dCS Varese vs....

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My theory is the unique true mono dac design creates this much lower noise floor.

Having gone through the technical literature and the hard to read patent I would also include the ACTUS system. It is supposed to "clean" the critical timing/noise issues due to digital transmission to the DAC modules.

 

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The dCS, on the other hand, has a much lower noise floor, and that’s probably a big part of why you hear more detail and everything comes across cleaner and more precise.

For me I find hard to say it is just a lower noise floor. The dCS Varese seems to present more information than other DAC's and less artifacts.