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Ideon Audio Absolute Stream Music Server
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Ideon Audio Absolute Stream Music Server
The most innovative streamer / music rendering engine today
The Αbsolute Stream is an audiophile music server/streamer which renders music files. It is a high-performance device which will play all your musical libraries whether they are on an external hard-disk or NAS.
Just as importantly, the absolute Stream will play audio from internet sources, i.e. radio and web services such as Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, etc.
KEY FEATURES
- 4TB w/Roon
- Real-time core playback. Rendering CPU highly prioritized for audio playback only, ensuring highly optimized sound quality
- Works as Roon bridge, rendering your music from NAS or HDs into the Absolute Stream’s core CPU
- Internet streaming services ready with maximum allowed integration or via UPNP (Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, internet radio, etc)
- Proprietary, femto clock re-clocking circuit on an upgradable platform
- Very large main capacitors power bank (low esr, audiophile silk caps), and hand-made audiophile transformer
- Proprietary, zero-noise rectification bridge eliminates diode-rectification noise
- Ultra-low-noise, linear power supplies, across all board voltage points
- Proprietary, ultra-low esr special bypass power filter improving the transient current for the CPU (spectacular sound improvement!);
- Short signal paths without wiring
- Simplified, bare-bones operation avoids internal noise-inducing circuits
- Audiophile design & solid aluminum construction
Design principles
When we set out to design the Absolute Stream, we aimed at achieving extraordinary sound to complement the Absolute DAC. This quality target led us to conceive the Absolute Stream as an audio device dedicated to music playback, rather than as a computer tweaked to play music.
We applied our design principles with no-compromise to the Absolute Stream: massively over-engineered power supply, abundant ultra-low noise power, discreet power lines to critical points of the circuit, circuit stability and isolation, constant phase / timing correction.
Real-Time core playback
Core CPU highly prioritized for audio playback only, ensuring optimized performance and sound quality
Realize the potential of your music
The Absolute-Stream will play your private libraries from HDs or NAS and it works as a Roon bridge rendering your music into the device’s CPU, and of course, it renders Internet streaming services with maximum possible integration - (Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, Web radios, etc)
Future-proof phase correction
For jitter elimination, a specially designed re-clocking circuit, comprising of an no-compromise femto clock architecture, embedded in Absolute Stream as standard and not as an option with extra charge. This is an upgradable platform to protect our customers’ investment.
Over spec’d Power Supply
Huge, linear, power supplies have become an Ideon Audio trademark. The Absolute Stream has a very large main power bank composed of audiophile, low esr, silk caps; we also included a high-wattage, hand-made, audiophile transformer.
MSRP: $24,000 - Silver 4TB w/Roon
8TB of Internal SS Storage available - Additional $1500
Specifications:
| SUPPORTED FORMATS (INPUT DEPENDENT) | 44.1kHz to 384kHz PCM up to 32 bits, any DSD (up to 8xDSD) |
| SYSTEM SSD | 128GB for OS system |
| INTERNAL STORAGE | *Optional 1- 4TB for Music Libraries |
| DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT | 2 X USB with proprietary Re-Clocking (one with 5v rail, one without) |
| INPUT | Ethernet |
| EXTERNAL CONNECTIVITY | 2 X USB 3.0 for external HD Music Libraries |
| POWER SUPPLY | 3 X ultra-low noise full Linear power supplies (for all different voltage needs). No Switching power supply at any point of the device |
| DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) | 490 x 350 x 110 mm ( (19.2 x 13.7 x 4.3 in) |
| WEIGHT | 22 kg (~ 49 lbs) |