NAD CS1 Endpoint Bluetooth Network Streamer

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The Kin Play has Bluetooth connectivity, so Paul and Petrea could pair their phones with the system and stream music via Bluetooth—but they don’t.

It can be operated using the NAD BluOS Controller app, available for both iOS and Android devices, providing a user-friendly interface t It supports resolution up to 24-bit/192kHz and has MQA pass-through support for both digital outputs, enabling full decoding and rendering by a compatible external DAC for playing Master Quality Authenticated music. To keep things simple, I think I’m looking for something equivalent to the Naim/Focal app that sits between the Uniti Core and my ND5 XS2, to work between the Uniti Core and the NAD CS1. I wanted to ask the question first to see if there was a ‘no brainer’ solution, rather than download lots of random apps that may or may not work effectively. However the metadata might be missing as that’s held in a proprietary format inside the core and separate from the files themselves.YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND NAD CONCERNING THE PROGRAM AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION AND THAT IT SUPERSEDES ANY DEMONSTRATION, ADVERTISEMENT, PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL OR WRITTEN BETWEEN YOU AND NAD OR BETWEEN YOU AND ANY OTHER PARTY RELATING TO THE UPGRADE SOFTWARE AND/OR PROGRAM, AND ONLINE DOCUMENTATION. I knew that, so next, I streamed the same track from the Apple Music app to the CS1 via AirPlay; Paul played it through the hardwired connection again. We both played “Sweet Georgia Brown” through the Kin Play system—from Paul’s phone using the hardwired connection, and from my iPhone via Bluetooth. I know it is a checklist item but NAD, let's get the same performance as the DAC chip is spec'ed at. Thinking back to the excellent DAC performance in the vibrant Rega ELEX, this could be a complementary streaming source for that DAC platform.

Fortunately the UAPP (USB Audio Player Pro for Android by eXtream Software Development) has UPnP (in addition to USB) integrated now as well. When it comes to no-hassle streaming, and hearing music in high-quality sound, it doesn’t get much easier than with CS1. It looks to me like any Interpreter, Album or Title field with 32 characters or more causes this crash. The CS1 also has optical and coaxial outputs for sending digital audio at up to 24-bit/192kHz resolution to powered loudspeakers with digital inputs, or to a home theatre receiver or external DAC. EverSolo BTR-12 RemoteThis IR / Bluetooth BTR-12 remote control developed by Eversolo is designed to.To this day, the brand continues to design and manufacture some of the most acclaimed and affordable hi-fi components that include modern features and technologies meant to appeal to a new generation of audiophiles. It can currently do what I want, but seems way to cumbersome, and its built in App for Internet Radio(Vtuner) does not have the amount of choices that Tune-In does on my Denon.

And it works with the BluOS app, which has integrated support for more than 20 streaming services, including several that offer lossless and hi-rez audio. It features Bluetooth, Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi and supports the most popular streaming and casting protocols, including Apple AirPlay 2, GoogleCast, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect and Roon. The CS1 supports Apple AirPlay 2, so you can stream audio from any app on an i-device or Macintosh computer, or from an iTunes library on a Windows PC. Those already in possession of an external DAC – either fully outboard or located inside an integrated amplifier, home theatre receiver or a pair of powered loudspeakers – can make use of the CS1’s coaxial and TOSLINK outputs where PCM up to 24bit/192kHz is supported.

If the Home app is controlling the volume, it must be doing some signal processing, which is not ideal! Still, those instructions won’t be needed for long once you get them — getting the CS1 set up is very easy. What I was listening for were sonic differences between using the CS1 and other ways of playing audio through their systems. And guess what: neither Paul nor I could hear a meaningful difference between the CS1’s AirPlay stream and the hardwired connection to the Kin Play system through the DragonFly Red.