Originally Posted by Not'arf
dCS headphone stack. That's c £27k I think in full-fat guise, plus the 'phones. Call it £30k. Probably 'reasonable' if 'phones are a major source of listening.
That’s pretty spot-on price-wise according to what I was told when listening. Incredibly, perhaps, it includes DCS’s first amplifier, which speaks volumes (sorry) about how specialised they have always been as a company, focusing solely on digital conversion.

Anyway, sorry I dragged this thread off topic, back to the insane, projector-shaking cinema system… 😎

HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
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