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Sit and Listen Streaming

FOR ANYONE who has been waiting for streaming music to be a high-quality sit-and-listen experience, the SVS Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase streaming integrated amp fits the bill. It’s the second generation S VS wireless smart integrated amplifier. Not only can it play just about any high-resolution audio file you send to it, but this 300-watt class D amplifier powers your speakers easily for outstanding sound. Connect it to standard speakers, and it becomes a DTS Play-Fi zone with reference sound (i.e. uncompressed) quality that can stream from numerous music services like Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz, Amazon Music, and others.

But this SVS does more than stream via Play-Fi. The Pro Sound-Base can stream directly via WiFi. It can play audio using Apple AirPlay 2 and Google Chromecast. Moreover, the WiFi Critical Listening mode doesn’t have the same bandwidth limitations and can handle up to 24 bit/192 kHz, for the highest resolution audio.

The Pro SoundBase also has several ports to connect to other hardware sources, instantly transforming them into Play-Fi streaming devices—and it does all of this for under $700.

FEATURES

The Prime Wireless Pro Sound-Base is a small unit that can fit into the corner of a shelf. It has modern clean lines, so it won’t stand out on top of your media center. Plug it into any wired speakers, download DTS Play-Fi, and it’s as simple to get started as signing into your favorite music services.

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