Another good streaming audio player - makes an excellent DAC as well
Pros: Very good sound - clean, clear, not analytical. Build quality is high, and there are tons of features
Cons: Sounds best as a DAC with external source, screen too small, no ALAC or AIFF support, no built in wireless
Pioneer Elite N-50 I’ve been covering media streamers, network audio players, or whatever you want to call them, as often as I can around here. I think HeadFi is a great audience for these types of devices – we are generally younger and more knowledgeable about computers than your average “The Absolute Sound” reader. Or at least that’s my assumption; I could be wrong. But I do see a large percentage of folks around here who completely rely on lossless audio files instead of spinning their original CDs. So I’d say we have a pretty good demand for devices that help tap in to those files. But isn’t it...
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