USED ONLY AS STREAMER CD NEVER USED - ORIGINAL PACKAGE & ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING X-FTB-02 The X-Stream 9 is at the same time a network player, a DAC, a CD player, a PC/MAC player via its asynchronous USB-B X-MOS input and a DAB/DAB+ and FM digital tuner. Whatever the medium of your favorite music ? PC or MAC computer, smartphone, tablet, network hard drive, NAS or CD disc ? you could benefit from the highest level of sound quality. "Limitless" has been our philosophy in designing our universal source. Our engineers have integrated the best technologies on the unique condition that the results obtained result in a soothing listening without aggressiveness of total purity. The audio output stage and the decoding part have been particularly neat. Associated with our audio stage, this low-distortion DAC (-112dB based on a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 120dB) will multiply your listening pleasure! The network player part of the X-Stream 9 allows you to manage streaming services (Spotify, Qobuz...), several thousand local, national and global radio, the playback of your discotheque stored locally on your computer or network disk. Airplay and DLNA compatible. The control of your network player can be done via the ADVANCE PLAYSTREAM application downloadable on the AppStore and Google Play. The X-Stream 9 has a CD player incorporating the latest generation of Tamul servo ensuring a stable and qualitative playback of your CDs. The solution used combines a 16-bit processor and a 24-bit DSP. It supports CD, CD-R/RW, CD-DA (MP3/WMA) playback. Our universal source is also equipped with a USB-B X-MOS input for direct connection of your PC or MAC computer. This 32-bit / 8 core asynchronous "high speed" input allows playback of all types of files up to DSD. The X'Stream 9 is configurable in variable or fixed output for a perfect adaptation with the input level of your integrated amplifier. The volume will be controlled from the remote control or via the device itself. The X-Stream 9 acts as a DAC, it is equipped with 3 optical inputs and 2 coaxial inputs. In addition, our player has both balanced analog stereophonic (XLR jacks) and unbalanced (RCA jacks) outputs as well as two optical and coaxial digital outputs. The X-Stream 9 incorporates a BDD (Bluetooth Direct Digital) port for connecting our X-FTB 02 digital Bluetooth receiver. This receiver integrates the APTX which ensures CD quality on all your sources.