MERGING+PLAYER restores the concept of the audiophile music server and makes your life simple again. The combination of the best music player available and the best sounding DAC allows you to access your music library from a tablet and connect directly to your amplifier or listen on headphones with the purest sound ever. It doesn’t get any simpler!
MERGING+NADAC, as a concept, challenged the convention of USB connection. RAVENNA is a far more efficient and qualitative connection standard and brings the flexibility of the network to your home audiophile installation. In the same vein and as a logical next step, MERGING+PLAYER challenges the convention of having a computer in your living room! The computer contributes nothing to the listening or the ergonomic experience of enjoying your music library, but hitherto, it has been the only way to run your favourite player software linking your high-resolution music files to your favourite DAC.
PROVEN CONCEPT
MERGING+PLAYER uses all the same audio components and offers the identical audio quality to the original MERGING+NADAC which has received rave notices from every reviewer. Both are specifically designed to be connected directly to your amplifier or active speakers. The astounding quality of the digital level control removes the need for a preamplifier if you don’t have to.
As the original MERGING+NADAC, MERGING+PLAYER still enables connection to any player, server or computer on the network and its AES, Optical and Coaxial SPDIF inputs allow other digital equipment to be connected. These are identical features to the original MERGING+NADAC but without the need to have an additional computer to access your music files. Simplicity itself!
As the original MERGING+NADAC, MERGING+PLAYER comes in two flavours, Stereo and Multichannel, now fully supported by Roon 1.3
BALANCED ANALOG OUTPUT
Connector
gold-plated male XLR
Impedance
40 Ohms
Max output level
18 dBu (6.1 Vrms)
Multichannel dynamic range
124 dB(A)
Multichannel THD+N @1kHz
-113 dB (0.00022 %)
Stereo dynamic range
130 dB(A)
Stereo THD+N @1kHz
-116 dB (0.00016 %)
UNBALANCED ANALOG OUTPUT
Connector
gold-plated RCA jacks
Impedance
20 Ohms
Max output level
8.8 dBu (2.1 Vrms)
Multichannel dynamic range
120 dB(A)
Multichannel THD+N @1kHz
-113 dB (0.00022 %)
Stereo dynamic range
123 dB(A)
Stereo THD+N @1kHz
-114 dB (0.0002 %)
HEADPHONE
Connector
3.5mm jack + 6mm jack
Impedance
40 Ohms
Max output level
14.4 dBu (4.0 Vrms)
Dynamic range
123 dB(A)
THD+N @1kHz
-111 dB (0.00028 %)
AES INPUT
Connector
gold-plated female XLR
Input impedance
110 Ohms
Sample rate
44.1 kHz – 192 kHz
S/PDIF OPTICAL INPUT
Connector
Toslink
Sample rate
44.1 kHz – 96 kHz
S/PDIF COAXIAL INPUT
Connector
gold-plated RCA jack
Input impedance
75 Ohms
Sample rate
44.1 kHz – 96 kHz
NETWORK INPUT
Connector
Neutrik EtherCon RJ45
Bitrate
1 Gb/s (Gigabit Ethernet only)
Sample rate
44.1 kHz – 384 kHz, DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256
WORDCLOCK INPUT
Connector
BNC
Input impedance
75 Ohms
Termination
75 Ohms, software selectable
Sample rate
44.1 kHz – 192 kHz
MISC
Dimension
435 W x 435 D x 95 H mm
Weight
11 kg
AC voltage
100V-240V/47-63Hz (IEC socket)
DC voltage
10V-14V (Hirose HR10A-7R-4S)
Power consumption
< 30W
Front panel display
OLED, 160x128 pixels, 16 bit colors