High Performance Audio Playback System

“What is this and why do I need it?

This is the question we are typically asked by our many customers who visit our Camberwell showroom.

Put quite simply it is:

- A high end Digital to Analogue Converter

- A high end state of the art CD transport (Based on the Bladelius Gondul M)

- An elite level Pre Amplifier

All married in to a clear anodized aluminium enclosure featuring bare minimum control knobs and buttons. It is controlled by an impressive looking remote control unit and will soon be iPhone/iPad ready in the next few months.

It also has a memory configuration that ranges from 64GB right up to a beefy 2TB! This means you can store your favourite CDs in a low compression – high quality format and replay them in this flawless forum.

Bladelius Design Group is offering a totally new replay system. The Embla offers a silent playback system without any moving mechanical parts when playing from the built-in flash memory. The Embla is built from the ground up as a high performance audio playback system.

Unlike computer based playback products the Embla is based on our proprietary audio DSP design, allowing complete control over the timing and reading of the discs. The Embla is designed as a true audiophile unit from the ground up and it's not a modified computer that can copy discs. Not only is the Embla a playback system but it also includes an analog preamplifier, a world class DA-converter based on our reference CD-player, the Gondul M. The DA-converter also carries a switchable digital filter with analog behavior. Insert a CD and you have the option to play directly from the disc like a standard CD-player or you can store the disc on the internal flash memory. You're not even limited to just internal storage. External units can directly connect via USB to the Embla, as well as you may access files on a network drive or music streaming from a PC.

The Embla comes preloaded with a database with album and track names and will display album art if connected to the internet via its Ethernet port.

Features

Disc information

Embla uses a built in database for album and track information. If Embla is connected to the internet it will retrieve the latest information for album and track names as well as album cover art.

Bit perfect copies

Embla makes bit perfect copies of CD's to memory using our advanced proprietary data reading error analysis algorithms enabled by a high performance Teac drive. The bit perfect copies will be stored in strict wav pcm format.

Noiseless

The internal memory for music storage is flash based, which gives you a completely noiseless system. The internal flash memory is upgradeable to larger size. Available from 64 GB to 2 TB.

USB ports

Embla has an USB port for USB memory sticks or external harddrives, which can be used for external storage of music. Embla has a second USB port for streaming music from a computer.

Ethernet port

Embla has an Ethernet adapter for connection to your local network. This allows you to play music from media servers such as a computer or a NAS . If your local network is connected to the internet, Embla will retrieve album art and update its database with the most recent data.

Music file types

Playback of PCM, WAV, HRx, FLAC, MP3, OGG with tag information. Audio Data files are supported up to 32bit, 192 kHz.

Pre-amplifier

Built in analog preamplifier with analog volume control in 0.5db steps.

Digital to analog converters and filters

Ability to choose from two separate balanced DAC configurations (2 DACs/channel); ability to select a special filter with analogue behavior; ability to select up to 192kHz sampling rate

Power supply

Large linear power supply with toroidial transformer and multi-stage regulation for the lowest possible noise levels.

Jitter elimination

DA-converter provides the master clock for the transport and reading of the flash memory for the ultimate jitter performance. A highly efficient memory based jitter remover can be set for external sources.

Remote control

A machined aluminum remote control comes with the unit as a standard accessory. Support for upcoming large touch screen remotes.