Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 V2 Upsampling Network Music Player & Pre-amplifier

Cambridge Audio's Stream Magic 6 is a fantastic upsampling network music player and preamplifier that just got even better with the new Stream Magic 6 V2 More than ever, it's a great way to connect your digital music collection to your hi-fi, making your digital audio sound better than ever. In the Stream Magic 6 V2 Cambridge Audio more than double the clock speed of the streaming module processor (600MHz, compared to 266MHz in the V1). This faster processor is an Arm Cortex A8 processor, similar to the ones found in many modern smart phones. With its built in NEON co-processor (This is a DSP that accelerates decoding) Stream Magic V2 is able to deliver, smoother, lower jitter playback of your music. Thanks to the newer processor architecture, the Stream Magic 6 V2 is not only faster, but more than four times more powerful than the Stream Magic 6 original. These hardware upgrades result in browsing performance is much faster on the Stream Magic 6 V2 and an ability to play sample rates of up to 24/192 over Wi-Fi, Ethernet or from USB hard drives (signal strength permitting). In the removal of all barriers to 24-bit/192kHz playback, the front and rear USB ports are both now USB 2.0 (compared to 1.1 on the V1). This improves the USB rate to 480Mbits (up from 12Mbits in the Stream Magic 6 V1), again delivering faster browsing and playback of music files. Wherever your digital audio comes from, whatever format you store it in, the Stream Magic 6 V2 network music player will play it beautifully. From smart phones, tablets, and laptops, to Blu-ray players, TVs, and games consoles, and with support for audio streaming services including Pandora, Stream Magic 6 V2 doesn't just stream audio on to your hi-fi amp and speakers. It dramatically improves the quality of your music, enhancing detail, clarity and overall quality. Gapless playback is supported for seamless playback of albums.