T+A is introducing a completely new series of electronic units featuring the latest, highly innovative technologies. Our audiophile music source is to be known as the MUSIC PLAYER, and is a completely new development.
This is a unique and hugely innovative machine, as it is the first to combine the classic music source of CD with music sources from the world of the computer and the Internet. Please note that the MUSIC PLAYER is NOT a computer. It is a high-quality audiophile CD player which has been expanded to provide supplementary capabilities, with the result that it can exploit other digital sources as a streaming client. For this purpose we have developed a network-capable processor board which includes W-Lan, Lan, UPNP, USB and iPod interfaces. As a result the MUSIC PLAYER can access anything which delivers music: Internet radio, network music servers and USB media storage devices, iPod (including control system) and – of course – VHF radio. DAB radio is also available as an option.
We are convinced that the classic CD will remain one of the most important signal sources well into the future. For this reason the MUSIC PLAYER was designed from the outset as a thoroughbred CD player, in the tradition of our legendary disc players, and employs the completely new High-End loader and disc mechanism of our high-end SACD player, the 1250 R. The decoder is a completely new development utilising the latest processors, and is specifically designed to provide the highest possible quality of CD reproduction. The disc mechanism is equipped with components of the highest quality obtainable: heavy-duty Mabuchi motors, a superbly damped sub-chassis, stainless steel pushrods, a laminated metal – ABS disc drawer and an all-metal enclosure for effective shielding.
D/A conversion is carried out by highly-selected Burr Brown converters; these are also employed in the SACD 1250 R, and are acknowledged as the best available. The sophisticated signal processing section with its precision jitter-free oscillator, high-quality audio output with two different, switchable bandwidths, and the high-performance mains section ensure outstanding results in terms of sound quality. A jitter-free digital output is provided, as are two high-quality digital inputs which can be used for converting external sources. In this way other devices can exploit the extraordinary sound quality of the MUSIC PLAYER.
