ALL YOUR MUSIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
IPAD CONTROLLED AND ROON BASED MUSIC ARCHIVE NETWORK PLAYER, STREAMER, CD RIPPER, PREAMP, AND MORE
The MAN301R provides a single access point to your entire music library. Play back and archive music on NAS drives, stream music from the internet, play Internet Radio Stations, rip CDs, get cover art and metadata — and control it all via the ROON interface and the Weiss web interface.
The MAN301R is a powerhouse in terms of features and versatility, and a must-have for enthusiasts with music collections that are played back from multiple locations and / or for music streaming lovers.
Existing MAN301 units can be side-graded to the MAN301R version. Contact us for more information.
Main Features
Weiss MAN301R
THE ROON MODE
The main operating mode which needs the user to have a Roon subscription in order to be able to use the Roon user interface. Roon allows to:
– stream music from Qobuz, Tidal, KKBOX, Dropbox (with the appropriate subscriptions)
– play files from local storage devices
– stream radio stations via the Internet
For more information see https://roon.app
Connect the MAN301R to your network to access your NAS devices and the Internet. Then use the Roon app to control and organize your entire music library. All common audio file formats are supported.
The MAN301R runs the Roon Core software, thus no additional computer is required.
THE PRE-AMP MODE
This mode allows the use of the MAN301R as a D/A Converter. Provided the MAN301R has a D/A Converter module installed. If there isn’t any D/A Converter installed the preamp mode can be used as a volume control for digital signals via the web interface.
The inputs available in pre-amp mode are: AES/EBU and S/PDIF on XLR, RCA and TOSLINK connectors, UPnP and airplay.
THE CD RIPPING MODE
This mode allows to rip CDs to a USB storage device plugged into the back of the MAN301R. The ripped files then can be played from within the USB storage device or can be copied to another storage device.
Mechanics
The MAN301 uses a stainless steel chassis with a solid 10 mm aluminium front plate.
Power Supply
Two separate power supplies are employed, one for the computer section and another one for the digital and analog audio sections. The audio section power supply uses a toroidal transformer with a combination of switching and linear voltage regulators. The standby power is at a very low 0.5 W maximum.
Synchronization
An internal high precision/low jitter clock generator is responsible for clocking the audio section. The sampling frequency of that generator is switched automatically according to the sampling frequency of the track played. In addition there are word-clock input and output on BNC connectors for external synchronization purposes. All standard sampling frequencies up to 192 kHz as well as DSD64 and DSD128 are supported.
Digital Inputs
Digital inputs for external audio sources: AES/EBU or S/PDIF formats on XLR, RCA, TOSLINK.
Converters
Available with the DAC version of the MAN301: The built-in D/A converter is of similar design to our renowned DAC202 unit. It uses four D/A conversion channels per audio channel for extremely low noise and distortion and an excellent linearity. The SERVER type of the MAN301 (i.e. the version w/o DAC) can be (user-) updated with the D/A Converter module at any time.
Analog Outputs
Available with the DAC version of the MAN301: Analog outputs on XLR and RCA connectors. The basic output level of these outputs can be set in four coarse steps in the analog domain. In addition they can be fine trimmed in the digital domain. The main fader, finally, works in the digital domain as well. The quality of this level control scheme is extremely high due to the excellent linearity of the D/A Converter and due to the dithering applied to the digital signal.
Digital Outputs
Digital outputs to external D/A Converters: AES/EBU on XLR and RCA, Firewire, USB. The XLR and RCA connectors can be combined into a dual wire type output for sampling frequencies of 176.4 or 192 kHz.
Front panel controls
The power switch allows to switch on or off the MAN301 unit. A three-color LED indicates the current system state. The slot-in type drive takes up CDs for ripping and/or direct playback.
Remote Control
All features of the MAN301 are controlled via an Apple® iPad or iPad Mini. All iPad generations work.
Back panel elements from left to right
- XLR and RCA type analog output sockets. For the SERVER version of the MAN301 the XLR sockets are missing and the RCA sockets are not connected internally. The SERVER version can be easily user-updated with the D/A Converter option.
- RCA type sockets for digital input and output.
- XLR type sockets for digital input and output.
- TOSLINK type socket for digital input (optical).
- BNC type sockets for word-sync synchronization input and output.
- Ethernet, USB and two Firewire 800 sockets.
- IEC type mains receptacle.
- WiFi antenna socket.
External music storage
The music files are stored on an external storage device, e.g. on a NAS (Network Attached Storage) or DAS (Direct Attached Storage) like e.g. a USB hard-disk. There is no internal storage available for music files. Recommendations for suitable NAS devices are supplied in the MAN301 manual. Multiple NAS units can be added for unlimited storage.
Network connectivity
The Ethernet socket connects to a NAS and the local network. The WiFi (WLAN) implementation in the MAN301 supports at the same time an Access Point (i.e. the iPad can connect to the MAN301 directly if preferred) and an Uplink (i.e. the MAN301 can connect to the local WiFi network).
Software features
Some of the many software features of the MAN301 in a nutshell:
- Multiple MAN301 devices can be controlled from within a single iPad.
- Multiple users per MAN301 device are supported, each with his/her own music library, playlists, searches etc..
- All common audio file formats (uncompressed, lossless compressed, lossy compressed) are supported for playback and ripping.
- Music library displayed according to album names, artist names, genres, recently played, recently added.
- A powerful search facility allows to store searches, which result in dynamic playlists.
- Playlists are easily added, edited and can be set safe.
- Volume control in 4 coarse analog steps and with a high resolution, dithered digital fader.
- Start, stop, skip controls.
- Repeat single track or repeat whole playlist function.
- Powerful cover art search in multiple databases including Gracenote and Google.
- CD ripping in all common audio file formats.
- Direct CD playback without the need to rip the CD.
- Metadata fetching from various databases including Gracenote. (Gracenote is the most powerful database for CD metadata and cover art).
- Comprehensive user interface on iPad, easily to be handled even by computer novices.
- Software upgradeable via Internet.
- Internet radio streaming.
- Future software upgrades will include various signal processing facilities.
