{"product_id":"dcs-bhdapexsl-56384","title":"dCS Bartok APEX DAC Streamer w\/ Headphone Amplifier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003edCS has been building digital-to-analog converters since 1987, first for professional mastering studios, then for the people who wanted what the mastering engineers were using at home. The Bartók APEX is what that lineage looks like in a single chassis: a Ring DAC, dCS's proprietary conversion architecture that has defined the company's house sound for decades, updated with the APEX hardware revision that reduced noise and increased linearity by over 12dB. Five components in one box — DAC, streamer, upsampler, preamplifier, and Class A headphone amplifier. PCM to 24-bit\/384kHz, DSD to DSD128 native. Roon Ready, TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify, Deezer, AirPlay, USB, AES, S\/PDIF. The headphone amplifier is not an afterthought — dCS designed it as a proper Class A output stage, and the Bartók APEX is regularly reviewed as a reference-level headphone source alongside its role as a two-channel front end. The Ring DAC does something that chip-based converters approximate but don't replicate: a conversion architecture with no feedback and no oversampling artifacts, where the relationship between the input word and the analog output is as direct as digital conversion allows. This is a dealer-approved unit carrying a one-year warranty. At this level, provenance matters. Buy it knowing exactly what you're getting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(253, 183, 22);\"\u003eMSRP Pricing is listed below. Please contact us for pricing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(253, 183, 21);\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"button button--primary\" href=\"\/pages\/gear-inquiry\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"btn-text\"\u003eInquire Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"dCS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46218905747593,"sku":"BHDAPEXSL-56384","price":22950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/4557\/0185\/files\/dCScopy6.png?v=1778036537","url":"https:\/\/echohifi.com\/products\/dcs-bhdapexsl-56384","provider":"Echo Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}