I'm a new dCS Rossini DAC/Rossini Clock owner.
I feel like I dropped them into a decent supporting system (both in front and behind them), and while I'm very pleased with how the Rossini duo already sounds in my system, I'm sure it can still sound better. I have already ordered some pretty decent power cables and BNC clock cables (Shunyata Alpha en route) which I think will contribute to better sound from some experimentation I have done already with stuff I already had in other parts of my system.
Some questions I would love some experienced thoughts on:
thanks all!
Jay
I feel like I dropped them into a decent supporting system (both in front and behind them), and while I'm very pleased with how the Rossini duo already sounds in my system, I'm sure it can still sound better. I have already ordered some pretty decent power cables and BNC clock cables (Shunyata Alpha en route) which I think will contribute to better sound from some experimentation I have done already with stuff I already had in other parts of my system.
Some questions I would love some experienced thoughts on:
- Do you have a preferred input for SQ? So far I am preferring reclocked USB slightly over the ethernet input, both of which seemed improved over spdf (RCA). I don't have a source that can support dual-AES, and I had already made significant investments in network switches, bespoke ethernet cabling, and bespoke USB and reclockers, so that may explain why I am liking those inputs the best (so far). Is there an overwhelming stand-out input type from your experience? I don't have a super high-quality AES cable to even try that as a single, as it wasn't the input I preferred in my last 2 DACs...anyone prefer that and think it's worth an investment to try?
- Combining the options of Roon, HQPlayer, and the DAC's internal upsampling options, in very early days, I seem to prefer to have HQPlayer output PCM 352.8kHz, then have the dCS upsample to DSD or DSDx2, while preferring Map3 and DSD filter 5. At least in early testing, that combo seems to give me the best air and the least amount of harshness in some male vocals I was picking up at very high volumes. Is there anyone who did extensive listening and has a hard-core preference for any of the zillions of combos that these tools could combine to provide?
thanks all!
Jay