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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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keiserrg OP
26 posts
 
@folkfreak 
Thank you very much for your reply.  This is exactly the question I am trying to answer:

"What I cannot say is if the updated DAC in the Rossini is so much better that even with sub-optimal digital sourcing (i.e. from your server) it will still sound better" than CDs

All comments to this question are welcome!
keiserrg OP
26 posts
 
@audiotroy thanks for taking the time to reply. I am committed to DCS for a number of reasons but appreciate your endorsement of the x1.

In general:
As an engineer (but admittedly, not a great one) it would seem to me an easier task to move saved bits from a digital source (i.e., music file) to a DAC than to:  (a) ensure a disk and player are dust/error free; (b) read the bits from a disk spinning a couple hundred RPMs, and then (c) pass such info to the DAC.  It would seem to me that the former (all digital) would be, in the long run, inherently advantaged.

I guess what I am really asking is a A/A+ class DAC like the Rossini with digital only finally able to equal/better an older top level CD player like the Puccini?
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