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In Reply to: RE: Yep, when I think of digital audio I think of DACs... posted by Cut-Throat on March 1, 2020 at 05:31:19:
In fact, the Network Bridge is a 'down-sampler', introduced in part to extend the life of their 'legacy' DACs. No USB output with ridiculous sample rates, but a pretty decent sounding AES/EBU. It down-samples 24/352.8 to 24/192 as well as coverting DSD to PCM for those who own 'legacy' dCS gear; DACs made that per-dated those ridiculous sample rates we have today.
It's 'bridge' technology is currently build-in to their newer DACs, but the 'Mosaic' firmware remains the same throughout the line and, as it's a 'network' product, it's quite easy to upgrade.
So the guy buying a dCS Vivaldi One for $80,000 (plus clock) today may well end up running the same firmware version (1.1.0(503) as I am.
My guess is that, while dCS gives very few shits about ME, they will likely support the 50 lucky folks who can afford a Vivaldi One. =:-0
So, IF you have a 'legacy' DAC of any stripe that you DEARLY love and it supports 24/192 S/PDIF or AES/EBU but nothing higher and you want to keep it for a while, the dCS Network Bridge might be the ticket.
Even if there just might be a Raspberry Pi hiding somewhere inside. ;-)
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Follow Ups
- dCS is a bit different company... - Ivan303 03/1/2006:26:55 03/1/20 (2)
- RE: dCS is a bit different company... - E-Stat 09:08:01 03/1/20 (1)
- Not even a $35 Pi.... - Ivan303 09:13:18 03/1/20 (0)
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