Onkyo brings out T-4070 network tuner with AirPlay
Onkyo hit the headlines over the weekend by announcing its strategic alliance with TEAC, and today comes news of its latest product launch, a new AirPlay-enabled network tuner.
The £800 T-4070, available next month in black or silver, features wireless audio streaming via Apple AirPlay, plus DLNA connectivity, Spotify, FM and DAB+ radio.
Apple owners can stream audio from any iOS device to the tuner, but Onkyo also offers a DLNA 1.5-certified ethernet port for access to PC-based music libraries.
USB devices van be connected directly via the standard USB socket, which allows playback of MP3, AAC, WMA Lossless, FLAC, WAV and Ogg Vorbis files.
Onkyo's Remote Apps for iOS and Android can be used to control the T-4070.
Subscription music services available on the network tuner include Spotify, Last.fm and AUPEO, while vTuner gives free access to hundreds of worldwide internet radio stations.
Broadcast radio can also be heard using the high-sensitivity FM and DAB+ tuners, each with 40 presets.
Built around a "super-rigid, anti-vibration chassis", the T-4070 uses separate Wolfson 192kHz/24-bit DACs for each channel, DIDRC noise-reduction circuitry, as well as gold-plated RCA, AES/EBU and coaxial terminals.
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I'm assuming higher spec than the 8050 on certain things. e.g. at the very least dac specs. There's no mention of the DAC chips used by the 8050 whilst this talks up "separate Wolfson 192kHz/24-bit DACs for each channel"
A question - Is the DLNA streaming capable of streaming gaplessly? Answer - I guess not, since Apple only have one licensee for AirPlay (their choice) and that licensee does not currently support gapless playback via DLNA. I think I'll pass on this one for that reason, not to mention the price. Nice of Onkyo to make the user guide available on their website so soon though, although it's a bit basic.
TX-8050 is a receiver – ie with amplification built-in, etc, – whereas this is a source component, with no onboard amplification.
I'm probably being a bit slow here, but how is this actually different from the 8050?
£800? Seems a lot given the 8050 amp will do most of that.