Soundaware A1 Manual

SOUNDAWARE-Aware of the Pure Sound
A Letter to Users
Dear SOUNDAWARE users:
First of all, thank you for choosing A1. As a network audio player defined
as "National HIFI", we hope that A1 can make you enjoy music through
its rich functions, comprehensive usage scenes and excellent sound
performance!
A1 is very powerful, to embrace more users and adapt to more scenarios,
but it does not mean that you need to use all the features, which is why
this letter is written.
A1 is often used in several ways: 1) remote control. 2) free or very low
cost app. 3) Roon Ready (cost much). 4) Bluetooth/USB. If you are not
very skilled in computer and network configuration and often listen to
offline music that is less than 1TB, we recommend direct remote control +
SSD hard disk / SD; If the number of offline music files reaches several
TB, you can try NAS/huge capacity HDD + mobile app mode (such as
bubbleupnp or 8player); If the amount of offline music is very large, and
the budget is sufficient, then Roon is recommended; If you just listen to
lossless music mainly on music app, it is recommended to play through
DLNA (Android music app) and Airplay to achieve the best sound quality
of the music app, better than HIFI Android or ios local playback. In this
case, it is highly recommended to buy membership and listen to lossless
tracks. For the downloaded music, it is enough to use the SD card. The
control method can be used with bubbleupnp or 8player. For Bluetooth
and USB, they are more used in specific scenes, such as TV and PC hi-fi
music / movies / games.
At the same time, A1 has many interfaces and functions, all sound good.
How to connect, how to achieve ideal personalized needs becomes the
very first problem. So, think first what most do you want A1 to do? I offer
some experience here for your reference:
1) Simply listen to lossless music online, not audiophiles, connect A1 to
$150-$300 active speaker or headphones/earbuds, then use the original
power cord is enough, 6.35mm is a high-power low-sensitive headphone
port, can also be turned to 3.5mm, 3.5mm is mainly for high-sensitivity
headphones/earbuds. If the active speaker has a volume control, then turn
off the volume control of A1 will provide better sound.
This manual is based on V1.0.17t firmware 1
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