Audionet DNP

The Birth of a New Reference

Audionet’s new DNP (Digital Network Preamplifier) offers a new standard in combining world class tone, dynamics and reference class sound staging with access to a multitude of digital formats, turning digital music data into a captivating listening experiences. The Audionet DNP is a high potential preamplifier that competes favorably with the world’s best, including our own, all analog Audionet PRE G2. The Audionet DNP is capable of handling both coarse and fine dynamic with outstanding musical exactness and finesse while paying special attention to imaging as well as room correction. In combination with Audionet’s new reference external power supply, the EPX, the DNP reaches new levels of performance, featuring the usual Audionet qualities of presenting music as realistic as possible and free from grain, distortion or coloration, while offering also rarely found level of convenience and customization in integrating signals from computers, servers, HDD, USB sticks and streaming from the internet.

The Audionet DNP is the first preamplifier which can be fully integrated into a network and controlled completely by Windows, Linux or Mac computers. Users worldwide noticed the outstanding ease of use, making programming the DNP a breeze. Our in-house developed software RCP (Audionet RCP – Audionet Remote Control Point) allows the user to organize complex functions and settings effortlessly through a GUI (graphic user interface).

Function

Network-compatible 2.2 channel stereo preamplifier.

Special Features

• Streaming client for internet radio playback and podcast playback (airable.Radio & airable.on-demand and vTuner Internet Radio Service), network devices (UPnP mediaserver) and music data from USB memory sticks
• Offers access to music online services TIDAL, Qobuz and Deezer in Hifi/HighRes quality: FLAC 44.1kHz/16bit up to 192kHz/24bit (depending on availability and account type of respective online service)
• Supported streaming client formats: WAV (up to 192kHz/24bit), FLAC (up to 192kHz/24bit), ALAC (up to 96kHz/24bit), AIFF (uncompressed, up to 192kHz/24bit), AAC, WMA, OGG-Vorbis
• USB 2.0 (USB-A) for external media control and USB Audio 2.0 (up to 192kHz/24bit)
• 2.0 to 2.2 stereo operation mode (2 analogue subwoofer outputs or usable as multiroom outputs)
• parametric equaliser and delay manager for all outputs
• double-precision bass manager with 48bit resolution and freely adjustable crossover frequencies and filter properties
• Audionet Intelligent Sampling Technology with asynchronous upsampling up to 192kHz/24bit
• Precise clock generator for the elimination of clock flank deviations (jitter)
• Sampling frequencies and resolution of the digital inputs: 32 kHz to 192kHz/24bit
• Audionet HighBit interface for all audio data including DVD-A and SACD
• FM radio receiver with RDS function
• Audionet ULA technology (Ultra Linear Amplifier)
• Fully DC-coupled, no capacitors in the signal path
• One 100 VA toroidal mains transformer for analogue signal processing
• 62.000 µF total filtering capacitance
• Separate power supplies for digital and analogue section
• Gold-doped, pure silver, solid core signal cabling
• Microprocessor with dedicated power supply controls and handles all functions
• Remote activation of other Audionet component via Audionet Link (optical fiber)
• Headphones output electronically switchable
• Automatic mains phase detection
• Audionet Metal Remote Control RC 2

Bass Manager

• Management of one (mixed-mono) or two subwoofer (mixed-mono or stereo)
• Data processing with 48bit resolution (double precision)
• Channels/channel-groups can selectively be driven with the full signal or across the digital frequency crossover with adjustable crossover frequencies and filter qualities.
• X-Bass: Subwoofer can be configured as additional active bass
• Filter quality adjustable from 0,3 to 2,00 in 12 logarithmic steps
• Crossover frequencies adjustable from 20 Hz to 303 Hz in 51 logarithmic steps
• Subwoofer phase switchable

Delay Manager

• Adjustment range: Distance Listening position <-> loudspeaker 0m to 7m
• Automatic calculation of the delays resulting from the distance settings

Equalizer

• 5 MPE (Minimum Phase Equalizer) for each main channel and Sub
• Adjustment range for each MPE: Filter type Peak-Filter, High-Shelve, Low-Shelve, high-order filter,low-order filter
• Frequency (f): 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 128 logarithmic steps
• Gain: -12 dB to +6 dB, 0,5 dB-steps
• Quality (Q): 0,3 bis 8,0, in 20 logarithmic steps
• Import of CARMA equalizer settings

Connectors

• WLan 802.11b/g/n – WEP, WPA, WPA2
• LAN/Ethernet (RJ 45)
• USB 2.0 for external media control
• RS232 (control input)

In- and Outputs

Technical Data

Analogue inputs

Digital inputs