Gold Note IS-1000 MK II Streaming Integrated Amplifier

THE STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER. With the knowledge and experience developed in over 20 years of research, we can offer an all-in-one solution powered by the most advanced technologies and components to achieve true audiophile-quality sound. The IS-1000 MKII merges a powerful class AB Integrated Amplifier, a MM/MC Phono Preamplifier, a High-End DAC, and a high-resolution Streamer in one single unique source. The class AB amplifier with 125Watt 8Ω @1kHz per channel guarantees pure sound, vivid dynamics, and the finest detail. It also offers a wide range of digital and analogue inputs to assure total control and freedom to upgrade, expand or connect more devices to the IS-1000 MKII. You don’t need anything else to experience the real pleasure of high-definition audio at home. Nothing more than the IS-1000 MKII and your speakers. It’s really that simple. EASY ACCESS TO YOUR MUSIC. The IS-1000 MKII is a device with a plug&play installation, fully compatible with multi-room systems. You can stream through Roon, Airplay, Tidal, MQA, Qobuz, Spotify, vTuner, and Deezer, controlling the IS-1000 MKII with our easy-to-use GN Control App on your smartphone or tablet (available for iOS and Android for free). Browse your collection of digital music stored locally on a NAS or USB flash drive and enjoy your favourite music tracks. If you love vinyl records, connect your turntable directly to the IS-1000 MKII to use the integrated Phono Preamp.

ROON READY Roon Ready network devices have Roon’s streaming technology built-in and are certified by Roon Labs to provide the highest level of quality and performance in network streaming. TIDAL CONNECT (SINCE S/N 79486) With Tidal Connect you can stream music to your IS-1000 MKII directly from the Tidal app (both with iOS and Android). Please Note – All units released with the previous serial number of 79486 can’t perform Tidal Connect, yet it is possible to implement it with an optional hardware and software upgrade kit. Gold, Silver or Black anodised aluminium with a traditional brushed finish.

DIMENSIONS  430mm W | 135mm H | 375mm D                                             WEIGHT Kg. 18 – net             Kg. 23 – boxed

INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER Class AB Mosfet (125Watt 8Ω @1kHz)     PHONO STAGE MM & MC developed from the multi-awarded PH-10 DAC

DELUXE model: BurrBrown PCM1792A                                                                 LINE model: BurrBrown PCM1796

THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) 0,005% @5W0,  1% @ 0,1 to 50W (20Hz-20 kHz)

DAMPING FACTOR >100                                                                                                SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO >100dB Line and Digital Inputs      >80 dB Phono (MM)

BOOSTER 3 adjustable levels (by-passable/off)                                                    DSD, DSD64

NETWORK CONNECTIVITY LAN & Wi-Fi 

HIGH-QUALITY STREAMING Roon Ready, Tidal Connect, MQA, Airplay, vTuner, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Spotify Connect 

SUPPORTED MEDIA SERVERS Minim Server, Bubble UPnP, All certified UPnP media servers

SUPPORTED AUDIO FORMATS AIFF (aif, aiff, aifc), WAV (wav) packed/unpacked FLAC, WmA Windows media Audio 9, WAX Windows media audio metafiles

    ASX Advanced Stream Redirector (asx), MPEG-4 (aac, m4a , Apple lossless), MP3, DSD64 [.dsf] files converted to high

DIGITAL INPUTS 1x RCA Coax PCM up to 24bit/192kHz                            3x Optical Tos-Link PCM up to 24bit/192kHz

1x USB-A port DSD64 and PCM up to 24bit/192kHz, formatted in FAT32/NTFS (32Gb max for pen drives)

 ANALOGUE INPUTS 1x XLR balanced                                                              1x RCA Line/Phono MM/MC                                1x RCA Line/AV-In

ANALOGUE OUTPUTS 1x RCA fixed (0dB, 1.4Vrms)                                    1x RCA variable (+9,5dB, 4Vrms max)

OUTPUT IMPEDANCE 50Ω                                                                                            POWER SUPPLY 100-120V or 220-240V, 50/60Hz

POWER CONSUMPTION 30-400W max                                                                  Standby: < 0,5W 

FUSE (220/240V) 3,15A T                                                                                                FUSE (100/120V) 6,3A T