Streaming - Mark Levinson
Streaming music has rapidly become a very popular choice for music lovers as part of a good sounding hi-fi system, thanks to huge improvements in streaming sound quality and the wealth of music available. The term "streaming" basically refers to the fact that you're playing music from a digital device stored elsewhere - be it your NAS drive (which can store your CD collection, high res files and other music), from online services (Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, or the thousands of internet radio stations available), or from files stored your Mac or PC (iTunes or Media Player). Even if you have a large vinyl collections, you can "rip" these onto your Mac or PC for easy access at the touch of a button.
Mark Levinson is an American audio company that specialise in the design and manufacture of high end hifi equipment with products such as amps, turntables and streaming/CD players.
Mark Levinson, the original founder, made his name working as a bassist for jazz pianist, Paul Bley among others in the sixties and early seventies. Later in 1972, he founded the audio company, which was originally called Mark Levinson Audio Systems and ran it through to 1984. Mark Levinson Audio Systems used their expert knowledge to design and produce innovative high end hi fi separates, most notably, the LNP-2 preamplifier.
In 1984, Levinson parted ways with MLAS and founded another audio equipment company; Cello Ltd. But, due to the grounds that he was a working trade name, MLAS launched a lawsuit attempting to prevent Levinson from working in the audio industry. Ultimately, Levinson lost the right to use his name as a trade name on an audio product in the future. Since this incident, Mark Levinson products have no relationship to the original owner and are now owned by Harman International.
Mark Levinson focus on developing extremely high end hifi products from hifi amps, turntables and CD players and are designed to give you the very best sound for all your music sources so you can hear every note and feel every beat.
Some of the brand's most notable products include the No 5206 pre amplifier, from their flagship 5000 range, and the Mark Levinson No 536 power amp, from their other flagship 500 range. When designing hifi systems, Mark Levinson take style, performance and musicality into consideration and is a great option for any budding audiophile.
Streaming and Multi Room audio is the pinnacle of simplicity and innovation. Imagine enjoying the same track in every room as you move throughout your house, or changing what you are listening to from the comfort of your sofa via an app or smartphone/tablet.
We offer a range of NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers and devices, which allow you to rip and store even the largest of CD collections to one place, in high fidelity lossless audio quality. When connected to a streamer or multi room device, you can access an entire music library at your fingertips.
Our range of digital streamers and network players let you access your digitally stored tunes, and are designed with audio quality and hi-fi principles in mind, enabling you to modernise your hi-fi system and bring streaming to your hi-fi without worrying about any degradation of audio quality.
We also offer a range of wireless adaptors, enabling you to add wireless and Bluetooth functionality to an existing hi-fi or AV setup, and start enjoying wireless and streaming audio. As always, we are always happy to offer any advice or support you may need in selecting or trying a product.