Pioneer Elite N- 5. Network Audio Player. Device Type: Network Audio Player/Streamer w/Asynchronous USB DACInput: (2) 2. S/PDIF (Coax, Tos. Link), 2. 4/1. 92 USB/DAC, 1. Ethernet, front- mounted USB- A 2. For USB Mass storage (only FAT1. FAT3. 2 file systems are supported)/i. Pod/i. Phone/i. Pad digital, optional Bluetooth adaptor, optional Wi- Fi with Wireless LAN converter. Update Twonky My Book World Edition Login
Problem I bought brand new WD Caviar Green hard disks and put them into My Book World Edition II White Light case but. APOCALYPTIC. 307 2020 Texas Gladiators (82) Joe D'Amato directs this story written by George Eastman. Non-stop action, and a cut above. ![]() Output: (1) pair RCA, (2) S/PDIF (Coax, Tos. Link)Dimensions: 4. W x 9. 9mm H x 3. D (1. 7 3/1. 6. And it can let you drink from many sources. You could say the N- 5. Pioneer N- 5. 0 are voracious lovers of music as well. The N- 5. 0 also has a few extra musical tricks up its sleeve. You can, in fact, play music in so many ways through the Pioneer N- 5. There is also a pair of S/PDIF outputs (Coax and Toslink) capable of 2. Hz output just in case you'd like to use an external DAC. The N- 5. 0 does not come with Wi- Fi capabilities but you can add it by buying the Pioneer AS- WL3. What this buys you is the ability to play music files up to 2. Hz from any UPn. P/DLNA network- attached storage device. These can include a computer, a laptop, an external hard drive connected to one of these or to the . There's an . Last but not least in terms of function is the AC input where I connected the included AC cord. I'm certain some audiophiles will feel that you can change the sound of the N- 5. I'll leave the power cord shootouts to others. This is also how you update the N- 5. FAT1. 6 or FAT3. 2 formatted USB thumb drive. I do wonder why firmware updates are not handled via Ethernet/Internet which would make this a simpler and less time consuming exercise. The front panel also hosts the power switch and five buttons including Function which acts as a source selector and four playback controls including Play/Pause, Stop, Forward and Previous. When playing back music from the Music Server, you'll also see the Track Title, Album Artist, Album Title, File Type, Sample Rate/Bit Depth, Duration/Time Elapsed, and Album Cover Art (1. No AIFF, ALAC, etc. If you use the Asynchronous USB DAC input, these file format restrictions do not apply. I was able to play AIFF files up to 2. USB from my Mac. Book Pro or my PC which accesses my i. Tunes library on another NAS (Seagate Black. Armor NAS 2. 20). This playback option also lets you use i. Tunes with add- on apps like Pure Music, Bit. Perfect, and JRiver Media Center. You can also play AIFF and ALAC files via Airplay and Bluetooth. After initially connecting the N- 5. Ethernet cable, I powered it on, selected . Clicking Enter displayed the . Of course this browsing structure is only as good as your metadata but that's a story for another day. If you've taken good care of your metadata, it will take good care of you. The N- 5. 0 is also Airplay enabled meaning you can play to the N- 5. Apple i. OS device or any Mac or PC running i. Tunes. With i. Tunes, you simply need to click on the farthest left icon located on the bottom right hand side of the i. Tunes Window (it looks like an arrow pointing into a rectangle) and select . Once you start playing a track, the N- 5. If you're going to use the N- 5. Ethernet. Since I have a home network that includes a dual- band Wi- Fi router, I can (and did) stream to the N- 5. Wi- Fi network(s) using Airplay. I would go so far as to suggest that for anyone looking to buy a Network Player or Streamer, a wired Ethernet network is a must- have kinda deal whereas included WI- Fi is a nice option I can live without. Beyond the basic functions like source selection and track navigation, there are a few controls worth paying attention to—. Pioneer says, . Smoother more delicate musical expression can be achieved by requantizing 1. Lastly there's Sound Retriever Air used to reportedly improve the sound quality for Bluetooth/Air Jam. I mainly used Pure Audio, mainly because that's the kind of guy I am. We'll talk more about the sounds of processing and lack thereof in the listening section. At first, and admittedly for some time, I thought the app only let me view 4 selections no matter the source. So I sent an email to the always helpful and professional Katherine Manning at Pioneer and she replied, . I found the Pioneer Remote App to be a bit slow in rendering the next set of Album titles showing . The app also does not include album cover art which I kinda enjoy when using an i. Phone or i. Pad as a remote. If you have a Pioneer N- 5. OS device, you could download the free Twonky Mobile app which worked just fine with the N- 5. NAS. In terms of user- friendly features, I appreciate the ability to turn off the Auto Power Off function (the unit comes set up to automatically shut down after 3. Quick Start mode (default is Off) since without it the N- 5. I timed it) to start up. And audiophiles can be an impatient lot. I used the included remote as well as the Pioneer remote app and the Twonky Mobile app finding the latter two more useful than the traditional remote. Among the various input options I found myself mostly using the Music Server and Internet Radio/v. Tuner. That said, considering the price of the N- 5. I feel having a 2. Asynchronous USB DAC input to be a wonderful option. While you can buy the optional AS- WL3. I do not recommend relying on a Wi- Fi connection as your main listening source and the reason being Wi- Fi can and often will drop out. How often and how annoying this turns out to be is dependent on a number of variables including your Wi- Fi's signal strength, how much traffic there is on your Wi- Fi network, how much interference you suffer from, and how easily you get annoyed. And they do but how well depends on those Wi- Fi variables. With music played back from my NAS through the Music Server input using the Pure Music setting, things sounded crisp, clean and nicely resolved. The N- 5. 0 threw out a big, open and airy sound with instruments very nicely placed in their respective place (recording allowing). With the USB DAC input, things closed in a bit and the overall presentation felt a tad muddied. We're not talking about a night and day difference but the Ethernet input sounded less processed as compared to USB. More like pure music. With Internet Radio and streaming music via Bluetooth or Airplay from my i. Phone, I found the Auto Sound Retriever option added a bit of body to the sound, a pleasant boost akin to the Loudness control from the olden days of hi- fi. I'm not going to say much more than that since these options and how much you like them are subjective creatures and music sources like Internet radio stations vary in terms of sound quality. You may find that the stations you like most may not be the best sounding ones in which case the . But if you find you select your musical sources based on sound quality alone regardless of the music, I'd recommend buying a tone generator or better yet a ukulele instead of a hi- fi. People come over, download the free app and everyone adds some of their favorite songs to the . Of course your friends could just copy their tracks to your hard drive, play them for the party, and delete them when they leave which I consider more than fair use. You may want to check with your Copyright attorney beforehand since enjoying music in a group may infringe on someone or something. While I can see the appeal of this setup, I see the larger Airplay draw aimed at other music listeners beyond the person who picked out and is the main N- 5. In my experience, family members with private music libraries typically house them on their own computers or portable devices so the Airplay option allows them to play their i. Tunes and i. OS- based music through the hi- fi (and let's stop calling it the . With sources of varying quality, it's more than nice to be able to shape their sound to our liking with the click of a button on a remote. I know some purists may cringe at the idea of pursuing and enjoying less than the absolute sound but some of us also enjoy music for music's sake, sound quality be damned. Besides, you can always hit that .
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