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Streamers-Servers

Product Information

Music Sources :

Sonnet Digital Hermes 

Metrum Acoustics Baby Ambre + Ambre

Ambre $1995 - Baby Ambre $925

Refer Ambre Page for details & Sonnet Digital for more 'Information'

Silent Angel : scroll down for Networking Devices - "Servers" 

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Hermes Morpheous Black

Roon approved - Sonnet Hermes joins Morpheus NOS DAC/PRE
Sublime Digital Streaming ... D/A Conversion & Variable Voltage Volume Control
 
Hermes : $2,195
 
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Hermes via I2S - Alex Halberstadt comments :
  
"In my System, Hermes Digital Bridge replaced a number of more-expensive components ..." 
 

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Hermes & Morpheus in play at Einsnull Magazin Germany :

"In addition, the resolution was extremely fine with CD quality. In 24 bit territory, Hermes and Morpheus shine with even more details and precision. The wonderful openness of the Ladder Dac was particularly evident in Hires, which offered a natural sound with a pleasant flow and a dark background".

"Sophisticated Technology"

Hermes now performs Streaming duties at Novo Magazine in Canada, ZMF Headphones & SoundPrism Speaker Systems.

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Michael Lavorgna has this to say when combining Morpheus & Hermes :

"Yikes !" 

 

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John Grandberg provides his opinion "

"Hermes via I2S just takes things further in terms of fidelity"

 

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Chinese Translation (not perfect).

"Revealing"

Coming 2024 :

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From M2Tech Italy

Rock-Star 'Stills' Streamer

Matching casework with other Rock-Star components & can also be powered by Van der Graaf MKII PSU

 

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DiDiT High-End

Server/DAC/PRE/Headphone Integrated Design

With twin Headphone outputs or L & R channel output

Uniquely all Music Platforms are accessed via USB Stick

DAC212SEII AMP215

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Wojciech Pakuła slots prototype DAC212SEII into his High-End System

"His Ayon Audio Spheris III, a Preamplifier costing about PLN 130,000, with a power cable for PLN 25,000 and an interconnect for PLN 40,000,

was not needed" !

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Jason Kennedy puts prototypes DAC212SEII + AMP212 to the Test :

"Small is Beautiful"

DiDiT High-End DSD DAC212SEII (on top) & proprietary design Hyper-AMP212 (below).

Roon Endpoint, as well as being UPnP and DLNA compatible.

Latest Sabre Pro D/A Converter - Class A Preamp - Headphone Amp

In-house designed Class A/D Power Amplifier

Introducing :

"Thunder-Data : Silent Angel"

Silent Angel offers an affordable entry into the ever developing Digital World. Stepping up in options/versatility with further upgrade ability.

 

2023

"Pros : Very good price to performance ratio, compact, easily transportable, teeny tiny".

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"Cons : None"

 

Silent Angel Munich M1T Streamer, Bonn N8 Network Switch & Forester LPS

"The Silent Angel stack laced together with Snowy White wires was positively a delight to hear & to operate.

The happy stack (very nearly) competed with a significantly more expensive Streamer on hand ..."

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"And What an App" !

Munich M1 Streamer

"Would Like to See - Can't think of anything Frankly !"

Munich M1 HT Review

Bonn NX Network Switch

"Undeniable Sonic Improvements"

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Bonn N8 PRO 

“I am having a hard time packing this back up, and am considering adding it to my system when finances allow.

"A Very Highly Recommended Product”

2023

"Extreme High-End"

High Fidelity in Poland have some advice.

Silent Angel Genesis GX

2023 New Reference

"All this makes the Bonn NX such an interesting tool that it will soon replace the Bonn N16 LPS model in our "Reference System". 

And finally there is a BNC socket, designed to connect an external 25 MHz Master Clock".

Rhein V1 + Forester F2 2023

Audiokey Gold Award for Rhein Z1 Forester 2

“Hands down the Silent Angel Rhein Z1 wins the High Nines Award for a truly exceptional streaming product. However, when coupled to the SA Forester 2 the combo moves things up to the next level and wins, collectively, the "Gold Keynote Award for Excellence". I am truly impressed with the Silent Angel Brand and these two products”.

Bonn N8 PRO : HiFiCLASS POLAND 2023

Bonn N8 pro.JPG Award HiFiCLASS

"For me, the return from the N8 PRO to the regular N8, even with the Forester 1 power supply, turned out to be quite painful, hence the first one, the hero of this review,

lands on the list of the next, now necessary upgrade of my "Reference System".

Silent Angel Rhein Z1 V2

"Video Intro" :

Silent Angel Rhein Z1 V2

Munich M1T Network Bridge

2023 : Poland

Coming in at way more than half the price ... the Munich fares well against a well-known alternative.

Could that gap close, or go further ... with the addition of the Forester PSU's ?

 "Great Transportation for the price"

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Videos - Intro : M1 F1

Silent Angel M1 + F1

"F1 M1" 

“Munich M1 Streamer V Bluesound Node & Network Switch”

“Silent Angel makes a small range of relatively compact products, that are all about Streaming high quality Audio from local or external sources such as Qobuz. The company was founded by Dr. Eric Jian Huang who comes from one of the bigger NAS manufacturers and has a good enough understanding of that field to be making SSD storage in house, for use in his Rhein Music Server. 

Silent Angel also makes network switches and two levels of Streamer, of which the Munich M1 is the more ambitious. It’s available in two versions with (M1) and without (M1T) an onboard DAC and can be upgraded with a Forester Linear Power Supply. Both versions can be used with an external DAC but you save £300 by opting for the M1T Transport, which only has Digital outputs”.

"Best Buy"

Sound-Image Australia : Silent Angel Munich M1 + Forester F1 Review

"We have to give the F1 the nod, as prior to its use we had considered the M1 a competent, enjoyable & versatile Streamer,

whereas with the F1 feeding the power, it became an exceptional-sounding streamer as well.

At this point we also took our Preamp out of circuit & used the M1’s outputs (set to variable !) straight into our Power Amps".

"The clarity was now startling"

  

Bonn N8 Data Switch Review + Forester F1

 

"November 2022"

 

Enquiry welcome for other Silent Angel Products :

Silent Angel Bonn Forester Munich

 "SA Network Streaming Solution Reviews"

Streamers-Servers

Product Specifications

  • Working Principle : Linux based ROON End Point using precision clocks

    Power Supply : 10 VA. Power consumption - Standby < 1 Watt. Full operation max 6 Watts

    Power requirement : 110-230 V AC 60/50Hz

    Inputs : Lan (local area network) max. 100 Mbps

    Outputs : 1x Optical Toslink, 1 x RCA Coax, 1 x AES/EBU and I2S

    Sampling frequency:

    Optical : 44.1 – 96 kHz sampling.

    Coaxia l: 44.1 – 192 kHz sampling.

    I2S : 44.1- 192 kHz sampling. Max cable length in case of UTP CAT5e 20 meters

    Dimensions : H x W x D : 19 x 6 x 25 cm. Weight: 2500 gram.
  • Shared features between all models : Specs go higher as you climb the Range.

    • USB class 2.0 output and HDMI Audio
    • Rip CD's as (uncompressed) Flac
    • Full access to music collection on SSD/HDD (no added DRM)
    • Plays almost all formats : WAV, AIFF, FLAC, WMA, MP3 ....
    • Output PCM files bit-perfect from CD 16/44.1 up to 32/768 kHz and DXD
    Or output any PCM files played at 432 Hz, in the following rendered resolutions :
    16/44.1
    24/88.2
    24/96
    24/192
    24/352.8
    24/384
    24/705.6
    24/768

    • Also applies to internet Radio, Qobuz, Spotify - which can be output as-is (typically 16/44.1) or with 432Hz conversion to any output resolution

    • Output DSD files bit-perfect as DoP
    Or render them as PCM with 432 Hz conversion, in the following rendered resolutions:
    16/44.1
    24/88.2
    24/96
    24/192
    24/352.8
    24/384
    24/705.6
    24/768
    • Bit-perfect and gapless playback
    • Spotify, Qobuz, Wimp & Tidal
    • Internet radio stations - more than 10000
    • Android clients : Logitech Media Controller
    • Apple clients : Logitech Media Controller, iPeng, Squeezepad
    • Control your 432 EVO via web browser (configuration and playback interface)
    • 2 TB internal storage - good for 6000 CD's. The storage can be expanded to 6 TB (special request only) and/or extended via a NAS
    • Internet based software updates are available from the K-B main Server - remote support via a built-in VPN.

    Dimensions : 432 EVO are compatible with the 43cm HiFi Standard