Cocktail AUDIO X50Pro

Cocktail Audio X50Pro – Reference Pure Digital Music Server

The X50Pro Audio Cocktail is the pure digital source audiophiles have always wanted, allowing them to comfortably manage a huge amount of high-resolution digital music collections and connect their own DACs and external amplifiers to play music in excellent quality.

The X50Pro is the reference multi-function music server with Media Player, CD Ripper, Network Streamer, Music Recorder and more, specially designed for music lovers who want to get the best performance from their Hi-End system.

Because the X50Pro features an ultra-low phase noise oscillator, Crystek Corporation's CCHD-575, a widely shielded SMPS section with aluminium cover and highly specialised circuitry designed by the in-house R&D team, the X50Pro delivers outstanding sound quality with jitter and electromagnetic noise minimised to absolutely negligible levels.

Equipped with the Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 processor, a powerful XMOS add-on microcontroller, an elegant aluminum frame entirely polished to glass and made with precision CNC machines and versatile software features developed by the in-house R&D team, the X50Pro represents the most complete pure liquid music player and server for audiophiles worldwide.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Equipped with a high-performance Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 processor operating at 1.0Ghz
• XMOS 32bit/500MIPS Microcontroller with 8 cores
• Reference sound quality through the combination of Crystek Corporation's CCHD-575 ultra-low phase noise oscillator, CCHD-575, and fully shielded SMPS with aluminum cover to minimize electrical noise and circuit design capability built up over decades of experience
• 1 GByte DDR-1066 main RAM and 8 GByte Nand flash memory
• High-speed optical disc drive based Reading Mechanics for precise, fast and reliable CD Ripping operations. Burning Capabilities
• Direct reading and playback of Compact Discs and new MQA Compact Discs
• 7-inch colour TFT LCD screen (1024 x 600 pixels) for an intuitive GUI
• Integrated DAB+/FM tuner
• USB Audio Class 2.0 output for connection to a USB digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
• 3 I²S Digital I²S Outputs (two HDMI and one RJ45 Out) to support native DSD including 24Bit/192Khz, and two I²S HDMI Outs to increase compatibility with other brands of DAC devices
• Built-in Giga Fast Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbps)
• Supports up to 8TB (Tera Bytes) of storage as a 3.5″/2.5″ Hard Disk or SSD
• Using the RAID system function, a total storage configuration of 16 TB is possible
• Sturdy and beautiful aluminium cabinet with glass sanding, manufactured by a precision CNC machine
• HDMI Out connector to use a larger screen like your TV as your GUI screen or audio output signal

VERSATILE FUNCTIONALITY AND SOFTWARE USAGE

• Supports various file formats such as MQA, DSD (64/128/256), PCM 32Bit/384Khz, DXD (24Bit/352.8Khz), including 24Bit/192Khz WAV/FLAC and a full range of high-resolution audio file formats
• CD Ripping with professional CD metadata and album covers provided by Gracenote
• Convenient music database function
• Upload your vinyl and cassette collections, DAB+/FM radio, Internet Radio to X50Pro MusicDB via its 192Khz high resolution sampling rate recording function
• Various network protocols supported UPnP (DLNA) Server/Client/Media Renderer, Samba Server/Client, FTP Server, Web Server, etc.
• The main music streaming services (TIDAL, TIDAL MQA, Deezer, Qobuz, Napster, Spotify Connect, HighresAudio and Internet Radio (Airable) available
• Custom remote control app, NOVATRON MusicX NEO for iOS and Android
• Customized WebInterface(WebUI) for remote control and management of MusicDB from your PC
• Support 'Roon Ready', the famous Music Player for music lovers
• Great Connectivity

THE PURE MUSIC SERVER FOR DIGITAL MUSIC

The Cocktail Audio X50Pro is the flagship among Novatron's Music Servers, a world leader in the design of music servers dedicated to listening to liquid music.

For all audiophile enthusiasts who are looking for a definitive audio source with advanced music server functionality, our new Reference range product, the CocktailAUDIO X50Pro, represents the state of the art for those who want maximum audio performance.

The adoption of uncompromising design solutions, such as the presence of a power supply highly shielded from electromagnetic interference and RFI, the use of high-precision oscillators and very low noise, respectively for the computer component and the digital output section, make the X50Pro a Pure Digital Music Server of absolute reference.

A very rich set of digital connections makes it easy and immediate to connect all its converters and digital components of your Hi-Fi system to the Cocktail Audio X50Pro, which then becomes the central element of your system, a real centralized system of music management at 360 °.

The high-end vocation of the Cocktail Audio X50Pro, what makes it a Reference class device, is its advanced processing and management system for audio streams, which can be played in native mode, even in high resolution, with the highest possible performance, whether PCM, MQA and DSD encoding.

X50Pro is a highly versatile machine that allows you to connect your external Hi-End DAC using one of the many high-precision digital outputs:

1. I²S (two HDMI outputs and one RJ45 Out) including 24Bit/192Khz
2. Toslink optics (up to 24bit/192KHz)
3. Coaxial RCA (75 Ohm) (up to 32bit/384KHz)
4. XLR AES/EBU (110 Ohm) (up to 32bit/384KHz)
5. USB Audio Class 2.0 (up to 32bit/384KHz and DSD)
6. Through the digital outputs it is possible to convey digital audio signals up to the maximum resolution of 32bit/384 Khz, therefore without any limit of bit depth or sampling frequency.

Through the USB Audio Class 2.0 port, it is possible to connect a DAC converter and play in a native way also DSD coding, in addition to MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) and PCM.

ODD Optical Disk Drive

The new high-precision CD transport extracts the audio CD tracks in bit-perfect, to guarantee the most complete fidelity of the result. You don't need to use any software on your computer, because the CocktailAUDIO X50Pro is able to CD-Ripping even more accurately, more easily and faster. You can store your entire Compact Disc music library in the CocktailAUDIO X50Pro. The CocktailAUDIO X50Pro already automatically adds all the metadata of the album, with track titles, author, music genre, and offers you the choice of cover.
While reading a disc, Silent Play technology automatically controls the reading speed for optimal noise reduction.
This special mechanism mounted in the CocktailAudio X50Pro also burns Compact Disc Audio, allowing you to create your own compilations of tracks.
Thanks to the Active OPC (Running OPC) "Optimum Power Controller" technology, more reliable burning is ensured. Active OPC continuously monitors the signal level during recording and adjusts the laser to compensate for the beam intensity when the disc is not perfectly clean, thus ensuring a constant signal flow.