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Details PRODUCT Cocktail Audio X30 ORIGIN Korea TYPE 2TB music server system WEIGHT 5kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 435 x 99 x 325mm FEATURES ● Storage: 2TB (256GB, 500GB, 1TB, 4TB options) ● Formats: FLAC, MP3, WAV, OGG ● Display: 5in TFT LCD panel ● 50W quoted power output DISTRIBUTOR Sygnifi Ltd TELEPHONE 01732 765157 WEBSITE sygnifi. co. uk Click hereto read the full review in April 2014 383 issue. .

Future kit announced by WiiM

Back in HFC 431 we gave you the opportunity to win a selection of accessories from IsoTek. We can reveal that Chris Corrigan is the lucky winner, while the seven runner’s up prizes go to: Pamela Ratchford, Dan Odling, Peter Weston, Glen Buddery, David Dukes, Kevin Rowley and Robert Whewell. Congratulations to you all! Here's Chris all set to install his IsoTek Evo 3 Corvus nine-way mains distribution block and conditioner clutching a copy of the latestHFC. .

Computer Audio Design has unveiled a refit to its CAD 1543 DAC that now uses proprietary EMI/RFI reduction material, improved circuit boards and refined power supply filtering. The new CAD 1543 MKII retains the key technologies that have made its predecessor popular – namely its use of vintage resistor-ladder DAC chipsets and the removal of the standard digital interpolation filter – and the maker claims that the result is an open and boundless soundstage. The aforementioned resistor-ladder converter chip – the Philips TDA1543/N2 with its 16 selected devices – is now mounted on a revised four-layer circuit board and as well as claiming minimal intrinsic noise, CAD states it allows a native resolution of 192kHz PCM audio. The minimalist design has limited switches and connectors between mains plugs and output sockets.

Valve-based integrated from Denmark

Danish audio brand Copland has been absent from these pages in terms of new product launches for some time, but now it’s back with its long-awaited DAC 215 USB DAC/headphone preamp fed by a pairof ECC88 tubes. Described as a “Universal high-resolution DAC, preamplifier and headphone amplifier” it can be used as a headphone amp, preamp or as a pure DAC – the choice is yours. The Copland DAC 215 looks set to be bang on trend with its retro styling thanks to the rotary front panel controls for the volume level and input selection, and the faint glow of the valves from the headphone amp output section lurking behind the slatted grille will undoubtedly enhance any likely old-school feel for potential purchasers. But at the heart of the DAC 215 is a digital-to-analogue converter with multiple S/PDIF inputs, PCM, and DSD capabilities using the ES9018 Reference 8-channel DAC used in double-differential mode.

DETAILS PRODUCT Creek Evolution 50CD ORIGIN UK/China TYPE CD player/DAC preamplifier WEIGHT 5. 5kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 430 x 60 x 280mm FEATURES ● 2x Toslink and 2x coaxial digital inputs ● 1x USB input, 1x aptX Bluetooth input (optional) ● 2x digital outputs ● 1x RCA phono out, 1x balanced XLR out ● Wolfson WM8742 DACs DISTRIBUTOR Creek Audio Ltd TELEPHONE 01442 260146 WEBSITE creekaudio. com Read the full review in the June issue 385 on sale now! Click here to buy your copy. .