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1. #Nineteen sixtyfour audio manual#
2. #Nineteen sixtyfour audio full#
3. #Nineteen sixtyfour audio Bluetooth#
4. #Nineteen sixtyfour audio series#

But of course there’s always more to a device than the raw numbers. The facts and the figures are shown above. Summary: With sound quality as good as it gets, great build and a wonderfully reliable app, all I can say is that I’m really happy this is that the Simaudio Moon 280D is the streaming DAC that I chose to buy.Available at selected fine high fidelity retailers, and direct from here.

#Nineteen sixtyfour audio manual#

Intrinsic jitter: 1 picosecond RMS with 32-bit signal.

#Nineteen sixtyfour audio full#

Streaming internet services supported: Internet Radio, Podcasts, Deezer, HIGHRESAUDIO, Qobuz, Spotify, TIDAL.Local network audio protocols supported: UPnP/DLNA and Apple AirPlay 2.DSD64, DSD128 & DSD256 (for USB and network).PCM sample rates: 44.1kHz to 384kHz, 16-32 bits (for USB and network, less for other inputs).Outputs: stereo analogue RCA, stereo analogue balanced XLR.

#Nineteen sixtyfour audio Bluetooth#

Inputs: 2 x optical input, 2 x coax, 1 x AES/EBU, 1 x USB-B (for computer connections), Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.The Simaudio Moon 280D is a high-end DAC and music streamer.So is anything still missing? Chromecast, I suppose, if that’s important to you. Simaudio is pretty assiduous in improving the facilities in its products, and since then both of these features have been added. When I reviewed it, I could find just two weaknesses with the Moon 680D: it did not support Spotify Connect and it did not support Apple AirPlay. For that you have to refer to the app (but it does show the final sampling rate of the unfolded MQA stream). The only thing it doesn’t show on the front panel is MQA status.

#Nineteen sixtyfour audio series#

The Moon 280D just uses a series of LEDs to indicate input and digital audio standard. The 680D uses a large display screen to provide this information. This kind of indication means that you can be certain that your equipment is sending the right signal. It’s easy to mess up the settings on a device feeding a DAC. And, most importantly, it tells you which signal it is receiving. It supported PCM up to 32 bits and 384kHz sampling, DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256. It did all the things I consider really important in a DAC. The 680D – like the 280D – is principally a high-end DAC, with the streaming services provided by Simaudio’s MiND2 module, which occupies one of the inputs. I almost don’t need mention the sound quality, which was simply as good as it gets. There were a bunch of things I loved about the 680D. And of course there was no support for TIDAL, nor for MQA, nor for ROON (not that I’m using this, but I may want to in the future). And sometimes they don’t work quite the way that you want. Furthermore, its control app was always pretty flaky, so I’ve tended to use third party apps which support DLNA. But since I purchased that, I’ve taken to mostly using TIDAL for online music streaming, and that wasn’t natively supported by the Denon. It was actually still quite a decent performer, sound wise. For the past few years I’ve been using a Denon DNP-730AE for my streaming needs. I bought the Simaudio Moon 280D because I loved the 680D, but its $15,000 price tag was too steep for me. That was months before working for the Australian distributor of Simaudio products was even on my over-the-horizon radar. Last year I reviewed the 680D for SoundStage! Australia. You see, I was already familiar with the next step up in the Simaudio DAC/streamer catalogue: the Simaudio Moon 680D. Perhaps, but I wasn’t completely ignorant. That may seem foolhardy when you’re talking about a device that sells for thousands of dollars. I recently decided to buy one without ever having laid hands, or even eyes, let alone ears, upon one.

The device under review – the Simaudio Moon 280D DAC/streamer – is a device that I own. This review is going to be a little unusual.