Headquartered in Malsch, Germany, all AVM's design and manufacturing is maintained completely in‐house ensuring the highest quality, reliability and performance. This week Australian distributor National Audio Group has announced the upcoming release of their new Inspiration SD 2.2, a Pre‐amplifier with Hi‐Fi Streaming and DAC.

The Inspiration SD 2.2 combines an analogue preamplifier with 2 unbalanced inputs (for connection of an external phono pre‐amp or tuner), with the best in digital and internet streaming. 5 digital inputs including Asynchronous USB and a 192kHz/32bit DAC with 64DSD (2.8Mhz) compatibility, as well as LAN and WiFi ensure flexible connectivity.

Stream your locally stored media (MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC via UPnP, DLNA, WMDRM) from NAS drives and control it all from the intuitive AVM RC S App for iOS and Android, or the exclusively designed optional RC9 remote control with colour display.

For Head‐Fi enthusiasts there’s no reason to double up on expensive amplifiers when the SD 2.2 has a discrete headphone amplifier built‐in.

Con Dikeos, Managing Director of National Audio Group told StereoNET:

We’ve been very pleased with the AVM brand, it’s typically very high quality as you would expect from this German brand. The upcoming firmware release allowing the inclusion of Tidal streaming ensures the Inspiration SD 2.2 will be very popular with Hi‐Fi enthusiasts.

AVM have announced that an upcoming firmware release in July will allow customers to stream TIDAL, the lossless CD quality streaming platform that is certainly making waves within the industry.

The Inspiration SD 2.2 Preamplifier & DAC will be available in July for $5,099.00 RRP (Black/Silver), $7,340.00 RRP (Chrome).

For more information visit AVM Australia, and Nationa Audio Group welcomes dealer enquiries.

SPECIFICATIONS

• 2 Unbalanced line inputs (i.e. for connection of an external Phono preamp or analog tuner)
• 1 Pre Out balanced, 1 Pre Out unbalanced
• 5 digital inputs (SD 2.2, SD 3.2)
• 2 x SPDIF opt.
• 2 x SPDIF coax.
• 1 x USB input synchronous / asynchron (switchable), 64DSD (2,8 MHz)
• Network: WLAN & LAN
• Streaming Formats: MP3 , WMA, AAC, OGG Vorbis, FLAC (192/32 via LAN), WAV (192/32 via LAN), AIFF (192/32 via LAN), ALAC (96/24 über LAN)
• Supported media server: UPnP 1.1, UPnP‐AV and DLNA‐compatible server, Microsoft Windows Media Connect Server (WMDRM 10), DLNA‐compatible server: NAS
• Webradio: vTuner / Airable Internet Radio Service, Auto network config.,Internet Radio Station database (automatic updates)
• Digital signal processing with up to 192 kHz / 24 Bit, 64DSD (2,8 MHz)
• Upsampling frequency for all incoming digital signals may be switched between: Native, 44,1, 48, 88, 96, 176, 192 kHz
• Switchable digital filters
• Discrete headphone amp with 3 mm banana plug (SD 2.2)
• Tone control and parametric loudness with bypass‐function
• Large, blue graphic display
• A large variety of menu function for individual presets (i.e. adjustable input sensitivity, renaming inputs and many more)
• Housing options: Aluminium silver or black, chrome front optional
• Completely controllable via AVM RC S App for iOS or Android or optional RC 9 remote control with color display