dCS Vivaldi

[jdandy]

PAR.......Welcome to Audio Aficionado.

Great tips for the dCS Vivaldi group.

[PAR]

Thanks Dan and Ivan for the welcome. I'm finding it a bit difficult to learn how to navigate things here -- like how do I edit my profile or add a signature?

Anyway, I hope that my comment was helpful. It is easy to become confused between data rates and clock frequency rates. They are related but are not exactly the same.

[jfrech]

JCR and PAR, thanks for the comments. I think I'll be using my Scarlatti Trans/Clock as the primary source...I haven't experimented much yet with USB...

Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
Preamp: Robert Koda K10 Amp: Ayre MX-R
Cables: Transparent Opus MM2 Spkr, Opus MM2 & Trans Ref MM MM2 Intcnct.
Power Shunyata Triton/Typhon, Anaconda Zitron cords (x9)
Digital dCS Scarlatti Clock/Trans/Dac with Transparent Reference XL Digital cables (clock and dual aes)
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Schroder LT arm, Jan Allaerts MC2 Finish & Lyra Atlas, Nagra VPS/VFS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1 (x2)

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by PAR

Thanks Dan and Ivan for the welcome. I'm finding it a bit difficult to learn how to navigate things here -- like how do I edit my profile or add a signature?

Anyway, I hope that my comment was helpful. It is easy to become confused between data rates and clock frequency rates. They are related but are not exactly the same.

PAR.......Click on User CP in the blue bar above to navigate to profile and signature areas.

[joeling]

Originally Posted by Cincy2

Just pulled the trigger on an upgrade for my dCS Paganini / Puccini upsampler and clock. When delivered I'll have a full Vivaldi stack minus the transport. Impressions to follow in a few weeks. I had a few technical reasons for making the switch. The Paganini did not auto sense file sampling rates. You also had to manually switch clock frequencies if you switched sampling rates. The Vivaldi The clock has multiple outputs so you can send the to the U/S and DAC - 44.1 and 48kHz and multiples thereof. The units lock to the one they needs for whatever file is being converted. If anyone has any unique experiences or lessons learned in the setup of the DAC / Upsampler, please post. Mine will be here in about three weeks.

Cincy

Cincy2,

Congratulations !

Regards,
Joe Ling

[PAR]

Dan ,

I have tried USER CP>edit your details but all I get is a message saying that I do not have permission to enter this page.

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[Still-One]

Originally Posted by PAR

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[jdandy]

Originally Posted by PAR

Dan ,

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[jfrech]

Originally Posted by JCR

When your dCS Vivaldi is new, I found you need to give it at least a good 4 days before it stabilize. In terms of break-in, I would say at least 300-500 hours minimum, but I must say I noticed a big jump in performance once I got to 1,000 hours.

I leave mine ON all the time so getting to 1,000 hours should take you 5-6 weeks or so. I am well beyond 10,000 hours on mine and it sounds nothing like when it was new. Don't get me wrong it sound great out of the box, but something magical happen passed 1,000.

I would be curious to know what others have to say...

My new dCS Vivaldi DAC has about 90 minutes on the clock now. Sounded very confused at first...it's already settled down some and showing some hints of what's to come. I'm pretty anxious for 1000 hours !

I'll get a few pics up in a day or two...

Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
Preamp: Robert Koda K10 Amp: Ayre MX-R
Cables: Transparent Opus MM2 Spkr, Opus MM2 & Trans Ref MM MM2 Intcnct.
Power: Shunyata Triton/Typhon, Anaconda Zitron cords (x9)
Digital: dCS Vivaldi DAC & dCS Scarlatti Clock/Transport with Transparent Reference XL Digital cables (clock and dual aes)
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Schroder LT arm, Jan Allaerts MC2 Finish & Lyra Atlas, Nagra VPS/VFS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1 (x2)

[Ritmo]

Huge congratulations! The break in is part of the journey; don't get too frustrated. Enjoy in good health and share your impressions please. And, of course, pictures would be very nice.