What is the DP-570S?

The DP-570S is the current mid line SACD and CD player from Accuphase, the Japanese manufacturer known for building its players around a proprietary disc transport and its own approach to digital conversion. It is the S revision of the DP-570, released by Accuphase in early 2026, with dealer availability beginning in April 2026 in Europe per HiFi BLOG.

The S revision keeps the formula that made the DP-570 respected and works on the conversion stage. Conversion is handled by MDS+, the Accuphase Multiple Delta Sigma system, now built around two ESS ES9028PRO 32 bit DAC chips with four parallel circuits per channel. New for the S model is ANCC, the Accuphase Noise and distortion Cancelling Circuit, which applies feedforward cancellation in the DAC post filter stage. Accuphase credits the changes with lower output noise and lower distortion than the player it replaces, and the listening impressions below suggest the changes are audible rather than cosmetic.

Around that conversion stage sits the hardware Accuphase buyers expect. The transport is the proprietary Accuphase SA-CD and CD drive, built on a three layer base plate with a low center of gravity, an outer rotor brushless DC motor, a five layer bridge cover, and high carbon cast iron insulator feet, all of it aimed at keeping vibration away from the disc. The player handles two channel SACD and CD, plus data discs carrying WAV, FLAC, DSF, and DSDIFF files. Four digital inputs, USB, HS-LINK, coaxial, and optical, let other sources use the same DAC section, and digital outputs let the DP-570S serve purely as a transport. HS-LINK also makes a direct digital connection to an Accuphase voicing equalizer such as the DG-68 or DG-78.

Specifications

Specifications as published in the Accuphase DP-570S technical information and dealer listings, cited under Sources.

What listeners say it sounds like

The DP-570S is new enough that the listening record is short, and we would rather show you exactly who has heard it than dress up secondhand opinion as owner consensus. Three professional sources have published impressions so far: a journalist who compared it directly with the DP-570 at Accuphase headquarters, and two UK dealers who have run it in their own rooms.

somewhat more refined, spatially layered and neutral sounding

the sound was engaging and musical, yet dynamic and detailed

a step up on the old 570

Adventures in Hi-fi, another UK dealer, added the DP-570S as a permanent demonstration model in July 2026, writing that everyone at the store has been impressed with Accuphase since the brand arrived late last year, staff and customers alike, and that the store was delighted to add the player to its demonstration portfolio. Dealers putting a player on permanent demonstration are putting their own rooms behind it, which is its own kind of verdict.

Read together, the impressions point the same direction. The S revision is not a different personality from the DP-570. It is the same composed, polished Accuphase character with the edges of the presentation cleaned up: better layering in the soundstage, a more neutral balance, and dynamics that stay intact when the music asks for them.

Five things praised about the DP-570S

1. It is a genuine step up from the DP-570

   Two independent sources heard the same thing in direct comparison. Edgar Kramer found the S models more refined and neutral than the players they replace during his session at Accuphase headquarters, and Signals Hi-Fi reached the same conclusion at its open day, calling the DP-570S a step up on the old 570.

2. Refinement without losing musical engagement

   Refined players can turn careful and dull. The Sydney demonstration report describes the opposite: a sound that stayed engaging and musical while remaining dynamic and detailed, with low frequency control that kept its grip. That combination is the reason listeners pay Accuphase money.

3. Spatial layering and a neutral balance

   The phrase that repeats in the first impressions is layered. Kramer heard better spatial layering and a more neutral presentation from the S revision, the kind of improvement that shows up as instruments holding their own places in the soundstage instead of blending into a wash.

4. Conversion engineering with measurements to match

   The praise sits on documented changes. ANCC is new for the S model, and Accuphase publishes the result: output noise roughly 12 percent lower than the DP-560 generation and THD plus noise roughly 30 percent lower in the low frequency range than the DP-570, alongside a 121 dB signal to noise ratio.

5. Dealers are committing their demo rooms to it

   Signals Hi-Fi built an open day around it, and Adventures in Hi-fi made it a permanent demonstration model, a slot stores reserve for equipment they expect to sell by listening. For a player this new, that dealer confidence is meaningful evidence.

Features named by name

YouTube reviews

As of October 2026, we could not verify a single YouTube review of the DP-570S. Searches for the model on YouTube return dealer pages and written coverage, not video reviews from any reviewer we can confirm actually covered this player.

Rather than fill this section with a name we cannot stand behind, we would rather say so plainly. That gap is normal for a player at this level that reached dealers only months ago, and the written impressions above are what exists today. When a verified video review of the DP-570S appears, this section will be updated with it.

Honest criticisms

• There is no owner feedback yet. The player reached dealers roughly six months ago, and as of October 2026 there are no owner threads about the DP-570S on the major forums and no published print magazine review we could find. Every impression in this post is a first impression. The DP-570 lineage behind it is well documented, but the S model itself is early in its life.
• It does not challenge the DP-770, and it is not meant to. Signals Hi-Fi said it directly after its open day: “The new DP-570S might be a step up on the old 570 but it still does not challenge the DP-770.” Read that as the lineup working as designed. The DP-770 is the natural step up for the listener who wants the top of the Accuphase disc player range, and the DP-570S delivers the S generation conversion advances at its own point in that range.
• It is a disc first product with no streaming built in. Dealer comparisons note that rival players at this level sometimes combine the DAC and the streamer in one box. The DP-570S keeps its focus on the physical SACD and CD source. If you stream, you connect your streamer to its USB, HS-LINK, coaxial, or optical inputs and use its DAC section, which many owners of players like this prefer anyway.
• SACD playback is two channel only, and there is no Blu-ray support. Listeners with multichannel SACD collections or concert Blu-rays need another machine for those discs. For two channel listening, which is what this player is built for, neither limit applies.
• The Accuphase character is refined and polite. Commentary on the DP-570, the predecessor, describes a smooth, polished, slightly laid back presentation that can feel safe next to a more theatrical rival. That description is about the older model and is not verified for the S, but the house character carries across generations, and listeners who want fireworks first should hear the DP-570S before deciding. That is what the showroom is for.

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