dCS Vivaldi owners...can you help?

[ILUVAUDIO]

Hey all,

Strange question time....I am asking that if there are any folks here who own the full Vivaldi stack (or, know someone who does) could you provide an image of the REAR of the stack as I am trying to envision how the myriad of cables will look.

Considering the number of AES/EBU, SPDIF, AC Cords, interconnects, etc, I would imagine a snake's den of wiring.....sorry for the strange question!!!

Cheers,

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by ILUVAUDIO

Hey all,

Strange question time....I am asking that if there are any folks here who own the full Vivaldi stack (or, know someone who does) could you provide an image of the REAR of the stack as I am trying to envision how the myriad of cables will look.

Considering the number of AES/EBU, SPDIF, AC Cords, interconnects, etc, I would imagine a snake's den of wiring.....sorry for the strange question!!!

Cheers,

I wish you had asked for this last Friday. I was at my dealer and could have grabbed a shot. I actually discussed this with them since the units were connected by ~30k of Transparent cables. Those cables are not the easiest to route or hide.

[jfrech]

Hi, dCS has their new website up...pics are all up there...here is the dac:

http://www.dcsltd.co.uk/vivaldi/vivaldi-dac

[Still-One]

I can get a shot of the rear and the cable connections next Tuesday.

[joeling]

Transport - 3 AES EBU cables, 2 going to DAC, 1 going to upsampler




DAC - 2 AES / EBU from the transport, 2 from upsampler, output cables on the left




Upsampler - 1 AES / EBU from transport, 2 AES / EBU going to DAC, USB input, network input




Clock - red ones are clock signal to all the other pcs in the stack, blue one going to the Aurender. the Serial connector triggers 1 bank of clock controlled by Aurender to set the correct word clock frequency. Example, playing 24/96 files requires wordclock of 48khz but if the upsampling output is DSD, wordclock needs to be 44.1khz. This clock with 2 outputs can handle & auto-switching using the USB to serial convertor (USB from Aurender to serial on upsmapler). Cable on the extreme left is input from reference clock (Antelope)

[ILUVAUDIO]

Many thanks to all!!! Yes, the proverbial snakes den of cabling...I know that according to my future dealer, you need 5 AES/EBU/, 5 BNC (SPDIF) one interconnect for the DAC to the preamp, four AC cords, a USB if you plan on a server....LOTS of cabling indeed!!!! HAAHAHAHAHA, makes other two piece stacks look simple and clean....

Cheers,

[MtnHam]

"....the units were connected by ~30k of Transparent cables. Those cables are not the easiest to route or hide."

The idea of spending $108K for the stack is absurd enough, but another $30K to hook them together???

I hear reports from others that the $7200 Lumin Network player sounds every bit as good, and it only needs one $10 ethernet connection! Anyone know of a source for uber expensive Cat5 cable?

[redm]

Originally Posted by MtnHam

"....the units were connected by ~30k of Transparent cables. Those cables are not the easiest to route or hide."

The idea of spending $108K for the stack is absurd enough, but another $30K to hook them together???

I hear reports from others that the $7200 Lumin Network player sounds every bit as good, and it only needs one $10 ethernet connection! Anyone know of a source for uber expensive Cat5 cable?

The Lumin looks really nice for the money. I'm surprised I haven't heard more about it, it doesn't seem to have gotten reviews from any of the major sources.

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by MtnHam

"....the units were connected by ~30k of Transparent cables. Those cables are not the easiest to route or hide."

The idea of spending $108K for the stack is absurd enough, but another $30K to hook them together???

I hear reports from others that the $7200 Lumin Network player sounds every bit as good, and it only needs one $10 ethernet connection! Anyone know of a source for uber expensive Cat5 cable?

I am sure there are many individuals who think it is absurd to purchase your fine Ayre duo when their is Rotel out there. Like you the full stack of dCS is beyond the line I have drawn in the sand for this type of product but it is no more absurd than just about everything in this hobby.

[redm]

Originally Posted by Still-One

I am sure there are many individuals who think it is absurd to purchase your fine Ayre duo when their is Rotel out there. Like you the full stack of dCS is beyond the line I have drawn in the sand for this type of product but it is no more absurd than just about everything in this hobby.

Like most hobbies, you don't do it to save money or have a good ROI