For the audiophile that has a real appreciation for music. The current cocktail audio models have been good but lacks that touch of satisfying the astute music lover in an all round style. We have stripped ineffective elements to make room for the essential features based on the current trend(s).Due to the emerging market of high resolution acoustics, the act of handling digital audio must be without distortion regardless of the device. Insert a CD and the X100 will convert the songs into lossless FLAC,embed the metadata (tag), add the correct album cover art, fingerprints and ejects the CD The ripping mechanism reads each track several times (at least twice) compares and ensures accuracy. The algorithm checks the data before incorporating the latest cloud based technology with fingerprinting for optimal CD tagging and album cover art retrieval. [Services]-There are over 50 thousand plus world internet radios, podcasts & multiple streaming services such as BBC iplayer/radio, Spotify,Deezer,Qobuz,TuneIn, You Tube [Squeeze Centre integration] -The world of music a click or touch away,High resolution encoding support for high quality sound experience,Add more add-ons & plug-ins, Squeezebox radio all-in-one,Favourite tracks, Sync with iTunes, Intuitive menus...[USB 2/3 Audio interface & Speed]-The support for USB audio interface over TOSLINK or Coax SPDIF DAC means:USB DACs maintains a two-way communication and sends supported resolutions to the X100. An asynchronous USB DAC can control the data flow from the driving device whilst other DACs might require complex circuitry to minimise jitters.[Private cloud based metadata service]-The metadata service is privately supported, updated & catered for by our technical team - We also support Picard.[Open file (db) structure]-The database structure and directories on the X100, can be edited, deleted, moved & tagged from any compatible program.
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Very versatile and highly recommended!
I have a slightly older version of the Pro X100, with the single HDD. It has been in my system for over 2 years now. The unit has had a warranty repair + operating system upgrade, and worked reliably since.It mainly functions as a NAS for my CD collection and as a streamer. Music also comes via the Qobuz plugin which has hi-res audio. I have used USB and toslink to connect with the DAC. Sound quality is very good but this depends also on the rest of the system. CD ripping works OK with most CDs, album art is still found most of the time, with the exception of some compilation CDs. I wanted more control over the ripping process so I do it on the PC and then transfer the files via the network to the X100. The device acts as the music server so I can play the CDs also on the ipad, phone or pc. On the iPad I have the Squeezepad App to control the X100. This way I use a subset of the functionality it has to offer : there are many 1000s of radio stations you can listen to and numerous other apps you can use (tidal, Spotify, BBC radio to name a few).So to sum it up, I recommend the cocktail audio pro X100 for sound quality, open file system, and scheer versatility. I also had a good experience with the customer support. I would buy the newer X100 if mine ever breaks down.
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