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Aurender FLOW DAC/Headphone Amp
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 12, 2015  |  0 comments
Aurender had a cool hand-size device in their room that not only functions as a normal DAC/Headphone amp for portable use, but also sports optional mSATA storage up to 1TB(!!) of user installable SSD, turning the thing into a player. I must admit the form factor for the FLOW is pretty seductive with a large velocity sensitive volume knob on the front and smooth satin aluminum case.
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Dared MARS Tube DAC/Amp
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 12, 2015  |  0 comments
If this product has halfway decent sound, it should be a hit at $540 retail.

Included is a built-in USB DAC as well as analog line in and Bluetooth wireless capability for connection to smartphones and the like. Power output is 25 watts/channel (MOSFET Class A) and there is also a headphone jack on the front. A preamp out is also included if you'd like to use the MARS just as a tube DAC to drive your he-man amp. Looks well made and available now.

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Le Son LS001 DAC/Streamer
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 12, 2015  |  0 comments
First time I've seen this manufacturer at CES, but WOW what a gorgeous product! I've included a couple more shots from their website so you can see how this Swiss jewel is put together. The aluminum chassis is surrounded on all four sides by glass, for example, and can sit vertical or horizontal.
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MBL Noble Line N31 DAC/CD Player
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  1 comments
Black shiny products are tough to photograph at shows, so trust me when I say the new N31 is dripping with gorgeousness not reflected in this photo.

Priced at $18k and available this May, the N31 will process both 24/192 PCM and DSD sources (including iPods/iPads/iPhones). MBL's Juergen Reis showed me a screen shot of an iPhone playing a 24/192 file in the the USB 2 input of the N31, using iTunes USB storage feature.

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Constellation Audio Cygnus DAC/Media Player
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  0 comments
Constellation creates some of the most innovative casework at CES, and the Cygnus is no exception. First shown at CES a couple years back, the product will soon be shipping in two form factors: standalone DAC ($27k) and a DAC/Server ($32k) configuration (shown above).
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Lumin S1 DAC/Streamer/Renderer and L1 Server
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  0 comments
Lumin started shipping their flagship S1 this year and displayed it in both silver and black in their room. In the photo above is the silver S1 along with two L1 Music Library UPnP 2 TB servers below.
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ReQuest The Beast Music Server
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  0 comments
Unfortunately The Beast was not in their room when I visited MSB, and only showed up later, so I asked MSB's Vince Galbo to send me some photos. MSB is the North American distributor for the Swiss-built The Beast.
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MSB Universal Media Transport V and Diamond DAC V
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  0 comments
MSB is now shipping new casework for both the UMT ($6,995) and Diamond DAC V ($29,995), which I think better reflect the company's dedication to digital audio perfection. The DAC is shown above and the UMT below.
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MSB Media Server
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  1 comments
They were still playing with name ideas when I spotted the prototype media server, here shown from behind with the top off. MSB says there will be up to 3TB of storage inside (which is expandable with external NAS drives) along with an "industrial-grade" CPU with 7 year guarantee. Also included is the company's legendary Femto clock, and MSB Pro I2S output. Control will be via web browser and the server should be available in around 6 months for approx $29k.
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T+A PDP 3000 HV CD/SACD player with DSD/PCM DAC
CES 2015
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  0 comments
There's been some back and forth on AudioStream.com and other forums about how to best play back DSD and PCM, with some finding that having a single digital section converting both formats is less than optimal.

T+A decided that in order to do both formats justice in a single product, they would have to create completely independent decoding and analog output sections (including two sets of analog output jacks on the back!). The result is a design that the company believes is a unique and "fully optimized approach to the decoding of both PCM and DSD."

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