Enjoy exquisite playback of your digital music collection and hi-res streaming with the 9000N Wireless Streaming Audio Player in black from Audiolab. The 9000N provides access to all of your stored and streaming music via Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB-B, and USB-A inputs, along with support for Airplay II. The 9000N is built around the impressive ESS Sabre ES9038Pro 32bit DAC. This DAC is capable of processing up to 768 kHz/32-bit sampling frequency with support for DSD and PCM-lossless as well as MQA and standard lossy formats.

The 9000N is built to be the perfect companion to the Audiolab 9000A Integrated Amplifier, matching the sleek style and premium quality, However, with balanced XLR, stereo RCA, Optical, and digital coaxial outputs, the 9000N can provide high quality streaming audio to any music system.

Supports Ethernet & Wi-Fi Streaming    ESS Sabre ES9038Pro 32bit DAC    Max Sampling Frequency 768kHz/32bit    Stereo Analog XLR & RCA Outputs    Digital Optical & Coaxial Outputs    USB-B Computer Input    MQA Full Decoder for Streaming & PC USB    USB-A in to Play from USB Storage Device    Support for Tidal, Qobuz & Roon Ready    Built-In 4.3" Full-Color Display

The hardware is based upon a Quad Arm Cortex-A53 core MCU with 1.8 GHz per Core. This powerful brain behind the system ensures seamless, rock-steady operation and additional benefits such as album artwork caching, which allows for faster loading of the accompanying artwork files, thus enhancing the user experience and visual aesthetic.

Ever since the much-admired M-DAC launched more than a decade ago, Audiolab has been famed for the performance of its DAC circuitry. The 9000N incorporates the ES9038PRO: an eight-channel DAC chip representing the pinnacle of ESS Technology’s current Sabre range. This is accompanied by proprietary circuitry to make the most of the chip’s HyperStream II architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator technology for unprecedented dynamic range and ultra-low distortion.

The 9000N implements the same 4.3" color screen, as found in the 9000A integrated Amplifier and 9000CDT CD Transport, the perfect window for presentation for your digital music files, including full-color album artwork!

The screen displays a variety of information in a more visually appealing way than most other streaming devices, many of which have traditionally relied upon the accompanying app for operational feedback and user control and interface. The 9000N’s display offers full menu controls, an array of options, and user settings, including multi-language selection and general display options.

Most impressively, the 9000N display presents details of format data, playback information and, as mentioned above, full-color album artwork. Album artwork is visible in the default playback screen but can also be expanded for an artwork-emphasised playback screen. The display can even be set to display a VU meter in analog or digital form, showing real-time decibel levels for the left and right channels, a satisfying graphical representation of the music as it plays. For a more minimalistic option, the display can be dimmed or turned off completely, as the user prefers.

The Audiolab 9000N app offers immediate access to Qobuz and Tidal, with full access to hi-res and MQA content, as well as Spotify, TuneIn internet radio, UPnP music server systems, and digital audio files stored on USB HDD devices.

The app offers intelligent search functionality and full access to, control of, and even the creation of user-defined playlists, folders, and album grouping functions. File information, track detail, app-in-app search, select, and compilation functions are easily accessible. Qobuz and Tidal users will be pleased to know that, unlike some other apps and platforms, the hi-res and Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) tracks can be easily identified with icons within the app itself, with no need to hop between the service and device apps to find such content.

Unlike comparable technology from other manufacturers, the 9000N o¿ers wireless playback over a Wi-Fi connection, not solely dependent on the, albeit sometimes preferable, wired /ethernet connection. Yet, it is also not limited to the Audiolab 9000N app; the 9000N also offers playback via Airplay II as well as Tidal Connect and Spotify Connect for those who prefer the proprietary streaming service app.

As a standalone MQA full decoder, it can be used with any amplifier or secondary pre-amp system that offers analogue connections. Further magic is employed through the digital output and option MQA Pass through functionality. For users who may employ an equally powerful DAC (9000A owners, for instance), the 9000N can stream and throughput an untouched MQA signal (from Tidal or Qobuz, for example) which that secondary DAC can then decode. This offers further functionality and versatility, not to mention a totally unadulterated signal flow, which will please audio purists.

To add to the impressive list of digital audio platform compatibility, the 9000N is Roon Ready. Roon Ready devices are network players with Roon's own streaming technology built right in, connected over your ethernet or WiFi network. These devices make bit-perfect high-resolution audio simple because they require no configuration, they give you access to the best audio quality and they provide stable, reliable playback.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Hello there, i'm looking to replace a 15 year old cd recorder & this USB recorder looks interesting, but i'm a skeptical, because i never heard of this brand before. How's the build quality of this unit? Does the recording quality of this unit sound as good as CD? Thanks!

A: Vocopro caters to Karaoke and DJ customers. The SDR-4000 is a dual recorder and player with independent inputs and output connections for each deck as well as a mix output via RCA. The unit records in Mp3 format which is compressed and not CD quality.

Q: 2. Why only 2 channels? What is the purpose of SACD if the rest of the channels are not read?

A: The Yamaha CD-S3000 has 2 physical inputs and 2 physical outputs. I do not know why Yamaha designed the CD-S3000 with 2 channels specifically.

Q: 3. Can you use a pair of 4 ohm speakers with this amp?

A: The Audiolab 6000A Stereo 100W Integrated Amplifier (Silver), B&H # AU6000AS, can be used with 4 ohm speakers. The amplifier will provide 75W per channel at 4 ohms.

Q: 4. Does this device require additional amplification prior to the main amp?

A: The Korg DS-DAC-10R 1-Bit USB Digital-to-Audio Converter would not require any additional amplification.

Q: 5. will this play off of one side and record to the other... play an accomp track and play with the accomp via a mixer and record the result?

A: The SDR-4000 is a dual recorder which is able to operate as 2 individual units. Each side having its own set of input and output jacks. Using the front panel selector, output monitoring can be selected as well, allowing you to listen to a mix of both sides as well as only left or right side units.

Q: 6. G'day, I plan to use this to record sermons in a church, what microphone should I use and does it need to be phantom powered? At the moment I am using a Audio Technica AT 857Ma mic with the power module AT8531.When I plug the mic cable into the SDR-4000 the recording is very faint, should the mic be going into something else first?

A: According to the manual, the inputs are 10k ohm. That's pretty much line level rather than mic. level . That would explain why running a mic straight in gives a low volume. You'll have much better luck feeding the RCA inputs from the mic mixer's output.

Q: 7. It's working correctly with Quicktime and Zoom, but not Scopebox. Is there a driver or anything else which will help?

A: The Kondor Blue HDMI to USB-C Capture Card for Live Streaming Video & Audio does require optional drivers. It is UVC compliant. The USB video device class (also USB video class or UVC) is a USB device class that describes devices capable of streaming video like webcams, digital camcorders, transcoders, analog video converters and still-image cameras.

Q: 8. Could this record a desktop computer's HDMI display output instead of a camera?

A: Yes, if you output from the computer's HDMI port in a supported resolution, and framerate when using the Kondor Blue HDMI to USB-C Capture Card it could be recorded when using webcam apps, OBS Studio. Basically, the Kondor Blue HDMI to USB-C Capture Card converts the HDMI input to a webcam.

Q: 9. Greetings all. Will this unit play music from or record to thumb drives faster than 1.0/1.1? There is a compatibility note on this site informing that it is not compatible with usb 2.0. How current is that note, and has this (compatibility) been anyone's experience? I am desirous of purchasing one but the incompatibility is a concerrn. Thanks much. Meredith

A: Unfortunately it will not. VocoPro is a standalone unit that offers real-time, high-quality digital audio recording and dual-side playback. The note is current as you will find the same stated on our website on the product page. The recorder does not support USB 2.0.

Q: 10. does this input and output stereo left/right audio?

A: Yes, the Kondor Blue HDMI to USB-C Capture Card for Live Streaming Video & Audio would support two channels of audio.