Article: T+A Elektroakustik Music Player Balanced

[The Computer Audiophile]

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[Audio_ELF]

Chris... Back when you reviewed the Linn you criticised it because you had some files with large amounts of embedded images (as I recall) which didn't play gapless.

 

Can I ask if you tried these files on the T+A to see if gapless was "breakable"?

 

Eloise

[The Computer Audiophile]

Chris... Back when you reviewed the Linn you criticised it because you had some files with large amounts of embedded images (as I recall) which didn't play gapless.

 

Can I ask if you tried these files on the T+A to see if gapless was "breakable"?

 

Eloise

Hi Eloise - Good question. Yes, these were some of the first files I tested. Everything worked flawlessly with the T+A unit.

[Cebolla]

Chris, presumably the T+A supports gapless fully, ie in renderer file 'push' mode via a gapless supporting control point (eg BubbleUPnP app for Android and Audionet app for iOS) and not just via its own remote or app.

 

Also, with the majority of streamers now supporting gapless, the continued lack of fast forward/back and random in-track (slider) positioning functions of most of them has become more apparent. Does the T+A streamer have these functions?

 

John

[The Computer Audiophile]

Chris, presumably the T+A supports gapless fully, ie in renderer file 'push' mode via a gapless supporting control point (eg BubbleUPnP app for Android and Audionet app for iOS) and not just via its own remote or app.

 

Also, with the majority of streamers now supporting gapless, the continued lack of fast forward/back and random in-track (slider) positioning functions of most of them has become more apparent. Does the T+A streamer have these functions?

 

John

Hi John - Your presumption is correct. It supports gapless using any control point and server that also support gapless (SetNextURI).

 

I feel dumb now, I didn't test fwd / reverse seeking.

[stereomatters]

It seems that Linn Akurate DS would be a better comparison point than the Akurate DSM: The DS is identical to the DSM as a streamer, has a volume control, and retails for just under $7K.