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                       ---   Stereophile Magazine, April 2003

dCS Retail Price Sheet - Adobe pdf    

For links to information on older dCS products, see the dCS Archive Page

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 You're in good company.  For a list of dCS "Firsts" and a partial list of professional customers, follow the links to the right. Please note that the dCS website is frame-based.  So all the links below will take you only to specific pages.  If you wish to browse the entire dCS website please start on their home page:  www.dcsltd.co.uk

 dCS Firsts (when you get to the "About dCS" page, scroll to the bottom)
dCS Professional Customers

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 Download the links to the right for dCS Technical Papers

The Essentials of dCS Converter Technology    Bit Perfect

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Paganini PTT CD/SACD Transport - $16,999
 The Paganini Transport uses a high performance mechanism, modified especially for dCS. The control electronics and digital processing is all dCS. The Transport outputs native SACD data or CD data upsampled to DSD format on the 1394 interface.

             Paganini PTT Data Sheet    Detailed Photo    Rear Panel
Paganini PDC Stereo Digital to Analogue Converter - $17,999
 The Paganini DAC uses the latest version of the patented dCS Ring DAC, which has several detail improvements over earlier versions.
The Ring DAC is a discrete balanced design, it does not use any of the off-the-shelf DAC chips found in all other manufacturer's products. The digital processor converts ALL incoming digital data to "Ring DAC format": 5 bits at either 2.822MS/s or 3.07MS/s.

            Paganini PDC Data Sheet    Detailed Photo    Rear Panel

Paganini PCK System Master Clock - $9,999
 The Paganini Clock is based on our professional master clocks and the highly successful Verona. Clocking is very important, because any timing errors that occur in the DAC will be converted directly into errors in the analogue output. All dCS products use a sophisticated multi-mode phase locked loop (PLL), which significantly "cleans up" jittery clock signals.

             Paganini PCK Data Sheet    Detailed Photo    Rear Panel
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M		 Scarlatti STT CD/SACD Transport - $32,999
The Scarlatti Transport combines dCS signal processing technology mechanics from Esoteric Audio's highly regarded VRDS NEO drive unit.
 
                       Scarlatti STT Data Sheet     Detailed Photo
Scarlatti SDC DAC - $23,999
The Scarlatti DAC features the latest evolution of the dCS patented Ring DAC, a new generation digital processing engine and an all-new chassis.

Scarlatti SDC Data Sheet   Detailed Photo
Scarlatti SCK Master Clock - $10,999
The Scarlatti Master Clock is a further evolution of dCS' professional Master Clocks, in use in many recording studios around the world.

Scarlatti SCK Data Sheet   Detailed Photo

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 Verdi Encore DSD Upsampling CD/SACD Transport - $15, 499
The top-of-the-line dCS transport plays SACDs and includes on onboard upsampler that converts 16 bit/44.1 k CD data to DSD.  Use with the Elgar DAC.

Details on dCS Site    Owner's Manual

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R		 Purcell Upsampler - $8,995   The Purcell converts to DSD (the highest upsampling performance available).   In addition it provides a variety of other upsampling options up to and including 24/196.  It also provides inputs for additional digital sources.  Use with Verdi Transport and either Elgar or Delius DAC.

Details on dCS Site Owner's Manual Reviews
Upsampling, The Short Story The Long Story
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C		 Elgar Plus DAC - $15,499   The top-of-the-line dCS DAC.  Incorporates dCS's patented Ring DAC built from discrete components. This technique has allowed dCS to remain years ahead of the competition.

Details on dCS Site Owner's Manual Reviews
Ring DAC Overview

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 Verona Master Clock - $6,499   In many ways, the most surprising of the dCS components.  Provides ultra-stable digital clocking, syncing the transport, upsampler, and DAC.  For a more detailed explanation of the Verona be sure to read the dCS Clocking paper listed below.

Details on dCS Site Owner's Manual
dCS Clocking Paper PDF