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Likewise this component is far from diminutive, standing 99mm tall on three(!) tallish feet.
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It turns out that the unit features separate transformers for the digital and analogue sections, plus a weighted base for greater stability and rigidity.
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Another more expensive one I recently reviewed weighs only 3.5kg. The streamer I normally use, from a respected brand, weighs less than three. The unit offers a ‘Direct’ mode, plus things like 32-bit and 192kHz upsampling for standard resolution material, and a ‘Retriever’ alleged to restore the lost part of lossily compressed music.ĭevices of this kind are typically not particularly weighty, so I was surprised when I lifted the Pioneer N-50A out of its carton: 7.5kg. The core of the unit is a pair of ESS ES9011S SABRE32 Ultra DAC chips, one for each channel. Plus Direct Stream Digital in both 2.8MHz and 5.6MHz varieties (aka DSD64 and DSD128). Its lossy selection is MP3, WMA and AAC, while lossless support is provided up to 192kHz in WAV, AIFF, FLAC and Apple Lossless (only 96kHz for this one). It supports just about all the file formats you’re likely to have. And, finally, it can act as a high quality digital to analogue converter for a Windows or Mac computer. Plus it supports Apple Airplay, DLNA, Spotify Connect, vTuner internet radio, etc. It will also play back music from USB storage devices and Apple iPads/iPods/iPhones.
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Which is what the N-50A does, plus a fair bit more. What is it?Ĭomponent style network audio players basically take digital audio from the network and turn it into sweet analogue audio for your sound system. What brings that to mind is the Pioneer N-50A network audio player. If a piece of equipment is physically massive, that’s a strong hint that corners have not been cut, that the maker has gone for quality. There’s something to be said for buying audio gear by the kilogram. It’s a hefty package, but does it hold much weight? Stephen Dawson checks out the latest network audio player from Pioneer.