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 Download Test AVE for Roon from fairaudio 03/2019 (0.1 MB)
Download Review ad-Roon-Bridge from HiFi einsnull 5/2020 (0.5 MB)
Download Review MS II/AV-Engine from Fidelity Online 11/2019 (1.4 MB)
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Download Best of HiFi 2019 MS I SE from HiFi einsnull 2/2019 (DE, 0.3 MB)
Download Review MusikServer MS II from HiFi einsnull 6/2018 (DE, 0.5 MB)
Download Review MS I SE from STEREO 11/2018 (DE, 0.4 MB)
Download Review MS II from Fidelity 40 (10/2018) (DE, 2.3 MB)
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Download Review MS II/AV-PlugIn from lite-Magazin 11/2017 (DE, 3.2 MB)
Download Review AudioVolver-PlugIn from fairaudio 11/2017 (DE, 0.3 MB)
Download Review MusikServer MS II from HiFi einsnull 4/2017 (DE, 0.5 MB)
Download Review MusikServer MS II from HIFI DIGITAL 7/2016 (DE, 0.2 MB)
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Download Review MusikServer MS I from image hifi Juli/August 2015 (DE, 1.1 MB)
Download Review MusikServer MS I from fairaudio 06/2014 (DE, 1.3 MB)
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Download Review MusikServer MS I from HiFi einsnull 5/2013 (DE, 1.0 MB)
Customer-Feedback MS II and MS I SE from customers perspective (DE, 1.4 MB) |
One of many options:
MusikServer MS II with
front panel in silver
Simple yet elegant:
MusikServer MS II with
front panel in black
The MusikServer MS I SE
- a music server for beginners -
will no longer be produced since summer 2023
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Streaming has brought completely new possibilities to the HiFi industry. We have gathered a lot of experience here, studied the market and listened to our customers. In the end, we mastered one of the main challenges: to perfectly combine classic HiFi technology with current computer technology.
With audiodata's typical combination of engineering thoroughness and audiophile attention to detail, we have developed our music servers. Devices that maintain the tried and tested, break new ground and set standards in the process.
On request, the MS II can be equipped with the streaming software Roon and used as a network-wide Roon-Core Server. audiodata is official Roon Partner.
The MS II can be equipped with the modern AudioVolver-Engine, a software solutions for room correction at AudioVolver level. This means you can enjoy top-class room correction without having to integrate an additional device into your HiFi chain.
Perhaps the most important component of our music servers is their support: From configuration and installation help to on-site setup and regular remote maintenance, we support each customer individually on request - everything to provide you with a perfect music experience!
audiodata presented for highest demands the audiophile MusikServer MS II. The "Audiophile Mode" further enhances the listening experience.
The entry-level MS I SE has been out of production since summer 2023, but is still "refurbished" (used, partially renewed - and with warranty) and of course available as a used device.
Introduction
In search of the right music for the right mood, nobody has to browse through CD shelves any more. Even extensive music collections can be stored centrally on hard disk in the highest quality and easily managed with a variety of search criteria.
The music server MS II plays the selected titles as a "music player" directly via your stereo system, or stream them via your home network to compatible network players. also called Streaming Client or Renderer) - all comfortably controlled via a tablet or smartphone as "controller".
Highest possible sound quality is a must for audiodata as well as a simple, intuitive operating concept and a unique service and maintenance offer.
Features
The ideal music server has plenty of storage space for your music collection. It starts and works at lightning speed, with the lowest power consumption. It also looks good and is so quiet that it can be placed in any listening room. It is simple and convenient to operate, flexible in equipment and retrofittable for new tasks.
Above all, however, it delivers convincing sound results.
Technically, a music server is always a network computer with streaming software that makes this collection available to other devices on the network, or passes it directly to the amplifier via player software and a downstream D/A converter.
But the requirements are manifold and contrary to a normal computer. While this controls many processes simultaneously, the design of a music server must be geared solely to music reproduction and optimized so that it sounds convincing.
We have worked for a long time on a solution that meets all requirements. The MS II is convenient for laymen and offer the experts many options. So that you always have a perfect music experience!
Appearance Matters
The MS II has a noble full metal housing and resembles more a chic, small power amplifier than a computer. It is completely HF-tight and does not emit any high-frequency interference radiation. This is especially important if the MS II is close to your stereo system.
To make the MS II the perfect match for your stereo, you can choose between two front panel versions and four lighting colours for the ergonomic start button.
The Specs
We have given the MS II an extremely economical and agile quad-core processor and a lot of memory. The waste heat is transported silently via heat pipe (liquid cooling) to the cooling fins. The complete housing is lavishly damped with bitumen plates and thus creates ideal working conditions for virtually silent continuous operation, even with classic HDD hard disks.
The operating system is located on a separate 256 GB SSD hard drive.
For the music hard disk, you can choose between a 1 TB SSD or a classic 2 TB HDD (offers space for approx. 3,000/6,000 CDs in FLAC format) in the basic package.
On request, we also offer a Samsung SSD with 2 TB or 4 TB or a classic Western Digital HDD with 4 TB or 8 TB for the music hard disk.
With the optionally available, high-quality WLAN module, the MS II can be integrated into your network without a cable connection if required.
The Software
In everyday life the MS II work largely automatically. For individual settings you do not have to deal with a complex and for the private user unfamiliar server or Linux (©) operating system, but find a completely normal WINDOWS (©) interface, as on your PC.
The operating system starts in a flash thanks to its own SSD hard disk. The boot time of the MS II is less than 30 seconds.
We offer up to three streaming software alternatives. This means that the devices are more flexible in daily use than almost any other device and can be perfectly adapted to your wishes and requirements:
Asset UPnP
Asset UPnP (©) is a classic for pure server operation with network players. The renowned software combines good performance with individual adaptability to different requirements. The software is controlled by the controller app of your network player (e.g. Linn, Naim, T&A, etc.), or a standard UPnP controller app, e.g. 8Player (iOS), or BubbleUPnP (Android).
JRiver Media Center
Are you looking for one high-quality solution for playing music and don't use an additional streaming service? Then we equip our MusikServers with the JRiver Media Center (©), a versatile playback and streaming software that allows (simultaneous) use of the music servers as music players and UPnP servers.
Combined with the customized control app JRemote (iOS/Android) creates a very comfortable and intuitive user interface with an elegant cover display, server-based playlists, full text search in your music archive and extensive editing options.
"Webradio & Webstreams" provides instant access to radio stations and streaming stations on the Internet without requiring a dedicated app. Two carefully compiled lists with 10 channels each are already preconfigured.
Roon
For you, listening to music is more than selecting and playing music files? You love music and are interested in record tips and reviews, artist biographies, lyrics and concert information? Then we install the impressive infotainment software Roon (©) for you.
The Player and streaming software for Roon Ready, AirPlay and other compatible devices offers full text search in your music archive and analyzes your songs piece by piece. Roon independently creates its own, well-researched metadata, measures tempo, volume and dynamic range of the individual tracks, compiles extensive background material and creates interesting cross-references - independent of existing information.
So Roon becomes a kind of Music-Wikipedia!
Additionally the streaming services Qobuz and TIDAL can be fully integrated into the user interface, so you can seamlessly switch from songs on your own hard drive to the almost inexhaustible music offering of Qobuz and TIDAL. Albums can be linked to your own library with just one fingertip.
With "Live Radio" you have access to thousands of Internet radio stations worldwide.
Roon can be conveniently and elegantly extended with a top-class room correction system, our AudioVolver engine.
The extensive service offers of Roon cost an annual contribution or however a unique Lifetime fee.
Of course we deliver all three streaming packages in the latest program version and with a personal license. This way you always have the possibility to upgrade later without any problems.
Tagging Software
Do you want to file your favorite piano concert under "R" (for Rachmaninoff) rather than under "L" (for Lang Lang)?
audiodata has the solution. A tagging software is already installed and preconfigured in the basic MS II and MS I SE package, which allows the metadata of the stored music files to be adapted to your requirements with just a few mouse clicks.
Sound
When it comes to computers, IT engineers will assure you that "one is always one-and zero is always zero.".
Basically, they are right. But even in digital data transfer, there are factors that may cause significant sonic differences across digital audio systems.
As usual, audiodata have gone great lengths to conduct a more thorough analysis, by measuring more accurately, and listening more closely.
Today, digital systems are 100 percent reliable. Copying a mundane Excel sheet would not be possible if there was a chance that the target file contained values other than those in the source file. Both files must be identical down to a single bit. Complex error-correction routines are continuously running in the background to ensure correct and accurate data processing.
However, things are different when digital data is "in motion" and you create a snapshot.
The information may be affected by various influential factors resulting in tiny variations during the transmission of ones and zeros. And if those ones and zeros are converted back to audible music, you can definitely hear it!
This means that computers or NAS drives that use most of their computing capacity for doing things that have nothing to do with music reproduction are entirely unsuitable for the purpose.
The MS II has a purist design perfected for playback. To achieve this goal, we did a lot of developing, experimenting and analyzing, constructed a bunch of prototypes, programmed specific software modules, and performed countless listening tests.
It was fascinating to see how besides power supply and mechanical features, particularly an optimal OS tweaking and the specially developed audiodata process management audibly affected the playback quality during streaming.
The Audiophile Mode brings another significant improvement here.
The music server MS II are the result of a long way. We are proud to offer you with the MS II the best possible playback quality for your music collection.
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Rear view
Linear Power Supply NT-MS
with two 12 V outputs
With optional extensions the
MS II and MS I SE becomes a
rip-station
or
backups your entire music collection with one mouse click
With the AudioVolver-Engine
room correction at the highest level is possible
On request we support your
MusikServer via remote maintenance and offer
training courses
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Enhancements
Audiophile Mode
Der MS II verfügt bereits im Auslieferungszustand über eine audiophile Grundkonfiguration. Für die Erreichbarkeit im Netzwerk, den Betrieb von Rip- und Backup-Laufwerken und andere alltägliche Aufgaben müssen jedoch Kompromisse gemacht werden.
Hier setzt der Audiophile Modus an.
Die in fast zweijähriger Entwicklungsarbeit optimierte Tuning-Software Audiophiler Modus versetzt den MusikServer während der Musikwiedergabe in einen radikal heruntergeregelten und klanglich nochmals optimierten Zustand. In dieser Betriebsart kann der MusikServer nur noch Musik abspielen - dies aber hörbar besser als im Normalzustand.
Der Audiophile Modus kann direkt über die Benutzeroberfläche des MusikServers oder bequem über ein iPhone/iPad mit der passenden iOS-App "Audiophil" gestartet werden.
Alle Informationen rund um den Audiophilen Modus finden Sie im Handbuch Audiophiler Modus.
Linear power supply NT-MS
Current is important for HiFi devices. Its properties have a decisive influence on the sound characteristics of any device. The optional Linear power supply NT-MS was developed to achieve uncompromising best values for voltage stability, low noise and residual ripple.
For audiophile gourmets, the linear power supply is the optimum power supply for our music servers.
The power supply has two separate 12 V outputs. One of these outputs serves to supply our music servers, the second output can be used as a high-quality power supply for another HiFi device, e.g. our D/A converter EVO DAC AD.
Rip Package
If you want to transfer your collection of, say, several hundred CDs to your MusikServer, then audiodata has the perfect solution for you: the optional Ripping Package consisting of a high-caliber external TEAC USB drive plus dBpoweramp (©), considered by many to be the best ripping software currently on the market.
This package will turn your MusikServer into the ideal ripping system. It searches up to five online databases for relevant information on the CD being ripped and ensures error-free data grabbing using the AccurateRip technique.
After extraction, the music files are then automatically stored onto the MS II music drive and are available for streaming almost instantly.
Backup Package
This way, the music collection stored on your hard disk will grow quickly - album by album. This means at some point in the near future you will need to think about data safety.
Enter our optional Backup Packages. This includes high-quality external USB drives with a total storage capacity of up to 8 TB plus a pre-installed "one-click" solution. Using that package, all your music is backed up with a single mouse click!
Rather than relying to a complex proprietary backup format, audiodata's solution creates direct copies of your music files in their respective original format. Subsequent backups are incremental, meaning only newly added music files will be backed up.
Connectivity
Do you want to plug your MS II right to your amp just like a CD player?
This is where our Hardware Package I comes into play. It includes a high-quality USB D/A converter, the required USB and RCA cables available in custom lengths.
The Hardware package III as an audiophile alternative consists of the impressive EVO DAC AD, built exclusively for audiodata by digital specialist Manunta. It comes with a small remote control and the matching USB connection cable.
Together with the Streaming Package II (JRiver) or the Streaming Package III (Roon), both hardware packages make the MS II a perfect music player, that can be connected directly to your stereo system.
You already have a D/A converter, but it does not have a USB input, but a PCM digital input (S/PDIF), or the manufacturer does not provide a compatible ASIO USB driver for your device?
The Hardware package II, consisting of a high quality USB to S/PDIF converter and the suitable USB and digital connection cables in desired length solves this problem.
You want to integrate stereo systems in side rooms, D/A converters, network players or active speakers that are not Roon-Ready into a Roon multi-room network?
That's what we do - the small Hardware-Package IV measuring only 93 mm x 61 mm x 40 mm fits everywhere, brings all these components via LAN or WLAN into the home network and makes them Roon-Ready at the same time.
So the "little black box" becomes a real problem solver for many situations!
KEF Streaming Loudspeakers
We were so impressed by the active, network-compatible speakers LSX II, the LS50 Wireless II and the LS60 Wireless, that we have included them in our range of equipment for our music servers. Learn more on our page KEF.
Streaming Services
Love your streaming services like Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify, or Qobuz and are looking for a way to play them in high quality on your stereo?
Our Software Package II includes the audiodata Shairport software module specifically programmed for audiodata and the MusikServer. audiodata Shairport makes your MS II AirPlay (©)-ready.
Run your preferred streaming services apps on their native UIs and all the features you love on your iPhone or iPad and tap just once to route the played tracks to your MusikServer. Simply awesome!
AudioVolver-Engine
Your listening room influences the music at the end of the playback chain much more than all the hi-fi components put together. With our award-winning audio processor, the AudioVolver II, we have impressively demonstrated what is possible here with modern digital technology.
Now this option is also available directly on the musicserver. The AudioVolver-Engine is a pure software solution and equip the devices with a room correction to AudioVolver-level.
The AudioVolver-Engine is a software extension for Roon and calculates the correction of the music files "online", i.e. in real time. It is calculated in the signal path from Roon as "convolution filter 66 k. order", which - rounded up to smooth thousands - corresponds to the 2 x 32,768 grid points with which the AudioVolver calculates its corrections. The AudioVolver engine does not require any user interaction once installed and requires no additional hard disk space.
The software also includes streaming services such as Qobuz and Tidal as well as web radio in the correction.
>> On request we can also install the AudioVolver-Engine on correspondingly powerful devices of other manufacturers(!) with Roon-Core. (AVE für Roon) <<
With the AudioVolver engine, you can enjoy top-class room correction without having to integrate an additional device into your hi-fi chain.
the AudioVolver-Engine requires a room calibration in your listening room, which can be done either personally on site, or with the AV Messtechnik-Set conveniently via remote maintenance.
Installation and Use
The MS II MusikServer is not a mass products. Each unit is individually manufactured and set up. A variety of enclosure designs, hardware configurations, optional add-ons, and custom features make each and every device unique.
But our commitment does not finish at the point of sale. The audiodata staff are experts when it comes to streaming services, with exceptional experience and we really do value our customers.
That said, a music server is still a computer, and this computer is just one piece that needs to work together with at least three other components: your router, your network infrastructure, and your mobile device. And all these components must work seamlessly in order to take advantage of the incredible possibilities and an ultra-convenient streaming experience.
Upon request, audiodata will optimize your existing home network or build it from scratch.
Remote Maintenance
We will stay by your side even after you have bought your MusikServer: Our after-sales service includes 30 days of free remote installation support after your purchase.
Streaming, however, develops much faster than classical analog technology. Here, devices that do not have an update and service concept run the risk of becoming obsolete or even non-functional.
Therefore we offer a remote maintenance contract (initially for 1 year, renewable). Using the popular TeamViewer remote-maintenance software, we will take care of your MS II by performing maintenance, installing updates and patches, and backing up your system.
So you can participate in current developments - your MusikServer always stays up-to-date and maintains the best possible balance of security, personal privacy and audiophile excellence,
You have a small problem or a practical question about handling? We can help you at any time via remote maintenance!
Good to know that help is available in all situations via remote maintenance - especially if you are not a computer specialist yourself or would rather use your free time differently.
Final Remarks
The robust combination of refined tooling, top-notch hardware, precision software, audiophile passion, and the unbeatable range of services offered, that make our musicservers exceptional devices.
No wonder then, that our music servers have now received over twenty(!) excellent reviews and that the MS II is used by several hi-fi editors as a working and reference device.
The reviews of the professionals make us a little proud, but almost more important are the feedbacks of our customers. Would you like to know what customers say about the MS II and the various hardware and software options? - Then read our customer feedback (DE).
And what should your MusikServer look like? On the pages Data you will find all detailed information and on the page Configurator you can put together your own personal MS II.
The device is completely made individually for you in-house with daily updated hardware and software configuration and shipped after three to five working days.
We deliver within the EU and export (without German VAT) to Switzerland or third countries.
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