Once all the wrinkles are ironed out, I may get additional NAD CS1s around the house, ideal for background music, rather than acute listening. It sounded like all it could do out of the box was to connect to wired ethernet and play local files through a media server. Passages in the upper octaves had excellent clarity and sparkle, and those in the lower octaves had solid authority. Mehldau’s piano was rendered on a wide soundstage that extended beyond and behind the speaker plane.

IMPORTANT – DOWNLOADING ANY SOFTWARE AND/OR PROGRAM, OR DOCUMENTATION ONLINE, INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.I know it is a checklist item but NAD, let's get the same performance as the DAC chip is spec'ed at. Pair the NAD CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer with your mobile device or connect it to your home network, then use your favorite apps to choose the music you want to hear. A compact, minimalist design, the NAD CS1 has a pair of line-level analogue RCA outputs for connection to a stereo receiver, integrated amp, preamplifier, or a pair of powered speakers. Not having volume control kinda sucks, which kills it for me since on my streaming setups I always use a remote for volume. I still adore the understated, all-business design that dares anyone to disagree with the statement “form follows function.

Employing audiophile-grade components, the NAD CS1 can play high-resolution audio up to 24-bit/192kHz.You can connect the CS1 to your home network via Wi-Fi or hardwire its LAN Ethernet port to your network router or an access point, or use Bluetooth® to pair the CS1 with your mobile device. Versatile Connectivity: The CS1 offers versatile connectivity options to integrate seamlessly with your existing audio system. Whether this is caused by Bubble or the CS-1 ist not really clear to me, but the foobar UPnP renderer does not show this fault. System 1: Totem Acoustic Kin Play powered speakers, Totem Acoustic Kin Sub, AudioQuest DragonFly Red, iPhone 12. With Chromecast, you can choose the music you want to hear in any Cast-enabled app on a mobile device or personal computer, then transfer playback to the CS1 at up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution.

Thanks also for the clarification - apologies for my naivety - I’m just getting into the dark realms of streaming.trigger output, for powering up other components when the CS1 comes on (say, when activated by an incoming audio stream), an RJ45 ethernet port, and a recessed setup button. Alternatively, you can use the CS1’s optical or coaxial output to send digital audio to an AV receiver, external DAC, or a pair of powered speakers with digital input, at up to 24-bit/192kHz resolution. For instance: There’s no way to tell the CS1 that you want to listen to your personal library of rare jazz recordings, so you’ll have to download an app that can do it. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a division of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. It also has optical and coaxial output to mesh with a receiver, external DAC, or speakers with a digital input.