Multi-room Systems
We have several multiroom systems to choose from. The Linn Linn DS system is now well established and offers audiphile quality audio controlled from handheld wireless control devices such as the i-pod touch. The Sonos system is great where the installation of wiring is not practical as it forms a digital wireless network. For ultimate performance we specify NaimNet multi-room audio visual systems, as we believe these provide the finest quality audio coupled with ease of use. Naim Audio have been at the forefront of top quality audio systems in the UK for many years and are associated with audio excellence.
Multi-room Audio Systems
Naim
Where you are in a position to install structured wiring (such as new-build or renovation projects) we have probably the most flexible and highest quality audio system from Naim Audio called "NaimNet" where you can integrate multiroom audio, HD Video, and home automation all via an Ethernet Hub.
The control devices can be fixed, handheld (such as a PDA or Tablet device) in fact, anything that can display web pages as the system is internet protocol based.
For those who are past the stage where running cables is practical, the Naim Uniti System can achieve audiophile sound quality from a wireless based system.
Sonos
Sonos is the first wireless, multi-room digital music system that lets you play digital music all over your house-and control it all from the palm of your hand. With a wireless Sonos® Controller in hand, you'll have plug-and-play access to millions of songs-from music services, Internet radio, your personal digital music collection, or all of the above. And, with Sonos® ZonePlayers in the rooms of your choice, you can play the same song in different rooms, or different songs in different rooms. To start listening, just grab the full-color touch-screen controller and simply pick a room, pick a song and hit play.
Linn
The Linn DS range of music streamers
Imagine it, you pick up your wireless remote handset, select your favourite music tracks on an i-pod style menu, press play and hear your music better than the worlds best CD player can achieve. That's the Klimax DS. Simple, elegant, future-proof.
How it works?
Firstly, your entire digital music selection is stored on a computer hard drive (or NAS drive - Network Attached Storage Drive) This usually has several drives in a box so that any failure of a drive won't result in the loss of your music collection. See RipNas below .......
The CD's are "burned" onto the drive using software which repeatedly reads the CD until it has a high degree of confidence it has an exact copy. This gives a much more accurate source than a cd player trying to achieve the same thing in a single pass.
We recommend using FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) for storing the CD's as it does not lose any of the data. We will set up your system so you don't have to worry about software. Your handheld controller can be any "universal plug and play" compatible device such as a Nokia N810, an i-pod touch / i-phone or a palmtop PC. Again we can supply and set up this device for you so it's easy to use.
The NAS drive and the Linn DS are plugged into a home ethernet switch such as you'd find in a typical wireless home network. This allows the CD burning software to recover the album artwork and track names etc. from the internet, again free of charge.
I-Pod Touch using Songbook
Using your handheld controller (like the i-pod touch shown here), the music data is streamed from the NAS drive to the DS and is played back far more accurately than a CD player. The sound quality is astonishing - we've yet to hear a better digital source.
Fill your house full of music
The addition of a Linn Sneaky DS in each room gives you access to your entire music collection without the need for additional amplifiers, as the Sneaky DS has it's own built in power amps. Simply connect a pair of speakers and plug it into the ethernet network. Buy direct from us for only £995 inc. VAT. We can bundle this with a suitable NAS drive and controller for a very competitive price!
Your Linn DS does not have to be limited to CD quality playback - you can now download studio master quality music files from the Linn Website (and others) using 24bit resolution and up to 192KHz sample rate. These can be played back in full native resolution - which is quite simply jaw dropping !
Anyone who is a fan of Analogue audio sources should hear this - it will change the way you think about your music.
Central Media Server for Music - RipNas
The RipNas media server is so slick to use, it's a bit of a no-brainer when it comes to storing your valuable music collection. Complete with 2 massive hard drives (typically 2 x 500Gb) which are mirrored, so you're unlikely to lose your music in the event of a hard drive failure, a CD drive and ripping software to transfer your CD's to the hard drives, and an internet connection for automatically downloading the album artwork, track names, titles etc for ease of finding and sorting your music collection.
All you have to do is insert your CD and wait a few minutes until it ejects. Job Done! It really is that simple. (meanwhile the RipNas has looked up the CD track names, album title, artist, album artwork etc. on up to 4 databases on the internet and added this information to the file so you can easily navigate your collection using either Sonos, Linn, i-touch or other compatible controllers)
Rips to many different formats but we recommend FLAC for high quality lossless music reproduction. The RipNas will also rip to high bitrate MP3 at the same time so you can use it for your i-pod. The resultant files will be more bit-accurate than a cd player can achieve in a single pass as it reads the disc many times. Despite this it can rip a CD in about 5 minutes. Better quality music - faster, more convenient, very small storage space.......
Multi-room Video Systems
Central Video Server for Movies and Music
For storing and distributing all your DVD's we recommend the Kaleidescape range of servers and players. Like the music server above, you can drop a DVD into the slot, and within minutes it is available to view either locally, or distributed around you whole house network (via Cat-5 computer cable) to your remote players.
The Kaleidescape 1U Server provides ultra-reliable storage for your favorite movies and music. Like all Kaleidescape Servers, it's able to continue running even after a drive failure – while it continues to safely store your valuable entertainment content.
As your collection grows, you can add additional Kaleidescape Disk Cartridges to increase storage capacity for your movies and music. A single 1U Server can store up to 450 DVDs or 5,000 CDs. Multiple Servers can be clustered in a single System to store thousands of movies and albums as a single collection.
For more information on the very slick and user freindly operation of the Kaleidescape system click here
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