New dCS Varese Components Launching August 7, 2024

From dCS: “A new audio experience from dCS. Launching 07 August 2024.”

My prediction...  Ring DAC to Sphere DAC!!!!!!!!!!! with 3D dolby atmos decoding!

@firedog you’re really feeling positive lately huh?

10 hours ago, firedog said:

okay, how many multiples of 6 figures does this cost?

9 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

@firedog you’re really feeling positive lately huh?

Hey, it's a legitimate question, IMO.

10 minutes ago, Allan F said:

 

 

Hey, it's a legitimate question, IMO.

Of course the price of anything is a legitimate question. However, it’s often not what one says but how one says it that makes all the difference. 
 

Given his only two comments in this thread, I sense some negativity.  
 

1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Of course the price of anything is a legitimate question. However, it’s often not what one says but how one says it that makes all the difference. 
 

Given his only two comments in this thread, I sense some negativity.  
 

Some might prefer to call it a different and, perhaps, less enthusiastic perspective.

2 minutes ago, Allan F said:

 

Some might prefer to call it a different and, perhaps, less enthusiastic perspective.

Surely. 
 

I encourage everyone to stay positive. Whether it’s a Timex or a Patek, if neither are what one is looking for, that’s OK, but there’s no reason to be a downer. 

I just find it interesting that WADAX, who in my opinion hit the market just right for a 500K+ DAC with their cables and now with what may be a softening economy are releasing a trickle down "reasonably priced" DAC whereas MSB and DCS are catching up to WADAX with their version of the super expensive DAC.

Interesting times in the DAC world. 

I'm fan of Varèse, have several CDs of Ionisation and Intégrales, intense but somehow feel of tradition of classical music from the pieces

I feel some sonata form from this piece Ionisation

Just live: https://dcsaudio.com/edit/introducing-varese

Extracts:

The Varèse Music System comprises five components: a Core; a User Interface, an optional Master Clock, and two Mono DACs – one for each audio channel. It also includes a dedicated Varèse Remote Control and a new app, dCS Mosaic ACTUS.  A dedicated CD/SACD Transport will also be available from 2025.

New technologies & innovations

rear photo
 

I'm sorry, but this almost looks like a joke. dCS has created a parody of themselves: how many boxes can we make to play music? You can even add an extra one to play silver discs. Where do you put all of this stuff even if you could afford it? Sorry, again, I guess I'm being practical. Honestly, I love new tech and all that, but this one really leaves me cold.

Also, don't you think that the face design looks a bit too similar to the Innuos Pulse series of streamers?

I'll bet one of my DACs that the price of the recommended power cables (for example - Transparent Opus line) plus interconnects could easily transcend the value of all my audio gear spendings during 45 years into this hobby. And some ...
I've read elsewhere it will be a new proprietary design for the ICs.

38 minutes ago, Axiom05 said:

I'm sorry, but this almost looks like a joke. dCS has created a parody of themselves: how many boxes can we make to play music? You can even add an extra one to play silver discs. Where do you put all of this stuff even if you could afford it? Sorry, again, I guess I'm being practical. Honestly, I love new tech and all that, but this one really leaves me cold.

I like that dCS totally went for it. I can’t wait to learn more about the reasoning for what it’s doing and to learn about what it’s actually doing in the new differential ring DAC. 
 

We’ve been using AES, S/PDIF etc… forever. Perhaps there’s a better way or a better way to transport it. 
 

With respect to a separate box for physical media. Thank god! That’s likely the most expensive part. Those without CDs and SACDs likely don’t want that added cost if they won’t use it. 

17 minutes ago, DuckToller said:

I'll bet one of my DACs that the price of the recommended power cables (for example - Transparent Opus line) plus interconnects could easily transcend the value of all my audio gear spendings during 45 years into this hobby. And some ...
I've read elsewhere it will be a new proprietary design for the ICs.

 

 

I’ll bet one of my DACs that it ships with all the cables needed. 

I read rumoured Varèse will sell at 220k USD and that's presumably without transport. Honestly I might be spending in region of 100k (GBP) in the next year or so, but I am not a headphones user, and I need to play records including 78s. I'm happy with my digital front end. So my 100k would go something like 35k on Technics SL-1000R with two arms/carts, between 30 and 60k on speakers and power amps (depending on whether I went Active / kept my Snell Type A III if remaining passive) and maybe 20k on Pre/Phono/DAC such as Makua. Although, I'm not in the market for Varèse particularly, I'm interested in the whole audio range - beyond what I may use or could afford. My post point is that the actual demand for Varèse (I imagine/for argument's sake) will come from people who likely already have a dCS stack at home. So - seems to me - four big questions in ascending order of importance are:

1. What will the audio "press" (independent and not so independent) say about Varèse?

2. What will Varèse buyers do with their old stacks?

3. What will Varèse buyers say about how/how much Varèse improves on their existing dCS gear?

4. Have Varèse buyers - in their own minds - achieved value for money trading up?

Brochure: https://www.moremusic.nl/dcs/brochures/dCS-Varese-Brochure.pdf

2 hours ago, Iving said:

Brochure: https://www.moremusic.nl/dcs/brochures/dCS-Varese-Brochure.pdf

Good thing I have a local copy :~)