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About the Bartók APEX
dCS Bartók APEX is a high-end, single-chassis network-attached DAC, streamer, digital preamplifier and optional/variant-integrated headphone amplifier. It uses dCS’s latest-generation proprietary Ring DAC APEX architecture, designed to lower noise and distortion and improve low-level linearity versus the earlier Bartók platform. It accepts network, USB, AES/EBU and S/PDIF digital sources; provides balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA line outputs with selectable output level; supports dCS Mosaic Control; and offers user-selectable PCM/DSD upsampling and digital filters. The Headphone Amplifier version adds balanced 4-pin XLR and 6.35 mm headphone outputs. It is a current product, with the exact configuration depending on whether the standard DAC or DAC with Headphone Amplifier version is specified.
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