{"id":154372,"date":"2023-01-27T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=154372"},"modified":"2023-01-27T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:52:02","slug":"nad-cs1-budget-streamer-with-mqa-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/nad-cs1-budget-streamer-with-mqa-support\/","title":{"rendered":"NAD CS1: Budget streamer with MQA support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAD\u00a0has released a new model of digital network streamer\u00a0CS1\u00a0, designed for entry-level and mid-level stereo systems.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike more expensive branded streamers and amplifiers, the\u00a0NAD CS1\u00a0does not support Bluesound&#8217;s BluOS operating system and is designed to work with popular platforms such as\u00a0Google Cast, Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect\u00a0and\u00a0Tidal Connect\u00a0.\u00a0The digital-to-analog converter block in the model is built on the\u00a0PCM5141\u00a0chip from\u00a0Texas Instruments\u00a0, which is distinguished by low noise and dynamic sound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/21_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The streamer works with PCM 24bit \/ 192kHz\u00a0digital stream\u00a0and\u00a0MQA\u00a0files , and is also\u00a0Roon Ready\u00a0certified .\u00a0For physical connection to amplifiers and active speaker systems, the model provides analog unbalanced RCA outputs, as well as digital optical and coaxial outputs.<\/p>\n<p>The NAD CS1 streamer\u00a0will\u00a0go on sale in March 2023 for $\u00a0349\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAD\u00a0has released a new model of digital network streamer\u00a0CS1\u00a0, designed for entry-level and mid-level stereo systems. Unlike more expensive branded streamers and amplifiers, the\u00a0NAD CS1\u00a0does not support Bluesound&#8217;s BluOS operating system and is designed to work with popular platforms such as\u00a0Google Cast, Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect\u00a0and\u00a0Tidal Connect\u00a0.\u00a0The digital-to-analog converter block in the model is [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/nad-cs1-budget-streamer-with-mqa-support\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":154373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-154372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}