower wall warts, Plex on the switch and drive. dCS Upsampler has galvanically isolated Ethernet input.
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    For those using Ethernet to your DAC

    My system consists of 20 ft Wi-Fi 5G ac to remote router extender. From there, 10 ft hardwired to switch. Also, hard music drive to the switch. I connect the switch with Audioquest Vodka to fiber and the output of the fiber with Vodka to my DCS Upsampler Ethernet port. The sound is quite...
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    Dark Field SS vs Dark Field DFE v2

    Wondering if putting rubber bands across the gap of the DFS would do anything like the band on the new models?
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    Help me beat my CD Transport

    Well I’m pretty happy using Roon with my Upsampler converted to DSDx2 (which I really love). Did anyone notice that Soulution/Axiss was using their Olasonic CD-1 ($550) with their 560 DAC at RMAF? Hmm, are they trying to tell me something because I am thinking about a transport for my small...
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    DCS Vivaldi

    Wonder if it has anything to do with the upcoming upgrade for MQA?
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    DCS Vivaldi

    John Quick of dCS gave me the 2.02 disc at the LA Audio Show. I put it in my Oppo UDP-203 using coax digital out to the Vivaldi, and everything worked flawlessly.
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    2017 Cable Guide

    Just to be sure, the Sigma HR now replaces and combines the functions of the Sigma High Current AND Digital AND the Analog?
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    DCS Vivaldi

    Well, we've seen MQA on the Rossini. What about the Vivaldi? Will it be software/firmware only, or will it need an "electronics" upgrade for best implementation? And, I wonder when? I want to hear my Roon MQA albums :)
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    Magico M3

    I just listened to the M3's. Wow! I've almost always thought my system at home was about the best I've heard anywhere. I have Magico Q3's. The the new speakers are lustful with the right equipment and room. My room is not that great, the equipment very good. BUT, they are VERY EXPENSIVE! What I...
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    Corning Optical USB cables

    I was thinking more about just the actual cable replacement. (Galvanic isolation would have been an added perk.) If I installed it between my Auralic Aries and Vivaldi DAC, would the systems resultant audio quality be better than my Audioquest and almost any high-end USB cable?
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    Corning Optical USB cables

    Anyone tried these. I'm wondering if this would be as good as a very high end USB cable like my Audioquest Diamond? Galvanic isolation?
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