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audiolab 6000N Play

The Audiolab 6000N Play is a wireless audio streaming player and the latest member of the acclaimed audiolab 6000 series of components. Thanks to DTS Play-Fi® technology, music can be streamed wirelessly over the network in high-resolution format and can easily be expanded to a multi-room system if required. You can stream from any source on your wireless network, including smartphones, tablets or PCS and a NAS drive.

6000N Play is the ideal way to add high-performance wireless streaming to any home audio system.

The 6000N Play combines the versatility of the DTS Play-Fi wireless audio platform with audiolab’s sonic expertise to deliver a great-sounding Wi-Fi streaming solution that’s simple to set up and use. Users can stream from any source on their wireless network – smartphones, tablets and PCs, as well as NAS drives and music servers – using the 6000N Play’s dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi. It also connects wirelessly with other Play-Fi-enabled devices, enabling a fully synchronized multi-room setup.

Providing access to a wide range of Internet music services: Spotify, Tidal, HDtracks, Deezer, Qobuz, Amazon Music, Napster, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and SiriusXM, to name a few. Users can choose to browse a radio guide that lists thousands of stations and podcasts, or stream from a DLNA-compatible home media server. The 6000N Play is Hi-Res Audio enabled, capable of receiving data at up to 24-bit/192kHz resolution over Wi-Fi, far superior to CD quality, without transcoding or downsampling.

Technology
The 6000N Play incorporates a high-quality DAC (digital-to-analog converter), using the same ES9018 Sabre32 Reference chip found in the acclaimed Audiolab 6000A integrated amplifier. ESS Technology’s 32-bit HyperStream architecture and time-domain jitter eliminator, combined with Audiolab’s proprietary circuitry, deliver extremely low noise and high dynamic range. The circuit design is also inspired by Audiolab’s 6000CDT CD transport, incorporating the same isolated power supply with a high-effi ciency toroidal transformer for optimum signal purity.

The inclusion of a DAC stage ensures the 6000N Play can be used with any audio system: simply connect the analogue RCA outputs to a standard amplifier or pair of active speakers. Alternatively, take a digital feed (optical or coaxial) directly to an external DAC or amplifier with digital inputs such as Audiolab’s 6000A. Naturally, the 6000A is an ideal partner for the 6000N Play; when these two components are digitally coupled, an optical or coaxial cable is used to transmit the audio signal while a supplied USB control cable allows volume control of the 6000A via the Play-Fi app.

Direct streaming
The Play 6000N is set up and operated via the Play-Fi app, which is available for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire phones and tablets, as well as Apple and Android smartwatches and Windows PCs. It can also stream directly from Spotify via Spotify Connect, and is DLNA and UPnP compliant. There are minimal controls on the unit itself: just the standby button and a set of six ‘preset’ buttons. These presets work exactly like those on a DAB or FM tuner; simply select an internet radio station or playlist from a compatible streaming service and save it as a preset for quick access, without the need for an app.

This ease of operation, combined with the versatility of Play-Fi, is key to the 6000N Play’s appeal. For some, it’s the perfect way to stream music from Spotify, Tidal and Deezer, with all the added features of Play-Fi including multi-room audio. For others, it’s simply the best way to add radio to your hi-fi system, with the huge choice of stations available over the internet.