Reference Class Music Transport - Price: £4995 [B] Aurender S10 Music Playback and Storage Solution[/B] [IMG]http://www.ipodaudio.co.uk/wpimages/wpfaa23e43_05_06.jpg[/IMG] The OCXO oscillators used in Aurender S10 Music Systems are vastly more accurate than ordinary crystal oscillators used in most music servers and players. Clocks are important in guaranteeing jitter-free performance. Incorporating next generation technology with playback from Solid State Drives, easy-to-use iPad* remote control application, up to 2 terabytes of memory, and other unique features, Aurender S10 Music Systems are the ideal music storage and playback solution for modern audiophiles. [B] Features[/B] Free iPad* remote control application from Apple* App Store Customized Linux OS for best audio performance WAV, FLAC, APE and other formats supported Up to 24-bit width and 192 kHz sampling rate Switching-mode and linear power supplies Playback from Solid State Drive Silent fanless design AMOLED displays. Aurender Music Players are designed to preserve and provide easy access to large digital music libraries. As CD collections grow and grow old with scratches, discerning music listeners are transferring their CD collections to Hard Disk Drives in uncompressed or lossless format and backing them up in order to forever preserve their music collections. It takes up so little space and is much easier to access. In addition, downloads of music files with higher resolution than possible with CDs are becoming increasingly popular. Aurender stores files in its internal Hard Disk Drives and caches them to a Solid State Drive for playback. Unlike ordinary PC or MAC based systems which use ordinary crystal clocks, the Aurender uses super stable TCXO and OCXO word clocks. In addition, with AES/EBU, optical or coaxial standards are associated jitter. In the Aurender, proprietary FPGA re-clocking is used to virtually eliminate jitter. [B] Aurender iPad app[/B] Using the Aurender App, the easy-to-use iPad* becomes the master control for the Aurender Music System. The large display allows for quick viewing and search of even the largest music collections. The Aurender Application for iPad* is free and can be downloaded from the Apple* App Store. [B]Technology[/B] The Aurender uses a customized Linux operating system tuned for high performance digital processing. In addition, sampling rates from 44.1~192KHz with 16-bit and 24-bit widths match or vastly exceed the audio quality that can be obtained from compact disks. With today's technology, clock and signal jitter can be lowered to a point where their effects are negligible. Aurender S10 clocks are based on ultra-stable Oven-Controlled Crystal Oscillators (OCXO) and uses Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) with PLL based re-clocking to ensure that the signal to the Digital Analog Converter is as accurate as possible. The Aurender Music System is fanless to eliminate vibrations, unwanted electromagnetic fields and noise emanating from the fan. Solid State Drives, which have no moving parts, are used to avoid vibrations, electromagnetic interference, and latency found in hard disk drives. The use of solid-state drives vastly lowers processor access times. During playback, selections are automatically cached using proprietary technology from the hard disk to the Solid State Drive. The hard disk then falls asleep and the music is played back using only the solid state drive. This design eliminates problems with sonic and electromagnetic noise from spinning hard disk drives. Care must also be taken when using switched-mode power supplies which generate undesirable electromagnetic noise. In the Aurender Music System, power is provided by both switching mode and linear power supplies. The switching mode power supply is isolated from critical components using thick aluminum walls and the linear power supply is used for sensitive critical components. Thick aluminum is also used to isolate physical and electromagnetic noise from CPUs and hard disk drives. The Aurender S10 Music System delivers the best audio performance possible. The superior audio quality is definitely distiguishable even when compared to much more expensive high end systems. [B]Convenient Features[/B] Intuitive search function for fast easy selection Make and edit playlists with just a touch of one's finger All details of song, album, playlist and queue easily viewed on large iPad display Automatic or custom categorization of songs CD album front and back covers can be stored and displayed along with music selection Web search function to search for information on selected artist or song
