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DCS Rossini + Digital or Puccini + CDs?

Hello fellow AGers. This question is specifically directed to DCS owners. I have a simple system that I find nice but certainly not on par with the real Audiophiles in this forum. In particular, I have:

DCS Puccini
DCS Puccini clock
Jadis DA88S integrated amp
Sonus Faber Guarneri (original Homage)

My question is this:
Will I get better sound from my current setup, feeding in my 1,000+ CD collection, or with a DCS Rossini, after digitizing my CD collection?

(I am not interested in keeping the CDs and buying the Rossini with transport)

Thank you!
RK


keiserrg

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david_ten
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@folkfreak  I wish I had known this. I auditioned the Vivaldi stack a few months ago. Source was a streamer. It was really good, but I walked away slightly underwhelmed relative to the calibre and price of the components and system. Are you saying I need to (must) demo it with a CD transport, preferably a dCS unit? Thanks.   (For that audition I figured it was the streamer and not the stack...)
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@keiserrg I’m not familiar with dCS other than my recent audition of the Bartok, Rossini, and Vivaldi DACs and my ongoing interest in the Network Bridge. With that out of the way...

I am confident that a correct pairing of a server/streamer/player and the Rossini, will provide you with excellent sound quality.

Please note MY BIAS: I don’t buy into > "sub-optimal digital sourcing (i.e. from your server)"

Also note that I am heavily invested in streaming and have been since the mid 2000s when I walked away from CDP playback.
david_ten
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@folkfreak Thanks. I’ll make sure to audition the Rossini and Vivaldi with a CDP to gain a solid reference point. The server used when I heard the setups was a Roon Nucleus with cabling (source related) all of which was not up to the task.
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