audiolab 9000N Wireless Audio Streaming Player

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3 Years with Registration | 1 Year Limited Without Registration
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Product of the Year, Best Music Streamer Over £2000 – 2024 – What Hi-Fi? Magazine

"The 9000N is a terrific performer that delivers class-leading precision and insight…"

"The 9000N proves that Audiolab is capable of scaling its streaming expertise to more premium price points. This is a strong performer that ticks pretty much every box as far as sound quality is concerned… The established class champions need to worry."

- What Hi-Fi?, November 14, 2024

Product of the Year Award 2025 – stereonet.com

"Audiolab’s latest 9000 series has been busy winning friends and influencing people – and the new 9000N streamer is no exception. The fruit of over three years of intensive research and development with technology partner Lumin, it crunches PCM at up to 32-bit/768kHz and native DSD512. A clean-looking design that’s largely app-controlled, it sports decent connectivity and a great colour display. Sonically, it’s a real class act – sounding tight, punchy, detailed and engaging. A great all round package, if you’re serious about streaming then it’s hard to beat at or near the price."

- stereonet.com, December 2024

Best Buy Award - avsforums.com

"The 9000N is genuinely one of the most affordable devices I can think of that offers something approaching absolute transparency across any commercially available format and sample rate and deliver it from a device which is built like a lorry and a pleasure to use at the same time. The 9000N is a formidable bit of kit and one that has to be seen as a Best Buy."

- Ed Selley, avsforums.com, February 6, 2023

Five Stars – the-ear.net

"The Audiolab 9000N is pretty darn good, and definitely a significant step up in sound quality from entry-level models. Indeed, I reckon it punches above its weight and price point, delivering a performance that could just as easily have come from a higher-end brand. It is characteristically transparent and essentially neutral, with subtle changes according to which filter was applied."

- Dave Berriman, the-ear.net, July 30, 2025

Applause Award - stereonet.com

"Overall, this new product is a great argument for people to take up streaming if they haven't already. Many prospective purchasers considering this product will already have Audiolab separates, so it's a perfect machine for them—but it's also ideal for those seeking a high-quality standalone design. This new Audiolab really is rather special, and I would call it a game-changer at the price."

- James Michael Hughes, stereonet.com, October 1, 2024

Outstanding Product Award - Hi-Fi? News Magazine

"Audiolab has rounded out its premium 9000 series with a streamer/DAC of real charm. The modern-looking hardware design, plus excellent display and app, appeal from the off, and its performance is assured – music of any flavour is in its wheelhouse thanks to a clear, detailed and unfussy presentation."

- Mark Craven, HiFi News magazine, April 15, 2024

Five Stars - What Hi-Fi? Magazine

"The 9000N proves that Audiolab is capable of scaling its streaming expertise to more premium price points. This is a strong performer that ticks pretty much every box as far as sound quality is concerned. We have a few issues with the lack of certain features, but beyond that there is little to complain about here. The established class champions need to worry."

- What Hi-Fi? magazine, November 14, 2024

"Without a doubt, the Audiolab 9000N is a major achievement on many levels, from the fit and finish to the breathtaking sound on offer. And in an age where very expensive network hardware is becoming more common place, it might even be considered something of a bargain."

- Andrew Everard, Gramophone magazine, January 3, 2023

"Audiolab’s 9000N is a crisply-dressed flagship streaming DAC."

"Hi-res support in the 9000N goes all the way out to 32bit/768kHz for PCM and DSD512 for DSD with options for 352.8kHz or 384kHz upsampling and five DAC filters (2x linear phase, 2x minimum phase, 1x hybrid). MQA is also supported despite its deprecated status on Tidal’s ‘Hifi Plus’ tier."

"Audiolab’s engineering team has also paid attention to the post-DAC analogue stage which is a balanced design that aims to take down noise and distortion before exiting via XLR sockets on the rear panel. Single-ended RCA outputs are also available and both sets of analogue outputs can be attenuated by the front panel volume control."

- darko.audio, November 14, 2024

"The streaming technology for the Audiolab 9000N comes from Lumin, and they have known for some time how to play music on the network and from the Internet. A total of around three years of development work (and new layouts due to chip shortages) went into the device, and there were a total of five versions before the final series device was good enough for the Audiolab team led by chief developer Jan Ertner to release. The top streamer thus breaks new (more accessible) ground not only in terms of sound, but also in terms of operation."

"With simple user guidance, ultra-solid workmanship, an informative and beautiful display and, of course, great, detailed sound, the latest addition to the 9000 family scores plenty of points and is, in my opinion, the best device in Audiolab’s top line to date."

- Frank Lechtenberg, fidelity-magazine.com

"I think if you divide the retail price by three for the music streamer, DAC and preamplifier then its not a lot of money for each for the sound I have been getting that’s for sure. The 9000N is a very typical, very solid Audiolab product with no real surprises really other than it sounded better than I thought it would and I suppose that is a good surprise."

- Terry Ellis, pursuitperfectsystem.com, January 2024