Cocktail Audio X14 CD Ripper Music Streamer

Powerful and Compact HD All-In-One Hi-fi System

Cocktail Audio's X14 is a powerful and compact HD all-in-one hi-fi system with a high quality DAC chip and built-in Class-D power amplifier. And that's only the beginning. The X14 also has a music database with high quality metadata and cover art, music server functionality, Bluetooth receiver, recording capability, network streaming system, and big five-inch screen. You will discover much to love about this flexible system!

High Performance System Resources and Custom-Designed Software

Based on a Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 processor running at 1.0 GHz and custom-designed software, the X14 has got everything ready for delivering powerful operation performance, along with plenty of features and functions created by advanced software developed by in-house R&D team.

High Resolution Audio 24-bit/192 kHz

The X14 supports a huge range of digital file formats including, including MQA, DSD64, DSD128, DXD (24Bit/352.8KHz), HD FLAC (24Bit/192KHz), HD WAV (24Bit/192KHz), CAF, APE/CUE, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, AIF, AAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, PCM, M3U, PLS, and more.

Versatile Networking and Remote Control with a Customized App

Connect the X14 to your network for streaming music to and from other devices. Listen to cloud based music services and control remotely using mobile devices with Cocktail Audio's customized remote control app, NOVATRON MusicX or WebInterface.

Built-in Bluetooth with aptX Plus Apple AirPlauy

The X14 is equipped with built-in Bluetooth, which allows you to play music files in your mobile devices via the X14. It supports A2DP and AVRCP profiles and SBC (Subband codec), aptX, AAC and MP3 codec. Using Apple AirPlay and Spotify Connect, you can play songs from iOS devices and music from Spotify on the X14 wirelessly.

CD-Ripping with Gracenote CD Metadata and Album Cover Art

Using your own optical disc drive, you can rip your CD collections to X14 MusicDB. You can load all your CDs onto the MusicDB in FLAC, ALAC, WAV or MP3 file format easily. And the The X14's built-in music database offers very nice and convenient functions like search, display by text or cover art, sort, and more.

A large, 5" TFT screen will let you control the X14 easily with intuitive GUI and display cover art and all information for playing a song.

Recording with 192 kHz Hi-Res Sampling Rate

The X14 offers a recording function for internet radio, and Analog In. You can make your own digital music collection with 192Khz hires sampling rate and beautiful sound. Very smart auto/manual editing function for the recorded files is available at the X14. You can easily edit the recorded files and make a nice digital music file collection.

Install Your Own Internal Drive

For onboard storage, a 3.5" / 2.5" SATA hard disk or Solid State Drive (SSD) are accepted to the X14, which supports up to 8TB capacity. You can install a storage easily, thanks to a customized storage drive bay.

Overview

• HD hi-fi music server with database, CD ripper, high quality DAC, and network streamer
• High-performance Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 processor running at 1.0Ghz
• 192 kHz Stereo CS4350 DAC chip with integrated PLL
• High-performance 30 watts per channel Class-D power amplifier (total 60 Watts)
• 5" TFT LCD (800 x 480 pixel) screen built-in on the front for
• Intuitive User Interface
• Bluetooth Receiver (Profile: A2DP, AVRCP / Supported Codec: SBC Subband Codec, aptX, AAC, MP3)
• Giga Fast Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbps) built-in
• Supports up to 8TB internal storage (3.5"/2.5" hard disk or SSD)
• Supports MQA, DSD (64/128), DXD (24-Bit/352.8 kHz) including 24-Bit/192 kHz WAV/FLAC, and other audio file formats
• Optional function: CD Ripping with professional CD metadata and album cover art provided by Gracenote*
• Load your vinyl and cassette tape collections to the X14 in hi-res sample rate 192 khz
• Play music files in your mobile devices via the X14 through its Bluetooth receiver
• Versatile network functions such as UPnP (DLNA) Server / Client / Media Renderer, Samba Server/Client, FTP Server, Web Server, etc
• Major Music Streaming Services (TIDAL, TIDAL MQA, Deezer, Qobuz, Napster) and Internet Radio (Airable) available
• Customized Remote Control App, NOVATRON MusicX for iOS and Android
• Provides customized WebInterface (WebUI) for remote control and MusicDB management by PC
• Supports 'Roon Ready'

*Note: You need an external USB optical disk drive if you want to do CD-Ripping with the X14

• Digital outputs: Toslink optical, coaxial digital
• Analog input: Stereo line input (RCA)
• Analog outputs: pre out, headphone out, speaker terminals
• Digital inputs: 3 USB host (1 front, 2 rear)
• Network: Ethernet (100Base - Tx/10Base-T) LAN
• Bluetooth aptX
• Apple AirPlay
• Spotify Connect

• Host CPU: Embedded 500Mhz MIPS
• Main Memory: (2 Gbit, DDR2 667Mhz)
• Firmware Memory: (2Gbit)
• Pre out dynamic range: 112dB (Max 2Vrms, Stereo) Pre out THD+N: 0.001%
• Dimensions: 7" wide, 3.9" high, 5.9" deep