dCS MCD 16

dCS describes the MCD 16 as its first entry into multichannel and immersive audio, built from eight individual Ring DAC circuits, the same architecture used across its stereo products, applied across sixteen independent channels.

dCS designed it for natural rendering across the full dynamic range, from quiet dialogue and passages up through how loud sounds decay, rather than optimizing only for playback at low volume.

Eight Ring DAC circuits with discrete Class A output stages per channel. Rack or shelf mount.

Relevant to a serious multichannel or theatre build rather than the two channel rooms. Shipping autumn 2026. Pricing has not been announced.

Specifications

• Rates: 24 bit at 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kS/s. No DSD support published
• Inputs: eight AES on XLR giving sixteen channels; one AES on DB25 giving sixteen channels on the TASCAM AES59 pinout
• Outputs: sixteen balanced on XLR, plus sixteen balanced on two DB25
• Output levels: 2V or 6V rms, set in the menu
• Clock: two word clock inputs on BNC, data rate 0.25x to 4x of clock rate
• Control: network with browser access, RS232, 12V trigger in and out
• Dimensions: 178 x 438 x 482 mm
• Frequency response, distortion and dynamic range: not published by dCS