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"Tightens up that stock performance considerably...breathing life into those mids and highs and fleshing everything out quite beautifully..."
"A high energy, articulate performer with world-class resolution"
"Simply irresistible..."
"Truly remarkable…neutral, transparent and highly revealing"
"The perfect high performing partner to it's siblings"
"Easy to use, sounds fantastic, and it fits in about any environment'
"Lina is a total success...establishing itself as the best headphone listening solution ever heard"
"the finest solid state headphone system I've seen to date"
"The best solid-state amplifier I've heard with our headphones"
"Undoubtedly at an absolutely world-class level"
"A true reference system for the most discriminating listener"
"If you’re looking for the very best in digital reproduction, Lina delivers. Completely blew me away with its transparency and uncolored sound."
'The DAC has the piano resounding so emphatically...that it constitutes the very essence of sonic realism...'
The Absolute Sound: Product of The Year 2022
“To hear what the Vivaldi Apex can provide is mesmerizing.”
" The APEX DAC sounded more natural, more organic, more... human."
"The new Ring DAC APEX technology will offer even more of what they appreciate"
"The most versatile digital system I've used and also- by far- the most sonically complete"
"The Himalayan heights of digital playback...I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be happy with it"
"A Majestic performer that enraptures the listener...whatever one chooses to play"
'Not listening to this setup will be a serious mistake...'
Digital Source Component: Product of the Year 2022
"Hard to imagine how it can be bettered."
"A transformational change..."
"The Rossini APEX DAC is more than another upgrade; it's a major advance in digital sound reproduction"
"As close to digital perfection as I have ever heard"
"The new mapper delivers greater focus and grip, allied to superior detail, poise and dynamics"
"Digs deep into a recording, providing as much spine-tingling insight as any listener could want"
"When you listen to the Rossini, all you get is beautifully fleshed out music"
"There's just so much resolution here. We hear textures in instruments and dynamic nuances that most rivals simply don't notice"
"Whether ones listens to folk, rock, jazz, vocal or classical the Rossini is completely capable of absolutely stellar music reproduction"
"Recordings were portrayed with utter honesty and an intensely satisfying realism"
"Flexible, future-proof, superbly well-engineered, and equally superb-sounding"
“Takes you into a rarefied world of elite digital sources with precious few compromises. Hear it if you possibly can.”
"Suddenly seems to have acquired more depth & space...even more musicality"
"Bartók 2.0 Easily exceeds the performance of the original...simply brilliant"
"The performance of the Bartok is nothing short of breathtaking"
"Hugely sophisticated"
"Elegant, opulent sound."
"The Bartók is in the top of it's class...this is a player I can listen to for 12-16 hours a day (and have on many occasions) with zero fatigue"
"Don't buy a new car. Buy a dCS Bartók"
"Digitally streamed music through the Bartók feels entirely joined-up and full of rhythmic transient music and life"
"It was like being taken back to the day of the recording, with a vast soundstage that was truly holographic"
"A truly spectacular product"
"It has sprung surprises since the moment I started listening and redefined elements of what I felt to be possible"