Name: Rossini APEX Player
SKU: 245585

Product Details ＋

Dive into your beloved CD collection and enjoy high-resolution digital music streaming with the dCS Rossini APEX Player. This all-in-one unit combines a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), music streamer, and CD Transport in a single design. From the renowned British company, dCS comes the latest generation Rossini APEX audio system that combines start-of-the-art engineering with careful craftsmanship and a timeless aesthetic.

The Rossini APEX Player is equipped with dCS Audio's latest DAC circuit board, the Ring DAC APEX that reduces noise and distortion, enhances dynamics, and expands the soundstage for an unparalleled musical experience. The dCS Rossini APEX Player benefits greatly from the addition of the dCS Rossini APEX Master Clock. When paired together, the result is a sound that's structured, tight, and cohesive. Listeners will notice an immediate difference and be delighted with the outstanding purity and faithful reproduction of music that this high-end audio component delivers.

Dragon Audio Cable Recommendation:

We recommend pairing the Rossini APEX Player with our with XLR connectors for audio device interlinking. This will allow you to connect the Rossini APEX Player to other devices within your setup. With a braided geometry and amazing shielding, this interconnect is a remarkable solution where noise isolation is key.

Our will allow you to connect the Rossini APEX Player to the Rossini APEX DAC/Network Player, CD/SACD Transport, Master Clock, and Player. Lastly, we recommend powering the unit with the . The Black Dragon Power Cable is the ultimate power cable designed to be dead quiet and reject all EMI and RFI interference. 4-11Awg Stranded high purity slow drawn Copper conductors are used per cable in a star Quad configuration. The cable has a single 100% coverage shield but can be doubled up for noisy environments plus it is relatively flexible.

Key Features

Latest generation dCS Digital Processing Platform brings state-of-the-art signal processing and flexibility.
dCS Ring DAC APEX, as used in Vivaldi playback system, delivers enhanced sonic and technical performance.
High quality streaming from TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer and internet radio via the dCS Mosaic Control app.
Roon Ready, AirPlay, Spotify Connect and UPnP compatible.
USB, AES, Dual AES and S/PDIF digital audio inputs.
Integral, high quality CD transport for silver disc playback.
Multi-stage DXD oversampling design with optional DSD upsampling; user-selectable DSP and DSD filters.
Auto clocking system improves ease of use and minimises jitter.
Multi-stage power regulation and twin mains transformers isolate analogue, digital and clock circuitry.
Firmware-upgradeable for future functionality and performance upgrades.
Features a full MQA™ decoder. This MQA™ implementation is unique, as it is the first opportunity to enable a DAC which, by providing exact rendering to beyond 16x (768 kHz), matches the desired temporal response with very low modulation noise.

Equipped with dCS' Latest Technology: Ring DAC APEX Board

The Ring DAC APEX is dCS' latest generation DAC board, equipped with some major sonic upgrades. The hardware further reduces noise and distortion and is around 12mB more linear than the dCS Ring DAC. The Ring DAC is a proprietary digital-to-analog conversation system renowned for its ultra-wide bandwidth, technical accuracy, and ability to reveal astonishing levels of detail in digital recordings. The Ring DAC APEX delivers listeners enhanced dynamics, rhythm and timing, greater soundstage and image focus, more precise and tonally resolved voices, and an even greater sense of ease and naturalness.

Equipped with the Ring DAC APEX, the Rossini APEX Player renders music with the utmost precision. From the softest strings to the sharpest brass, and the quietest intake of breath, it unearths each aspect of a recording to reveal a performance that feels layered, lifelike and whole. Complex melodies are no feat for the Rossini APEX Player, tracking even the swiftest shift in dynamics and pace with a sense of utter control. Enjoy a wonderfully rich sound every time you listen to the Rossini APEX Player.

A HiFi DAC, CD Player, and Streamer with Limitless Potential

The Rossini APEX Player features an integrated high-quality CD Transport for silver disk playback, Multi-stage DXD oversampling design with optional DSD upsampling; user-selectable DSP and DSD filters, and a full MQA decoder. It's also equipped with a number of digital audio inputs — USB input, AES, Dual AES, and S/PDIF inputs.

Compatible with all high-resolution music formats, from DSD to PCM, DXD and MQA, the Rossini APEX Player is an all-in-one hifi system that can flex to serve whatever mood or music you ask it to. Whether you’re streaming or spinning discs, it provides stunning sound and an effortless listening experience.

Enjoy instant access to music from a wide range of sources - all at the tip of your fingertips using the dCS Mosaic Control App. Manage playback and browse music from multiple platforms like Roon, TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer, Spotify, Internet Radio, and Apple AirPlay. The Mosaic Control App also allows you to control all of the settings on your system through a single, intuitive interface. And if that wasn't enough, the Rossini APEX Player has internal upsampling and a choice of filtering options so you can tailor the performance even further to suit your listening setup and personal tastes.

The Rossini APEX Player's high-quality compact disc CD Transport allows the conversion of data from CD to high-resolution DSD, DSD/128, or DXD for even higher resolution and detail. Listeners can easily play CD disks and connect to external devices and storage drives. Audio CD playback will have outstanding depth and openness that just can't be replicated with a standard audio disc CD Player.

Most notable is the unit's full state-of-the-art preamp stage with flexible and selectable 6V, 2V, 0.6V, or 0.2V RMS analogue outputs. The Rossini APEX Player can be used with matching outboard preamps or even drive power amplifiers directly.

Timeless dCS Design

The dCS Rossini APEX Player brings together three decades of dCS engineering expertise and pioneering technologies in a distinctive, elegant and streamlined design. Drawing inspiration from ~~our~~ dCS' Vivaldi range, it offers a unique aesthetic that's sure to stand out in your audiophile setup.

The curves on the front chassis represent movement, rhythm, life and natural forms - What dCS says is a nod to ~~our~~ listeners' emotional connection with music and the sound quality that inspires us to create. The top and side panels, streamlined controls, and rear panel aid performance and ease of use.

The Rossini APEX Player is encased in aerospace-grade aluminum a lightweight material chosen for its acoustic properties, and fitted with internal acoustic damping panels to reduce mechanical vibration and magnetic effects. Panels are sculpted using state-of-the-art milling machines and treated with a smooth and durable pearlescent coating.

From the intentional craftsmanship of the chassis to the hardware and software running deep within its core, each aspect of the Rossini APEX Player has been refined to deliver the purest sound with the lowest possible distortion in a high-end home audio setup.

About dCS

dCS has been at the forefront of digital audio development for nearly 35 years, having pioneered many state-of-the-art technologies. Upsampling, oversampling, clocking, and PCM-to-DSD conversion are all areas in which dCS has taken a revolutionary path, with several digital audio world firsts along the way. dCS is deeply proud of the extraordinary performance of both its legacy and current systems, and the company never stops measuring, refining, and improving. dCS makes high-end digital source components – a combination of world-class craftsmanship and leading-edge technology. dCS reference systems can comprise up to four separate units: Upsampling CD/SACD Transport, Digital-to-Digital Converter, Digital-to-Analogue Converter and Master Clock. From the software that decodes and processes audio to the clocking technology that synchronizes operations to the electronics hardware that each system runs on, dCS strives to ensure its systems are tops in sonic and technical ability.