CocktailAudio X45Pro

Feel great and dynamic sound created by a combination of SABRE PRO Flagship ES9038PRO DAC and OPA627BP Precision High-Speed OP Amp.

What is the CocktailAudio X45Pro

The X45Pro is the world's highest performance multi-purpose Music Player with the functions of DAC, CD Ripper, Network Streamer, Music Recorder and much more for the audiophiles, equipped with SABRE PRO Flagship ES9038PRO DAC chip supporting up to PCM 768Khz sample rate and native DSD512 and delivering an unprecedented Dynamic Range, and OPA627BP Precision High-Speed Operational Amplifier. To minimize electrical and idle noises, power source circuit for digital and analogue parts is designed isolatedly, and Toroidal Transformer and SMPS are completely shielded with aluminum. The X45Pro whole enclosure is precisely crafted with beautiful glass-sanding aluminum, which is fabricated by precision CNC machine. The overwhelming and various functions offered by our custom-designed software developed by in-house R&D team complete the X45Pro as a wonderful device for the audiophiles.

Versatile functionalities and usage

• Support various file formats like MQA, DSD(64/128/256/512), DXD(24Bit/352.8Khz), PCM singal up to 32Bit/768Khz including 24Bit/192Khz WAV/FLAC and full range hi-res audio file formats
• Reference-level sound quality delivered by a combination of ES9038PRO Flagship DAC chip and OPA627BP OP Amp
• CD Ripping with professional CD metadata and album cover art provided by Gracenote
• Connect turntable and play LP directly to record it via Phono Input(Moving Magnet)
• Load your vinyl and cassette tape collections, DAB+/FM radio, Internet radio to X45Pro MusicDB via recording function with hi-res sampling rate 192Khz
• Play hi-res files(like MQA, DSD, etc) in your PC directly through X45Pro via its far advanced USB DAC function
• High connectivity
• Versatile network functions
• Major Music Streaming Services(TIDAL, TIDAL MQA, Deezer, Qobuz, Napster) and Internet Radio(Airable) available
• Customized Remote Control App, NOVATRON MusicX for iOS and Android
• Provides customized WebInterface(WebUI) for remote control and MusicDB management by PC
• Support 'Roon Ready', which is the famous Music Player for Music Lovers

High Performance System & Customdesigned Software

Equipped with Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 processor running at 1.0GHz, 64Bit/1000MIPS Microcontroller and custom-designed software, the X45Pro is a perfect high performance audio system platform to delivery great sound and versatile functions.

Feel wonderful and Dynamic Sound

You can feel great sound of reference-level delivered by a perfect combination of Sabre PRO flagship ES9038PRO DAC chip and OPA627BP OP Amp. By supporting up to PCM 768Khz sample rate and DSD 512, the X45Pro brings greater resolution and a more dynamic sound to satisfy audiophiles' desire for perfect sound.

Isolated power circuit design for digital and analogue parts with aluminum shielded Toroidal Transformer and custom-designed SMPS

To minimize electrical and idle noises, power source circuit for digital and analogue parts is designed isolatedly, and Toroidal Transformer and SMPS are perfectly shielded with aluminum.

The reference-level high performance Player & DAC created by accumulated in-house R&D know-how and qualified components adoption

Based on ESS Sabre PRO flagship ES9038PRO DAC chip and OPA627BP Precision High-Speed Operational Amplifier with 64Bit XMOS chip, TCXO oscillator, isolated power source circuit design technology, completely shielded high-quality Toroidal Transformer and in-house R&D know-how for circuit designing, the X45Pro well deserves a device for highend audiophiles.

XMOS 64Bit/1000MIPS 16 Core Powerful Microcontroller for high-performancen USB DAC function for PC users

X45Pro USB DAC function can support up to PCM 768Khz/32Bit, DSD Native 512 and MQA.

Beautiful Aluminum Enclosure fabricated by precision CNC machine

The X45Pro whole enclosure is precisely crafted with beautiful glasssanding aluminum, which is fabricated by precision CNC machine.

High quality Analog Out terminal

High quality with well-shielded analogue out terminal guarantees lossless signal transmission.

Balanced & Unbalanced Analogue Out

• Balanced XLR: Dynamic Range : 137dB(Max 6.5Vrms, stereo) THD +N: 0.0003%
• Unbalanced RCA: Dynamic Range: 137dB(Max 2Vrms, stereo) THD +N: 0.0003%

USB Audio Class 2.0 Output

An external USB DAC can be connected for PC users.

DAB+ Tuner and FM Radio Tuner

For high quality digital radio, X45Pro offers DAB+ tuner also.

Phono In(Moving Magnet) for a turntable

Default sensitivity is 7.5mVrms and controllable 3.75~15mVrms.

6.35mm Headphone Out at the front

X45Pro offers Headphone Out with sensitivity of 100mW+100mW@1Khz, 600ohm, 0.006% THD.

Two(2) High speed USB 3.0 USB host port

For quick data transfer purpose, X45Pro offers two(2) high speed USB3.0 Host Ports at rear side.

Inside View of X45Pro

CD Ripping with Gracenote CD metadata and Album cover art

Load all your CD collection onto the X45Pro Music Database in FLAC, ALAC, WAV or MP3 file format with professional CD metadata and album cover art from Gracenote.

High Quality Ripping Software developed by In-House R&D team

X45Pro offers very high quality of CD Ripping result as it checks data density of each track and manages CD Ripping Speed, and error by itself.

Music Database function

The X45Pro has a well-organized Music Database built-in, which offers very nice and convenient functions like SEARCH, display by text or cover art, SORT, various View, etc.

Phono Input(MM) for your turntable

Just connect turntable to the X45Pro Phono-In directly to play your precious LP music and record it to the X45Pro in hi-res digital file. The X45Pro offers very smart and convenient auto cutting function to edit the recorded file with easy.

Recording with 192Khz hi-res sampling rate

The X45Pro offers a recording function for internet radio, DAB+/ FM radio and Digital Inputs. You can make your own digital music collection with wonderful sound.

Auto/Manual Cutting for the recorded files

Auto/Manual cutting function to edit the recorded files is available at the X45Pro. You can easily edit files and import them into X45Pro Music Database.

Versatile Networking and Remote Control with a Customized App

Connect the X45Pro to your network for streaming music to and from other devices, listen to cloud based music services and control remotely using mobile devices with our customized remote control app, NOVATRON MusicX or WebInterface.

Control remotely by mobile devices with customized Remote Control App, NOVATRON MusicX app

Major Music Streaming Services integrated

You can access tens of thousands of internet radio stations and online music services like TIDAL, Deezer, Napster and Qobuz including Spotify Connect function.

Control remotely by PC with WebInterface

Control the X45Pro remotely by your PC with its nice WebInterface function.

Support various network protocols like UPnP Server/Client/Renderer, Samba Server/Client

Stream songs to and from other compatible devices in the same network.

AirPlay and Spotify Connect

You can play songs from iOS devices and musics from Spotify via X45Pro wirelessly.

Control X45Pro by Roon

As X45Pro supports 'Roon Ready', you can control X45Pro with Roon, which is great music player for music loves.

7 inch TFT LCD Screen for Intuitive GUI and HDMI Out for external screen

7 inch big screen will let you control the X45Pro easily with intuitive GUI, and connect it to your TV for an external screen to view bigger GUI or a slideshow of photos while listening to your music collection.

DAB+/FM Radio Tuner built-in

Enjoy high quality digital radio via DAB+ Tuner, and record any song or broadcast with high quality sound.

High Connectivity for various external devices

• 2 x USB3.0 host at rear and 1 x USB2.0 host at front
• USB Audio Class 2.0 Output
• GigaFast Ethernet LAN
• HDMI Out for external screen or Audio out
• USB Audio Input for USB DAC function
• Digital Out(Coaxial, Toslink, AES/EBU XLR, HDMI)
• Digital In
• Analog Out/Input
• Phono Input
• And more.....

Storage for Music Server

3.5"/2.5" SATA hard disk and Solid State Drive(SSD) is accepted to the X45Pro, which supports up to 8TB capacity. You can install a storage easily thanks to a customized storage drive bay(drawer).

Rugged and Beautiful Aluminum Enclosure fabricated by precision CNC machine

The X45Pro whole enclosure is precisely crafted with beautiful glass-sanding aluminum, which is fabricated by precision CNC machine. This will help surely to deliver more beautiful sound for music lovers.

Features:

Many Useful functions

Created by custom-designed smart software developed by in-house R&D center.

1. Listing by Text or Cover Art


To display album or song list by Text or Cover Art by pressing TEXT/ART key of RC.

2. Alarm


X45Pro offers Alarm function.

3. Sleep function


Pressing SLEEP key of RC will make X45Pro powered off automatically after set time.

4. Clock & Display OFF


Pressing CLOCK key of RC will make X45Pro screen show current clock or off.

5. Jump to Song Mode


On Now Playing screen, pressing CAP/NUM key of RC will lead you to 'Jump to Song Mode' or 'Seek to Percent Mode' On 'Jump to Song Mode', pressing numeric key is to jump to the song equal to the pressed number.

6. Seek to Percent Mode


On 'Seek to Percent Mode' pressing numeric key is to seek the location of the playing file equal to the pressed number.

7. Auto CD Ripping function


When you want to rip many CDs, Auto CD ripping function will be helpful. If you insert CD to the X45Pro, remaining tasks will be done by X45Pro until the CD is ejected after CD ripping is completed.

8. Display Mode


You can display Music DB list by unit of Album, Genre, Track, Artist, Composer, Year, Mood, etc.

9. To merge multi-album or rip it into one folder(Album)


You can rip Multi-album into one folder (album).

10. Reservation Recording


Schedule when you want the X45Pro to record iRadio with reservation recording.

11. Auto Cutting function


Using this function, you can edit a file recorded by X45Pro easily.

12. Edit recorded files


Edit recorded files cutting by unit of track or adding album tag info.

13. ROON Ready


If you like 'ROON' remote app from Roonlabs, you can use it with the X45Pro.

14. Audio file format conversion


Convert existing audio files into other formats, (e.g. mp3, FLAC, WAV, MP4) for use on other devices -MP3 player, car stereo, etc.

15. Audio CD Burning


You can burn Audio CD with the X45Pro.

16. Gapless Playback

17. Scroll Speed


Control text scroll speed on the screen.

18. HDD Format


Easy solution to format hard disk with Linux file system or NTFS.

19. Import & Export your music


Import/Export music to/from the X45Pro Music DB via USB or over a network.

20. Edit music tag info

21. Make Playlist

22. Music DB backup & Restore

23. Make 'My Playlist'


This is virtual playlist. If you stop playing it, My Playlist will disappear.

24. Auto Shutdown


Schedule when you want the X45Pro powered off.

25. HDD Sleep


Go into sleep mode as set.

26. USB Keyboard


Use an USB keyboard to edit song tag info easily.

27. Section Repeat


Set specific section to play repeatedly.

28. Resume Play


After booting up, resume playing automatically where it was last stopped.

Hardware and Engineering

1. Equipped with high-performance Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 processor running at 1.0Ghz
2. SABRE PRO Flagship ES9038PRO DAC chips supporting up to PCM 768Khz sample rate and native DSD512
3. OPA627BP Precision High-Speed Operational Amplifier
4. 16 Core Microcontroller with Advanced RISC Architecture for high performance USB DAC function
5. USB Audio Class 2.0 Output built-in to connect an external USB DAC
6. Isolated power source circuit design for digital and analogue parts
7. Toroidal transformer and SMPS are completely shielded with aluminum to minimize idle noise and electrical noise
8. High speed optical disk drive for quick CD ripping
9. Phono Input(Moving Magnet) for turntable
10. 7 inch TFT LCD(1024 x 600 pixels) screen for intuitive GUI
11. DAB+/FM Tuner built-in
12. Giga Fast Ethernet(10/100/1000Mbps) built-in
13. Support up to 8TB(Tera Bytes) storage like 3.5"/2.5" hard disk or SSD
14. Whole enclosure is crafted with beautifully anodised and precisely CNC-machined aluminum
15. Equipped with top-quality connectors
16. HDMI Out connector for an external screen like TV as its GUI screen or audio signal out

Specifications:

Model Name:

• cocktailAudio X45Pro

Host CPU & Memory:

• CPU: Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 running at 1.0GHz
• Main Memory: DDR-1066 1GByte
• NAND Flash 8GByte

CD Player

• Type: Front Loading
• Supported media: CD, CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R/RW

Display:

• 7.0" TFT LCD(1,024 x 600pixels)(* able to connect to ext. screen via HDMI out)

Interface:

• Key & Jog(Volume/Scroll), IR Remote Control, Customized Remote App for iOS and Android devices, Web Interface

Analog Out (SABRE Flagship ES9038PRO DAC):

• Balanced(PRE-OUT): XLR, Dynamic Range: 137dB (Max 6.5Vrms, Stereo) THD +N: 0.0003%
• Unbalanced(PRE-OUT): RCA, Dynamic Range: 137dB (Max 2Vrms, Stereo) THD +N: 0.0003%
• Headphone Out: 6.35mm Jack, 100mW+100mW@1Khz, 600ohm, 0.006% THD

Digital Output (Variable/Fixed):

• COAXIAL x 1: S/PDIF 75ohm RCA, Sample rate: up to 24bit/192KHz
• TOSLINK x 1: S/PDIF, Sample rate: up to 24bit/192KHz
• AES/EBU/XRL x 1: 110ohm, Sample rate: up to 24bit/192KHz
• USB Audio x 1: USB Audio Class 2.0 Output
• HDMI Out x 1: HDMI Audio Out(*Shared with HDMI Out for external screen)

Analog Input:

• LINE In x 1: L&R RCA at the rear, default 2Vrms(controllable 1~4Vrms)
• Aux In x 1: 3.5mm Phone Jack on the front, default 1Vrms(controllable 0.5~2Vrms)
• Phono In x 1: MM Input, default 7.5mVrms(controllable 3.75~15mVrms)

Digital Input:

• COAXIAL x 1: Sample Rate: up to 24bit/192Khz
• TOSLINK x 1: Sample Rate: up to 24bit/192Khz
• AES/EBU XLR x 1: Sample Rate: up to 24bit/192Khz

USB Audio Input (USB DAC):

• USB B type connector, USB Audio Class 2.0 input (support up to PCM 768Khz/32Bit, DSD Native 512, and MQA file)

Supported Storage:

• Hard Disk: 2.5" SATA, up to 2TB
• * Bigger capacity of storage will be supported by firmware update when available in the market
• SSD: 3.5" SATA, up to 8TB and 2.5" SATA, up to 2TB
• * Bigger capacity of storage will be supported by firmware update when available in the market

Tuner:

• DAB+/FM: Selectable for DAB/DAB+ or FM Radio

Connectivity:

• USB Host
• USB3.0(5V/1A) x 2 at rear
• USB2.0(5V/1A) x 1 at front
• Network
• Wired: Giga Fast Ethernet(10/100/1000Mbs)
• Wireless(Option): ** 802.11b/g/n WiFi USB dongle(Option)
• HDMI Out
• Connect to external screen(* Shared with HDMI Audio Out)

Codec & Format Supported:

• MQA, PCM 768Khz/32Bit, DSD(DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, *DSD512), DXD(24Bit/352.8KHz), HD WAV(24Bit/192KHz), HD FLAC(24Bit/192KHz), APE/CUE, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, AIF, AAC, M4A, MP3, WMA, CAF, Ogg Vorbis, PCM, M3U, PLS, etc (* Note : DSD512 is supported by Analog Out only)

Network Protocols Supported:

• UPnP(DLNA) Server/Client/Media Renderer, Samba Server/Client, FTP Server, Web Server, etc

Internet Services:

• Internet Radio: Airable
• Online Music Services: TIDAL, TIDAL MQA, Deezer, Qobuz, Napster, Spotify Connect (* Note: Amazon Music will be available via firmware update)

Supported OSD languages:

• English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Korean,(To be added by request)

Isolated Power management:

• Toroidal Transformer: For audio signal management
• Toroidal & SMPS are shielded to minimize electrical noise
• 70W internal SMPS: For digital CPU management
• Toroidal & SMPS are shielded to minimize electrical noise

12V Trigger Out:

• Max 200mA, 12V

Power Source:

• 220V area: AC 220V - 240V, 50/60Hz
• 110V area: AC 110V - 120V, 50/60Hz

Mechanical:

• Material
• Whole chassis is based on CNC-machined high quality aluminum

• Dimension
• Without foot: 440mm(W) x 329mm(D) x 118mm(H)
• With foot: 440mm(W) x 329mm(D) x 130mm(H)

Weight:

• 13.2Kg (Device only without accessory and carton box)