2015年德國慕尼黑High End音響展實況報導: Munich High End Show

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Marten COLTRANE 3
These 3 way speakers employ the newly developed Cell drivers. The Cell tweeter cone is made of pure diamond. The Cell mid range unit is made from a new pure ceramic, premiered in Coltrane 3. 1st order crossover – a feature first developed for the Coltrane Supreme 2. Based on the joint venture with Accuton and their CELL technology, it creates a sound that is 100% time and phase coherent. Front – extremely rigid featuring a new aluminium layer sandwiched between two wooden layers.
• Stand – bigger and sturdier than Coltrane 2
• Wheel mounts – for easy handling and fine-tuning
• Superior Bass control – a greater selection of levels to choose from
• Finishes – available in a new wider selection of colourways and finishes


CELL concept drivers
Our joint venture with Accuton represents a new milestone in hi-fi history. Accuton developed the unique CELL concept drivers used within the Coltrane 3. Tweeters, midrange and bass drivers have identical acoustic centres, delivering flawless phase and time coherency. The domes in the units are perfectly rigid, for impeccable signal settle and piston behaviour. And there is incredibly low distortion, in the magnitude of electronic devices, even at high levels.
• Steady decay of higher order harmonics
• High bandwidth


Technical specifications
Frequency range / 20-60000 Hz +-2dB
Power rating / 350 W
Sensitivity / 88 dB / 1 m / 2.83V
Impedance / 6 ohm (3.7 Ohm min)
Type / 3-way bass reflex
Drive units / 2x10” aluminium sandwich , 1x7” ceramic, 1x1” diamond
Crossover frequency / First order: 320 & 3800 Hz
Terminals / WBT Nextgen bi-wiring
Internal wiring / Jorma Design
Cabinet / 25 mm:s carbon fibre laminate cabinet, 68 mm laminated
wood/aluminium front
Stands / Brushed stainless steel with Black Diamond Racing pucks and cones
Dimensions (WxHxD) / 39.5 cm x122 cm x 64 cm (15.5” x 48.0” x 25.2”)
Net weight / 95 Kg (209 lbs)

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dCS LAUNCHES NEW ROSSINI NETWORK PLAYER AND DAC
dCS is proud to announce its new Rossini series – designed to make superb sounding digital music from any source more easily accessible. A premium-priced complete digital front end that replaces Puccini in the dCS range, it comes in two versions – the £15,000 Rossini DAC and £18,000 Rossini Player; setting the new performance standard for single-box digital systems.

Rossini DAC features an array of digital audio inputs and is able to stream music from NAS drives and streaming services such as TIDAL™, Spotify™ and Deezer™ over Ethernet, from Apple devices via Airplay™, and audio via industry-standard USB, AES and S/PDIF digital inputs. Rossini Player adds an integral, high quality Compact Disc transport for silver disc playback. Designed for flexibility and ease of use without compromise, both DAC and Player deliver excellent performance by using the very latest dCS Digital Processing Platform and Ring DACTM technology, originally developed for the flagship Vivaldi series. Rossini uses a new streamlined processing platform – its single FPGA bringing improved signal processing, superior flexibility and effectively future-proofing the Rossini series.

Rossini has a brand new user interface, plus a custom control app that lets listeners manage their music playback experience from any source in an elegantly simple way – accessing CD, iRadio, digital and UPnP sources all from one control point. The Rossini app also features an intuitive install and configuration wizard. The multi-stage oversampling design offers optional DSD upsampling plus an extensive selection of DSP filters to suit individual taste and music type. The Rossini Player’s CD mechanism does not support SACD, but SACD data can be played via Dual AES output from dCS Vivaldi, Scarlatti or Paganini Transports.
The network streaming functionality within Rossini DAC and Player is unparalleled in terms of processing power and jitter performance, and currently runs at up to 24-bit, 384kS/s and DSD128 supporting all major lossless codecs, DSD in DOP format and native DSD.

Rossini utilises the simple yet highly effective dCS auto clocking system, which minimises jitter and improves sound quality significantly. British designed and made to the highest standards, Rossini’s elegant chassis uses aerospace-grade machined aluminium with internal acoustic damping panels to reduce sound-degrading mechanical vibration and magnetic effects. Multi-stage power regulation is employed, with twin mains transformers to isolate the analogue, digital and clock circuitry.

Rossini features an enhanced digital volume control for use as a digital preamp with variable output straight into a power amplifier, or as a fixed-level source component. As with all dCS products, Rossini’s firmware can be easily updated via CD, USB or the new software download and update functionality, to add new features or improve performance over its lifetime.

Availability:

Expected late August 2015. Check with dCS for specific ship dates for your order.

Summary:
• dCS Rossini DAC (£15,000), dCS Rossini Player (£18,000)
• brand new, latest generation dCS Digital Processing Platform
• dCS Ring DACTM, as used in flagship Vivaldi digital playback system
• plays audio via UPnP, asynchronous USB, Apple AirplayTM, AES, BNC and S/PDIF digital inputs, and from CD (Rossini Player)
• multi-stage oversampling design with optional DSD upsampling; user-selectable DSP and DSD filters
• auto-clocking system improves ease of use and minimises jitter
• multi-stage power regulation and twin mains transformers
• firmware-upgradeable for future functionality and performance upgrades