CES 2011: Cambridge Audio launches NP30 network music player
Cambridge Audio has announced the NP30 network music player, the 'first in an exciting series of products to satisfy the digital music generation'.
The NP30 enables 24-bit audio playback, has access to streaming music services and internet radio stations, and offers a free remote control app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
As part of the launch the company is unveiling 'a new organic digital platform' called UuVol. This platform groups together the streaming services, internet radio and remote control.
The NP30 will stream audio from any UPnP-equipped device, including 24-bit/96kHz support for studio quality uncompressed files, plus AAC, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and WAV formats.
The UuVol Radio portal aims to make the world of internet radio easy to navigate using search and favourite functions on the UuVol website.
Streaming music services such as Pandora and Rhapsody are supported in North America, so we're hopeful that similar tie-ins will be confirmed in the UK.
Slated for a Spring 2011 release, the Cambridge Audio NP30 network music player will set you back £400.
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no LCN, no one missed that. there is a whole bunch of us that want our music to sound as good as possible which is hindered when you cram your box full of circuits to play video also. i hope that the future products in this line that cambridge hinted at will be a little "higher end" than this, but i agree it looks nice.
What is missing in this concept is that it is a MUSIC-only network player. Almost anything else in the market that comes close is fully MULTIMEDIA-enabled at a lower price and ofcourse this is what most people expect. Without a video part this is only half a solution and thus nothing else than a toy for a limited group of music adepts. Wrong direction, CA.
Looks nice.
Hopefully it will also have standard DAC inputs?
Will this work with Apple AirPlay do we know?
Hurrah: first announced at the Munich High End Show last May, does this mean it's finally due to see the light of day?
I'll stick with my Squeezebox Touch at half the price