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About the Vivaldi APEX
The dCS Vivaldi APEX DAC represents the pinnacle of digital audio conversion, engineered for the ultimate listening experience with total precision and composure. It unravels complex recordings effortlessly, delivering natural, complete sound with panoramic detail. Featuring the dCS Ring DAC APEX hardware, it reduces distortion, improves linearity by over 12dB, and enhances dynamics, soundstage resolution, and realism. Built with the latest dCS Digital Processing Platform, improved power supplies for lower noise and better AC tolerance, multi-stage regulation, separate digital/analogue power circuits, and an aerospace-grade aluminium chassis with acoustic damping. It supports a wide range of digital inputs including asynchronous USB 2.0, accepts up to 24-bit/384kHz PCM and DSD128 DoP, and includes a full MQA decoder up to 768kHz. Flexible output levels allow direct connection to power amplifiers without a preamp. Still actively manufactured and sold as of 2026.
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