Quad Artera Solus Play, All-in-One Streaming Amplifier + Built-in CD Player, Silver or Black

Quad Artera Solus Play, All-in-One Streaming Amplifier + Built-in CD Player, Choice of Silver or Black
New Price: € 2,299.00

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General: Quad is an audio brand with an enormously rich history. Quad was actually the brand to have in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Quad has breathed new life into this heritage by re-releasing the legendary 3-series equipment. But with the Artera series, Quad demonstrates that they are also a modern company capable of making sleek-looking, versatile, and great-sounding equipment at an affordable price. This Quad Artera Solus Play is a true all-rounder, and by all-rounder we really mean just about everything: streaming, CD player, D/A converter with digital inputs, preamplifier, and power amplifier in one compact and stylish housing. There's just no turntable built in...

Technical Specifications: The Quad Artera Solus Play is the most versatile device Quad has to offer. With the choice of streamer and CD player in an all-in-one solution, it leaves little to be desired. The Quad Artera Solus Play is a stylish and compact device, available in an attractive neutral black finish or a sleek, modern-looking silver finish. On top of the housing sits a beautiful glass plate that completes the look. The digital heart of the Quad Artera Solus Play is the high-quality ESS Sabre ES9018 DAC, which can convert PCM signals up to 32bit/384kHz, and via the USB input can also convert DSD signals up to DSD512. This allows you to easily play your entire music collection with an external server/streamer connected to the Artera Solus Play. For easy and quick music playback, you can also simply play music via Bluetooth aptX. CDs can be inserted at the front where the slot-loading CD mechanism is located. The power supply is a powerful linear supply with ring-core transformer; the power supply for the left and right channels are separate from each other, and each stage in the Artera Solus Play has its own power circuit to minimize interference between the analog and digital stages. The Quad Artera Solus Play features many connections including Toslink, Coax, and USB digital inputs, unbalanced analog RCA connections, and for analog outputs you can choose between balanced XLR outputs and unbalanced RCA outputs. The pre outputs can be used simultaneously for people with, for example, subwoofers. Streaming is available both wired and wireless. Finally, there is also a high-quality headphone amplifier in the Quad Artera Solus Play with a 6.3mm jack connection on the front of the device. The Quad Artera Solus Play features 2 x 75 Watts at 8 Ohms, which is sufficient in many domestic situations and with speakers up to average efficiency at normal to fairly high listening volumes. Thanks to its powerful, comprehensive power supply with large reserves, the Quad Artera Solus Play is more powerful and stable than its power rating on paper suggests.

Streaming: The Quad Artera Solus Play can be connected to the network both wired and wirelessly. You control the streamer in the Artera Solus Play via the DTS Play-Fi application, available on both iOS and Android devices. In the Play-Fi app you can work with many streaming services, so you can play music from Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, Audacy, KKBOX, Napster and SoundMachine. For radio and podcast listeners, TuneIn Radio, iHeartRadio and Sirius XM are also integrated. And of course Spotify Connect is simply an option. For the casual and quick listener or for the rest of the family who don't want to delve into various software, simple playback via Bluetooth aptX is also possible. The Play-Fi app is free and easy to use. For those who prefer an alternative application, MConnect, BubbleUPnP and JPlay are also applications with which you can control the Quad Artera Solus Play. With DTS Play-Fi, multiroom is possible with other DTS Play-Fi equipment, also from other brands. In this way, the Quad Artera Solus Play can be fully integrated into homes where audio equipment is found in multiple rooms. Although most people will simply use the 'Critical Listening Mode' in the Play-Fi app, allowing them to stream High Res files to a single device, in this case the Artera Solus Play, for the best sound quality.

Listening: The Quad Artera Solus Play is a modern amplifier with a classic sound in a modern package. The sound is neutral, powerful and dynamic but in a way that doesn't shout from the rooftops. There is excellent differentiation and intelligibility of the different layers in the recording due to the very good articulation and rhythmic reproduction that the Quad Artera Solus Play possesses. The sound is full and has a good amount of body, without the sound coming across as colored. The built-in CD player works and sounds excellent, certainly for an integrated CD player the sound is particularly detailed and musical. Actually, in many respects we can simply say that the Quad Artera Solus Play sounds 'as it should'. A broad interpretation and of course very personal, but after listening to this excellent and versatile all-in-one streaming amplifier with DAC and CD player, we suspect that a large part of people will agree with that statement. The Quad Artera Solus Play can be used in many situations, rooms and speakers. Due to its compact format, it can easily be tucked away in a piece of furniture, and thanks to its good build quality and clean design without excessive lights and displays, the Quad Artera Solus Play is a device that is not an eyesore to display in plain sight.

The Quad Artera Solus Play can now be auditioned by appointment at Ohm-Audio B.V., optionally with matching Quad Artera Mono power amplifiers. Ohm-Audio B.V. is an official Dutch Quad dealer.

Specifications:

Brand: Quad UK
Model: Artera Solus Play
Type: All-in-One Streaming Amplifier with Built-in CD Player
Warranty Ohm-Audio B.V. / New Transtec: 24 Months
Analog Inputs: 2 x Unbalanced RCA
Analog Outputs: 1 x Balanced XLR, 1 x Unbalanced RCA
Digital Inputs: 2 x SPDIF Coax RCA, 2 x Toslink Optical, 1 x USB-B
Digital Outputs: 1 x SPDIF Coax RCA, 1 x Toslink Optical
Network Connection: Choice of Wired RJ45 or Wireless with WiFi Antenna
Extra: Bluetooth aptX Connectivity Option, CD Player
Finish: Choice of Black or Silver

Dimensions:

Amplifier Dimensions: 320mm Wide x 320mm Deep x 105mm High
Weight: 11.5 kg Net

Manufacturer Website: Quad Artera Solus Play