Korea’s Cocktail Audio has loaded up their X45Pro with just about all of the digital functionality you could ask for, added a MM phono stage, DAB+/FM Tuner, color LCD screen and volume control for good measure.
Every picture tells a story and the X45Pro pics have a long story to tell. On the digital front, it can play CDs, rip them to optional internal storage (up to 8GB of 3.5″/2.5″ SATA hard disk or Solid State Drive), act as a Roon-Ready UPnP streamer or DAC which uses the ESS SABRE PRO ES9038Pro, while a pair of USB inputs await external storage. A pair of line level RCA inputs and a MM Phono input (fixed 47kOms, adjustable input sensitivity from 3.75~15mVrms) take care of your analog needs. I’m hoping a simple antennae will pull in one of my favorite local FM stations, WPRB from Princeton. Of course Internet Radio has a few thousand more on offer.
A 3.5mm headphone jack, AUX IN, and USB Host Port are available up front and what you can’t see, among a lot of other things, is the ability to copy music from any source—digital, FM, or LP—to the internal drive.
I don’t know about you, but I see some X45Pro manual reading in my future along with lots of listening!
Cocktail Audio X45Pro
Price: $5999
Manufacturer’s Website: Cocktail Audio
US Distributor Website: Robyatt Audio
Specifications
| Model name | cocktailAudio X45Pro | ||
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| Host CPU & Memory | CPU : Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 running at 1.0GHz | ||
| Main Memory : DDR-1066 1GByte | |||
| NAND Flash 8GByte | |||
| CD Player | Type | Front Loading | |
| Supported media | CD, CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R/RW | ||
| Display | 7.0″ TFT LCD(1,024 x 600pixels)(* able to connect to ext. screen via HDMI out) | ||
| Interface | Key & Jog(Volume/Scroll), IR Remote Control, Customized Remote App for iOS and Android devices, Web Interface | ||
| Analog Out (SABRE Flagship ES9038PRO DAC) |
Balanced(PRE-OUT) | XLR, Dynamic Range: 137dB (Max 6.5Vrms, Stereo) THD +N: 0.0003% | |
| Unbalanced(PRE-OUT) | RCA, Dynamic Range: 137dB (Max 2Vrms, Stereo) THD +N: 0.0003% | ||
| Headphone Out | 6.35mm Jack, 100mW+100mW@1Khz, 600ohm, 0.006% THD | ||
| Digital out (Variable/Fixed) |
COAXIAL x 1 | S/PDIF 75ohm RCA, Sample rate: up to 24bit/192KHz | |
| TOSLINK x 1 | S/PDIF, Sample rate: up to 24bit/192KHz | ||
| AES/EBU/XRL x 1 | 110ohm, Sample rate: up to 24bit/192KHz | ||
| USB Audio x 1 | USB Audio Class 2.0 Output | ||
| HDMI Out x 1 | HDMI Audio Out(*Shared with HDMI Out for external screen) | ||
| Analog Input | LINE In x 1 | L&R RCA at the rear, default 2Vrms(controllable 1~4Vrms) | |
| Aux In x 1 | 3.5mm Phone Jack on the front, default 1Vrms(controllable 0.5~2Vrms) | ||
| Phono In x 1 | MM Input, default 7.5mVrms(controllable 3.75~15mVrms) | ||
| Digital Input | COAXIAL x 1 | Sample Rate: up to 24bit/192Khz | |
| TOSLINK x 1 | Sample Rate: up to 24bit/192Khz | ||
| AES/EBU XLR x 1 | Sample Rate: up to 24bit/192Khz | ||
| USB Audio Input (USB DAC) |
USB B type connector, USB Audio Class 2.0 input (support up to PCM 768Khz/32Bit, DSD Native 512, and MQA file) |
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| Supported Storage | Hard Disk | 2.5″ SATA, up to 2TB | * Bigger capacity of storage will be supported by firmware update when available in the market |
| SSD | 3.5″ SATA, up to 8TB | ||
| SSD | 2.5″ SATA, up to 2TB | ||
| Tuner | DAB+/FM | Selectable for DAB/DAB+ or FM Radio | |
| Connectivity | USB Host | USB3.0(5V/1A) x 2 at rear USB2.0(5V/1A) x 1 at front |
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| Network | Wired | Giga Fast Ethernet(10/100/1000Mbs) | |
| Wireless(Option) | ※ 802.11b/g/n WiFi USB dongle(Option) | ||
| HDMI Out | Connect to external screen(* Shared with HDMI Audio Out) | ||
| Codec&Format supported | MQA, PCM 768Khz/32Bit, DSD(DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, *DSD512), DXD(24Bit/352.8KHz), HD WAV(24Bit/192KHz), HD FLAC(24Bit/192KHz), APE/CUE, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, AIF, AAC, M4A, MP3, WMA, CAF, Ogg Vorbis, PCM, M3U, PLS, etc (* Note : DSD512 is supported by Analog Out only) |
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| Network Protocols Supported |
UPnP(DLNA) Server/Client/Media Renderer, Samba Server/Client, FTP Server, Web Server, etc | ||
| Internet Services |
Internet Radio | Airable | |
| Online Music Services | TIDAL, TIDAL MQA, Deezer, Qobuz, Napster, Spotify Connect (* Note: Amazon Music will be available via firmware update) |
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| Supported OSD languages | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Korean,(To be added by request) | ||
| Isolated Power management | Toroidal Transformer | For audio signal management | Toroidal & SMPS are shielded to minimize electrical noise |
| 70W internal SMPS | For digital CPU management | ||
| 12V Trigger Out | Max 200mA, 12V | ||
| Power Source | 220V area | AC 220V – 240V, 50/60Hz | |
| 110V area | AC 110V – 120V, 50/60Hz | ||
| Mechanical | Material | Whole chassis is based on CNC-machined high quality aluminum | |
| Dimension | Without foot | 440mm(W) x 329mm(D) x 118mm(H) | |
| With foot | 440mm(W) x 329mm(D) x 130mm(H) | ||
| Weight | 13.2Kg (Device only without accessory and carton box) | ||
| Certificate | CE, FCC, EMI, etc | ||