T+A MUSIC PLAYER BALANCED E-Series Multi-Source Player & FM100

Manufacturer: T+A elektroakustik

Design: T+A
HxWxD: 12x44x39 cm, weight 10 kg

The versatile audiophile music source - now with XLR and FLAC 192/24!
The Music Player balanced is a unique and totally exclusive digital source component, as it combines for the first time the classic music source of CD with the newest music sources from the world of computers and the Internet. Kindly note that the MUSIC PLAYER balanced is NOT a computer, but a high-quality audiophile CD player into which supplementary capabilities have been grafted, enabling it to exploit additional digital sources. To achieve this aim we developed a main circuit board capable of switching between four different digital sources whilst maintaining the highest possible, jitter-free quality: a streaming client (SCL) - which is a network-capable processor board featuring WLAN, LAN, USB and i-Pod interfaces - a high-quality digital FM tuner, the CD player and five digital SP/DIF inputs with their own clock resynchronisation. The net result is that the MUSIC PLAYER has access to everything that can deliver music: Internet radio, UPnP network music servers and USB media storage units, iPod including control system, VHF radio, CD discs, and music from your computer and other external sources via the SP/DIF inputs.The classic CD is destined to remain one of the most important program sources into the distant future, and that is why - following the tradition of our legendary disc players - T+A designed the MUSIC PLAYER balanced in the form of a thoroughbred stereo CD player. And that is also why the machine is immeasurably superior to any computer solution in terms of audiophile demands. The digital signals from the CD mechanism, the streaming client board, the VHF tuner and the digital SP/DIF inputs are converted into analogue signals to the highest standards of quality by the extremely refined, fully symmetrical, double-mono DAC. This circuit even employs the latest 32-bit converter from Burr Brown (TI). The MUSIC PLAYER balanced is not only a High-End player: it also constitutes a High-End audio DAC for external sources.

The external connections
The back panel of the MUSIC PLAYER balanced reveals the vast facilities on offer: the machine not only provides balanced High-End analogue outputs (with volume and tone controls as an option), but also a jitter-free digital output. The five High-End digital inputs (coax accepts up to 192 kHz sample rate, and optical accepts up to 96 kHz) can be used to provide high-quality conversion of external sources, enabling other equipment to benefit from the extraordinary sound qualities of the MUSIC PLAYER balanced. The MUSIC PLAYER balanced is supplied complete with the FM100 system remote control, which can also be used to control the POWER PLANT; in this case the machines are linked using the “E-Link” data bus connection. The gateway required to use the optional FD100 radio remote control system is installed as standard.

The High-End disc loader
The MUSIC PLAYER balanced incorporates the High-End disc loader unit from our R-series players: the outstanding features of this unique design are its stainless steel pushrods, aluminium / ABS support plate, laser unit with floating mount system and heavy-duty MABUCHI motors.

The technical specifications
Formats CD-Player: CD/DA, CD-R, CD-RW, CD Text
Audio Formats Streaming Client: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC (192/24 via LAN) with gapless playback (where supported by server), OGG-Vorbis, WAV
Playlists: PLS, M3U, ASX (where supported by server)
Supported media server: UPnP 1.1, UPnP AV, Microsoft Windows Media Connect Server (MS DRM10), vTuner Internet Radio Service, DLNA compatible servers
Standards: DLNA, UPnP, MS-DRM 10, Designed to play Plays for sure guidelines
Features: Web server(remote PC Web browser control) vTuner,Internet Radio Station database (automatic updates over Internet)Interfaces: USB 2.0 for hard disc, iPod with control system and display, LAN, WLAN, RS 232 update and control interface
Radio: FM Radio 87.5 - 108 MHz, sensitivity 2 µV, cross-talk damping > 40dB, overload margin > 125 dBμV, RDS functions, station lists, stored stations (presets)

D/A-converter: 32-bit, 384 kHz Sigma-Delta, 8-times oversampling, double-mono
Analogue filter: Phase-linear Bessel filter, 3rd order 100 kHz
Frequency response: 2 Hz - 20 kHz 44.1 kSps // 2 Hz - 22 kHz 48.0 kSps // 2 Hz - 40 kHz 96.0 kSps //2 Hz - 80 kHz 192.0 kSps
Total harmonic distortion: < 0.001 %
Signal / noise ratio: 109 dB
Channel separation:106 dB

Audio data
Outputs, analogue - Unbalanced (RCA): 2.5 Veff / 22 Ohm fixed. With VV-module 0...2.5 Veff variable
Outputs, analogue - Balanced (XLR): 5.0 Veff / 22 Ohm fixed. With VV-module 0...5.0 Veff variable
Headphones: > 50 Ohms, only usable with pre-amplifier module installed (VVM)
Output, digital: 1 x coax, IEC 60958 (CDDA/LPCM)
Inputs, digital: SP/DIF (16 - 24-bit): 3 x coax (192 kHz), 2 x TOS-Link (96 kHz)2 x USB for iPod and hard disc

Technical modifications reserved!

Optional accessories
- iPod-Dock USB for Music Player and Music Receiver
- FD100 bi-directional radio remote control with screen for Music Player and Music Receiver
- GW E internal radio receiver for Music Player and Music Receiver
- VVM internal pre-amplifier module for MUSIC PLAYER (volume + tone controls) for direkt connection of fully active loudspeakers eg. the T+A KS active oder the Manger MSM c1 via symmetrical XLR-cables

What you get: A MUSIC PLAYER balanced Multi-Source Player (T+A's E-series), with integrated gateway for the display radio remote control FD100, including mains lead, 2 x WLAN aerials, FM aerial and metal system remote control FM100.

This player is made in Herford, Germany.

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