dCS Bartok Apex DAC/Streamer - In Store Purchase Only

A complete digital front end with exceptional clarity and musical detail.

"The sonic improvements are a triumph of naturalism and harmonic detail." — The Absolute Sound

"More fantastically appealing" than the original Bartók. — Stereophile

The dCS Bartók APEX combines a DAC, network streamer, upsampler, and preamplifier in one chassis. Its Ring DAC APEX and digital processing platform are designed to reveal fine textures and dynamics while keeping the presentation natural and engaging.

You can stream from your network or connect external digital sources, then choose how your music is processed. The Bartók APEX offers selectable digital filters and PCM upsampling to DXD, DSD, or DSDx2, giving you flexibility to tailor playback to your system.

Perfect for listeners who want reference-level digital playback without filling their rack with separate components.