Technics
Technics is the brand name of hi-fi audio products owned by Panasonic Corporation.
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Rediscover music with Technics
For too long we have been listening to music using technology more than 30 years old. Now, thanks to High-Resolution Audio (HRA), we can hear details and the subtle information never before available – and that means music comes to life in a completely new way.
With the relaunch of Technics, they are aiming to bring back the quality that music deserves, not only by offering hardware that supports all state of the art high-resolution audio formats but also by giving access to the world´s largest library of high-resolution tracks.
Changing the way we listen
When the CD was introduced, it used the best technology available at that time to store music: it sounded good, but it was limited by the storage space available on a disc.
After the CD, and as people wanted to take their entire music library with them, MP3s offered the ability to download music and pack it onto pocket players to carry everywhere. However, it did this by using compression to reduce file sizes, throwing away some of the sounds.
The latest Technics Hifi systems enable listening not only to MP3 and CD-quality but now offering you a much more defined listening experience by allowing you to playback HRA, offering a rich, powerful sound packed with detail and expression. In fact, it is now possible to hear the music exactly as it sounded in the recording studio. Enjoy all the emotion and tonality of voices and instruments and all the atmosphere and ambiance of the performance.
What is High-Resolution Audio (HRA)
High-Resolution Audio (HRA) is any format beyond the 16-bit/44.1kHz CD standard, allowing a much wider dynamic range than CD.
Most digital audio systems encode analog – the sound we hear – into digital for storage and transmission using a system called Pulse Code Modulation. Two factors determine the quality of a digital recording: bit depth and sampling frequency. Bit depth determines the number of ‘steps’ available to describe the sound: the more bits used, wider the dynamic range – ie the difference between the loudest and softest sound – one can record.
SETTING UP HRA
The DLNA input, for music streamed over a home network from a computer or Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, can handle all PCM-based formats (FLAC, WAV, AIFF) up to a maximum of 24-bit/192kHz, Apple Lossless (ALAC) at up to 24-bit/96kHz, as well as DSD64 and DSD128.
This also has the advantage that multiple players can access the same store of files simultaneously, each playing something different in a different part of your home.
Additionally, the players have an asynchronous USB input, allowing the direct connection of a computer storing files of the same formats as above.
They also have Apple AirPlay for wireless connection to Apple iOS devices and computers running iTunes, and in addition, the SU-C700 includes Bluetooth with aptX and AAC for other computers and Android smartphones and tablets.
