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Melco N5 Digital Music Library
The Melco N5 Digital Music Library is the next generation of the acclaimed Melco concept for extreme sound quality from both music stored within the N5, networked music, and external streaming services when used with a USB-DAC.
All Melco Digital Music Libraries play music into either Network Streamers or will play into USB-DAC, and can also be configured to operate without an Ethernet network.
Melco N5 features all-new electronics, with a new mainboard, high grade low noise internal linear power supply and extensive pro-grade connectivity.
Mechanical construction contributes to sound quality by minimising vibration and resonances, with isolating HDD mounting, robust steel panels and substantial aluminium components, and TAOC cast iron feet.
Ex-Dem Music First Audio Reference MM Phono Amplifier
HiFi Critic Review.. Click Here
The Music First Reference Phono Amplifier is an all valve moving magnet phone stage, employing innovative (possibly unique) circuit design, careful component selection and LCR RIAA equalisation. “… The separate power supply helps reduce noise…” (HiFi World) “…frees up a wealth of detail…Providing a new sense of realism…OUTSTANDING- amongst the best…” (HiFi Pig)
Fidata HFAS1-XS20U Network Audio Music Server
- Japanese engineering at its best
- Sound quality un-surpassed
- Read the developers notes here
- MCRU recommended product
PS Audio DirectStream DAC Mk 2
- The DirectStream DAC is PS Audio's reference standard D to A converter. It is unlike any standard chip-based DAC, and has received countless awards, worldwide.
Glanz S Series Tonearms
Glanz is an old Japanese name warmly welcomed back to the UK – this is the newly refreshed Glanz S Series tonearm, available in 9″, 10″ and 12″ versions.
Like all Glanz tonearms, constructed mainly from stainless steel parts with obsessive attention to resonance control, and now with an improved counterweight design.
This is, without exception, the finest tonearm that we have ever heard, and the physical quality is simply astonishing.
Effective mass is in the order of 30g, but Glanz do not quote a figure, so only suitable for genuinely low compliance cartridges (please call to discuss if you are unsure). Shipped with a Glanz MH-4S headshell and a tonearm cable..
Furutech Project V1 Mains Power Lead
Furutech’s Top-of-the-line High Performance Power Cord - 1.5m length
Alpha OCC-DUCC Silver Co ated α (Alpha) OCC Conductors Featuring NCF & Special forged carbon fiber composite Materials The Project V1 power cord features special connectors, exclusive to this power cord: an IEC connector, UK connector and Cable Damping rings that incorporate Furutech’s special antistatic and antiresonance NCF material combined with special high-grade nylon insulation. The housing of the special IEC connector and Damping Rings are formed with 4-layer hybrid NCF carbon fiber finished with a special hardened clear damping coating. The IEC connector side conductors are formed with nonmagnetic rhodium coated α(Alpha) pure copper and the UK connector with nonmagnetic rhodium coated α(Alpha) copper alloy conductors . Both are secured in bodies insulated with Furutech’s special antistatic and antiresonance NCF material NCF allows for the transmission of pure uncoloured power delivering improvements in the depth and focus of the sound stage, harmonics, and tonal balance. Low frequencies are cleaner, with a greater sense of definition made possible by a lowered noise floor.
DS Audio Master 3 Optical Phono Cartridge
The successor to the DS Master 1, which started the history of DS Audio
DS Master 3 Product Features
The DS Master 3 cartridge is a completely new design. The third generation of DS Audio’s optical cartridge features a comprehensively re-designed optical system that provides the following improvements and benefits.
Kondo IO-M Moving Coil Cartridge
- Reproduce the beauty of silence, relaxed sound with exceptional presence
- Drop the needle with excitement and sweet temptation
- Magnetic resistance is highly reduced by extra thickness of the yoke, improvement is much above ordinary designs.
Ex-Dem Pass Labs XP-22 Preamplifier
The new design uses double-shielded low noise toroidal transformers in external supply
The new design uses double-shielded low noise toroidal transformers in an external supply connected via aviation-grade circular connectors using silver over oxygen-free copper. The power supply is dual mono with two transformers with lower radiated and mechanical noise. Noise is the most prominent part of THD+N at low levels, so by lowering noise we get better resolution and dynamics.
The gain circuitry continues to use our favorite transistors from Toshiba but has a larger, higher biased, output stage like the Xs Preamp, and includes auto bias.
The larger output stage makes longer, and multiple cable runs easier to drive and gives us the advantage of simplifying our single-ended output circuitry while increasing performance.
The volume control is a single stage instead of two stages and has more range; it is quieter and more accurate. This is the same volume control as used in the XP-30.
Overall this makes for a quieter, more neutral, musical, and versatile control center for your system.
The XP-22 measures spectacularly well — but it really stands out sonically.
PS AUDIO BHK SIGNATURE 250 STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER
The BHK Signature 250 stereo amplifier, and the BHK Signature 300 Mono Amplifier embody one man’s life’s work and passion in the art of amplification. That these monuments to music can be offered to music lovers for less than £50,000 each is a testament to the years of experience invested in their design; that they are significantly less than £10,000 is a miracle.
