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CD Players, Digital Music & Servers Aurender, dCs, Esoteric, Lumin. |
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Musical Fidelity's M1 CLIC
I am intrigued about this brand new "universal music controller" by Musical Fidelity:
Musical Fidelity M1HPA Headphone Amplifier It seems to solve all my current needs when it comes to implementing a cost-effective, computer-less, all-in-one, digital music server WITH cover art display. For around $2K you get a great sounding DAC (similar to the one in the M1 DAC, I assume), multiple-format compatibility including FLAC, ethernet, wi-fi, streaming, SEVEN (!) digital inputs including multiple USB options, a digital iPod interface that by-passes the iPod's own DAC, and even analog inputs that supposedly are truly analog and would mean that one could use the CLIC as a nice pre-amp as well. PLUS (and here's what might win me over) an intuitive interface via a built-in display. Which means browsing a large collection and being able to display cover artwork and metadata should be no problem. Just add your hard-drive or USB stick (or both), connect the analog outputs to your amp, and voila: your own music server. And hopefully remote and third-party apps are around the corner for what should be a very popular product... I am curious to read the reviews on this, which I am sure will be plenty. If anybody happens to come across any, please post the links here. |
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Looks nice. I like MF gear.
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Mike ~Your pet is your best investment~ Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks. Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2 |
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This looks like a fun little digital player/pre-amp with all the loaded options. If it had a phono input and a FM tuner, it would be a great bedroom/office source/pre-amp. I'm curious what the remote looks like...
My vote is still out for recent MF gear as i never felt the VDAC was performed any better than the DAC in my TV. Jim |
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