"I Liked This Product the Moment I Saw It," Says Stereophile.com
ELAC's Discovery Series DS-S101-G Music Server is designed to be the heart of a serious music system, offering playback of local and streaming music, rich multi-dimensional metadata and multi-room audio, all with an interface that anyone can master in a few minutes. The artists and engineers who recorded your music took great care creating it. Discovery takes the same care playing it back.
Keeping in line with quality music, the lossless, high-fidelity music streaming service TIDAL has been tightly integrated into the Discovery's software (separate Tidal subscription required). Content from your local collection and content from Tidal are presented in the same beautiful, easy-to-use interface.
"I liked this product the moment I saw it," reports Jon Iverson, Stereophile.com, January 15, 2016. "It became even more interesting once I started digging into the features. Essentially, you can run Roon on your tablet and use the DS-S101 as your endpoint without the need for a computer. "
"By the way," Jon continues, "ELAC has been around 90 years and I still remember a pal in high school having one of their nicer turntables. It was the best turntable I'd seen at that point, so we played a lot of music on it. ELAC has been out of action for 30 years but are now back and it looks like a good reboot to me. "
One Component, Infinite Sound
Adding the Discovery Series DS-S101-G Music Server to an existing system is simple. Connect the Discovery to the internet and one of the outputs to the ELAC Integrated Amplifier or your existing system.
Adding your personal music collection is a snap. Connect either a hard drive to the rear mounted USB port or point the Discovery to your NAS (Networked Attached Storage) device and the Discovery will take care of the rest, organizing and gathering feature rich meta-data for your entire music collection.
Expanding your Discovery system to other rooms is easy. Whether you want the full functionality of an integrated amplifier or a simple wireless speaker in the kids' room, the Discovery eco-system is ready to grow when you are.
Get Connected
Connections include two analog outputs (independent zones), one coaxial output (independent zone) (192 kHz 24-Bit Max, one optical output (96kHz 24-Bit Max), one USB 2.0 port (mass storage class), and a Gigabit Ethernet port.
Multi-Room Support
Multi-room support consists fo Wired and Wireless. For synchronized audio, analog outputs 1 and 2 can be grouped together and synchronized. Wireless End-Points can be grouped together and synchronized as well. Please note that since the digital outputs always output the native sampling rate and bit depth, they cannot be synchronized with the analog outputs.
It's Really Very Simple
The Discovery Music Server lets you open your personal music vault from another computer, Apple iPad, or Android tablet.* Whether your choice is a full ELAC system, powered by an ELAC integrated amplifier and running an ELAC loudspeaker system, or simply a pair of ear buds, you can listen in one room or around the house with other ELAC Discovery-compatible products.
A Wave of Music
Discovery delivers music based on relationships between performers and composers, starting from the tracks you choose. TIDAL delivers no-compromise music streaming, with millions of tracks in lossless, audiophile quality – a bigger music landscape than ever before.
Roon support is coming via a firmware update.
TIDAL is just one aspect of Discovery's capabilities. Between users and across devices, you can select from downloads, ripped CDs, and streaming services. Your collection is supported by a rich library of images and information – an archive of material that adds depth, knowledge and excitement to your listening.
* NOTE: The Discovery can be controlled using the free Roon Essentials app for Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android; iOS (64-bit Devices), Android, Windows (7, 8, and 10) and Apple OSX
