Creampuff Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Resolution Audio Cantata CD Media centre. Because not only does this new player look incredible, it also manages to up the sonic ante to an unprecedented degree. And not just for CDs, plug your laptop in or even your home network and it can do remarkable things for music stored on a PC or NAS drive. Hence the Music Centre soubriquet, this is not just a discspinner, it's a fully featured UPnP 'renderer' with an asynchronous DAC that can do for digitally stored media what the Opus 21 did for CD. Reviews : http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/hi-fi-and-audio/audio-systems/resolution-audio-cantata-704024/review http://www.stereophile.com/content/resolution-audio-cantata-music-center-1 http://www.whathifi.com/resolution-audio/cantata-music-centre/review .....Always entertainingProvided the original data stream is good – we’re talking uncompressed files here – the Music Centre’s detail levels are extraordinarily high, which makes for an entertaining listen. You won’t be straining to hear every little detail; everything is handed to you on a sonic plate. Yet despite all the insight on offer, this machine never sounds sterile or overly analytical, thanks to a winning way with dynamics and timing. Read more at http://www.whathifi.com/resolution-audio/cantata-music-centre/review#552vcJvIfyuceGzB.99 He has also developed his own asynchronous USB software for connecting computers to the DAC. It works by pulling the signal from the computer rather than the other way around, so the DAC controls the flow of data and provides clocking with its own precision clock. This makes USB a potentially better conduit than S/PDIF because jitter can be virtually eliminated by the interface. The Cantata's output connections no longer feature a DIN socket, but come in single-ended XLR and RCA flavours, both of which are volume controllable. So you can hook this unit straight to a power amp or active speaker system and use the onboard analogue volume control. Alternatively if you want to use a preamp or integrated amp, then just set the level to 100 and bypass the attenuator. Resolution audio cantata rear Inputs are really what the Cantata is about and why it is dubbed a Music Centre. You can hook up external sources via S/PDIF in three flavours, USB and Ethernet which means that any source with a digital output can be accommodated. Resolution Audio also makes a device called the Pont Neuf, that converts USB to Ethernet and gives you much more range than USB, which Resolution recommends keeping to a maximum of two metres. The transport used is a Sony device that slot-loads on the right hand side of the player. It's well hidden, but not hard to find. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/resolution/1.html Complete with Wooden Box About 1 year old lightly used A Media Centre with volume control that has USB, NAS New : S$9,450.00 Looking at $4,500.00 or Best Offer SMS or Call +65 93837568 for audition and inquiries
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