Little Stream: NAD CS1

Should your existing system not merit the level and price-tag of the dCS above, NAD has a rather more affordable new model for your consideration — the $599 CS1 Network Streamer. Despite the affordable price NAD is promising “audiophile-grade streaming” from a digital stage based on Texas Instruments’ PCM5141 DAC, a design NAD says is “known for its extremely low noise, excellent dynamic performance, and immunity to clock jitter”. Of course, NAD itself and its Lenbrook sister companies have many streamers and streaming amplifiers that are based on the BluOS multiroom streaming platform. You don’t get that here: the CS1 is purely an ‘endpoint’ streamer, meaning it’s designed to work with common third-party streaming protocols such as GoogleCast, AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect, once networked by either Wi-Fi…

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