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Expertly Tuned for Exceptional Sound: Carefully crafted in London to bring out the full potential of the ESS DAC and our StreamMagic streaming platform.
Stream Your Music: Effortlessly enjoy your favourite services such as Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Qobuz, Internet Radio, and more.
Boost Your TV Sound: Enhance your home entertainment experience with an easy HDMI eARC connection for immersive audio.
Versatile Connectivity: Plug in via USB audio, Coaxial & TOSLINK, or connect wirelessly with Chromecast built-in, AirPlay 2 & Bluetooth aptX HD.
Roon Ready: Seamlessly explore your entire digital music library through Roon’s intuitive interface.
Preamp Mode: Doubles as a digital preamp, offering input switching and volume control for any system.
Multiroom Capability: Fill your home with sound, thanks to compatibility with Google Home, Apple AirPlay, and Roon.
Larger Hi-Res Colour Screen: Immerse yourself visually with album artwork, VU meters and more.
- DAC: ESS ES9028Q2M
- Preamp Mode: Yes
- StreamMagic: Version Gen 4
- Display Screen: 4.76" IPS TFT - 1280 x 569
- USB Drive Input: 1 x USB 2.0
- S/PDIF TOSLINK Input: 1
- S/PDIF Coaxial Input: 1
- Asynchronous USB Input: 1
- Bluetooth 5.0 with aptX HD
- HDMI ARC Input: 1 (eARC compatible)
- Analogue RCA Outputs: 1 Pair
- S/PDIF Output: 1
- Balanced XLR Output: 1 Pair
- S/PDIF TOSLink Optical 16/24bit 32-96kHz PCM, DoP64 S/PDIF
- S/PDIF Coaxial 16/24bit 32-192kHz PCM, DoP64
- HDMI eARC: PCM up to 24bit/192kHz
- Local USB Media: PCM up to 32-bit 768kHz, DSD up to x512 File system support FAT32, NTFS, Ext2/3/4, ExFAT
- USB Audio: PCM up to 32-bit 768kHz, DSD up to x512
- Bluetooth 5.0 A2DP/AVRCP supporting SBC, aptX and aptX HD codecs
- UPnP: PCM up to 32bit/768kHz
- Internet Radio: Yes
- Tidal Connect: Yes
- Spotify Connect: Yes
- Qobuz: Yes
- Deezer: Yes
- Amazon Music: Yes (via Google Cast)
- Google Cast: Yes
- AirPlay 2: Yes
- Roon Ready: Yes
- Audio Formats: ALAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, DSD (x512), WMA, MP3, AAC, HE AAC, AAC+, OGG Vorbis
- Ethernet IEEE 802.3, 10 Base-T or 100 Base-T
- WI-FI IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz)
- RS232 Control: Yes
- THD @ 1kHz: 0dBFs < 0.0005 %
- Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.1dB
- Crosstalk @1kHz: < -120dB
- Signal to Noise Ratio (Ref 1W) > 120dBr
- Bass / Treble Controls: Yes (Advanced DSP features)
- Max Power Consumption: 30W
- tandby Power Consumption Network Standby: >2W ; Eco mode: <0.5W
- Dimensions: (W x H x D) 430 x 90 x 305mm
- Weight: 4.1kg
- In the box: Mains lead, control bus cable, antenna x2, quick start guide, safety sheet, registration card
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