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No_ 519 AUDIO PLAYER
Since 1972, Mark Levinson has been dedicated to the uncompromising art
of sound, with the guiding principle of musical purity above all else. To achieve that goal like never before, Mark Levinson engineers scoured company archives, ultimately developing a circuit-design philosophy called
Pure Path. On a conceptual level, its hallmark principles include a discrete,
direct-coupled, fully balanced,dual-monaural signal path that delivers
unrestricted, uncompromised sonic purity.Far from merely arranging high-quality
components in an intelligent manner,Pure Path is the meeting of science
and art: Mark Levinson engineers are tasked to create the best possible measured AND subjective performance.
BUILDING THE ULTIMATE SOURCE PLAYER
The Mark Levinson No_ 519 is a complete,modern digital audio player for today’s music lover. It combines wireless and wired streaming with a slot-loading CD player, plus connections for USB drives, additional digital inputs, wireless Bluetooth with aptX, and HARMAN Clari-FiR music restoration technology; all in an uncompromising package featuring Mark Levinson Pure Path system design in a 6000-series aluminum chassis. The No_ 519 sports a large, full-color TFT display, comes with a matching remote control, and can be controlled with iOS and Android apps, and all major web browsers.It also features a host of system integration connections including RS-232, IP control and more. Like all Mark Levinson products, the No_ 519 is proudly designed, engineered and handcrafted in the USA.
BUILDING THE ULTIMATE SOURCE PLAYER The Mark Levinson No_ 519 is a complete,
modern digital audio player for today’s music lover. It combines wireless and
wired streaming with a slot-loading CD player, plus connections for USB drives, additional digital inputs,wireles Bluetooth with aptX, and HARMAN Clari-Fi R music restoration technol gy; all in an uncompromising package featuring Mark Levinson Pure Path system design in a 6000-series aluminum chassis. The No_ 519 sports a large full-color TFT display, comes with a matching remote control, and
can be controlled with iOS and Android apps, and all major web browsers.
It also features a host of system integration connections including
RS-232, IP control and more. Like all Mark Levinson products, the No_ 519
is proudly designed, engineered and handcrafted in the USA
Since 1972, Mark Levinson has been dedicated to the uncompromising art of sound, with the guiding principle of musical purity above all else. To achieve
that goal like never before, Mark Levinson engineers scoured company
archives, ultimately developing a circuit-design philosophy called Pure Path. On a conceptual level, its hallmark principles include a discrete,
direct-coupled, fully balanced,dual-monaural signal path that delivers
unrestricted, uncompromised sonic purity.Far from merely arranging high-quality
components in an intelligent manner, Pure Path is the meeting of science
and art: Mark Levinson engineers are tasked to create the best possible measured AND subjective performance.
CD PLAYBACK
A slot-loading transport optimized for the No_ 519 Audio Player provides
playback of compact discs including Redbook CD and CD-R/MP3 data formats. The front panel of the player will display metadata and track information as well as album cover art when connected to the network.With the unparalleled performance of the integrated Precision Link DAC,your music collection has never sounded this good.
PRECISION LINK DAC
Adhering to the Mark Levinson Pure Path design philosophy, the proprietary Precision Link ? DAC delivers uncompromised audio quality from high-resolution audio formats with a mirror-image, fully-balanced, fullydiscrete dual monaural signal path.The DAC board circuitry includes fi vepower supplies dedicated to performance optimization of the ESS Sabre Reference chip, and an additional four power supplies dedicated to the analog audio output stage, resulting in a pristine signal with an exceptionally low noise fl oor.Virtually all high-resolution audio formats are supported: up to 32-bit/192kHz PCM, up to double-speed DSD, MQA, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, APE, AIFF, and WMV FLAC, from computers. With six digital inputs including asynchronous USB, AES/EBU, and S/PDIF, along with CD, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth R with aptX ?, USB and network drive playback
STREAMING AUDIO
PLAYBACK
The No_ 519 Audio Player includes Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity to access a wealth of online streaming content including MQA, CD-quality and lossless audio. Popular streaming ervices – SpotifyR Connect, TidalR,Deezer R, and QobuzR – are integrated along with Internet radio and podcasts.The No_ 519 includes MQA technology (Master Quality Authenticated) which elivers master quality audio in a fi le that’s small enough to stream or download. The N o_ 519 enables MQA playback via DLNA, or while streaming MQA fi les via Tidal, as well as playback from a USB drive. With the full color front panel display and via the N o_ 519 control app for iOS and Android, your favorite content is on-hand including playlists, album artwork, and more. The N o_ 519 has been designed to be upgradeable over-the- air so that new services and features can be added to keep you in connection with your music.
PLAYBACK
The No_ 519 unleashes the fl exibility, and performance of networked audio. It can be connected to your Local Area Network (LAN) to access content on a Networked Attached Storage (NAS) drive. There are also two USB Type A connectors that can be used for playback from a portable hard drive or a USB fl ash drive. Content can be navigated and is searchable using the front panel display, the iOS and Android apps, or even major web browsers when the No_ 519 is connected to an outside network. In addition, the No_ 519 is Roon ready. Roon is an incredibly rich and engaging way to browse and organize your music and related content. Being Roon Ready means that the No_ 519 will transparently discover and connect to Roon wi hout any confi guration, and bitperfect audio is delivered fromRoon to the N o_ 519. BLUETOOTH
For simple and instant connection to a mobile device, the No_ 519 includes Bluetooth R audio input capability. For maximum audio quality with compatible mobile devices, the Qualcomm R aptX ? audio codec is included to help overcome the bandwidth limitations inherent with Bluetooth and deliver CD-like quality COMPLETE CONTROL
Playback and operation of the No_ 519
can be controlled in numerous waysallowing for custom integration andpersonalization for the way you wantto listen. In addition to the 5-inch(125mm), full color TFT LCD display,fl anked with knobs and buttons on thefront panel, the No_ 519 includes a castaluminum, hand-held remote control with controls for most operations.In addition, iOS and Android apps are available for use from a mobile phone or tablet. The No_ 519 Audio Player can also be managed via all major web browsers and includes full IP control over Ethernet for major third-party control systems. Additional system integration includes RS-232, remote IR input, and 12V trigger connections. MAIN DRIVE
HEADPHONE
For intimate listening, the Audio Player includes a front-panel headphone connector driven by Mark Levinson’s proprietary Main Drive circuitry. Instead of using a traditional low power chip amplifi er, Main Drive takes advantage of the fully-balanced, Class A analog audio output circuitry to drive the headphone output. When headphones are connected to the front-panel jack,the analog audio outputs are muted and the entire audio circuit is dedicated to high-performance headphone playback.You no longer need to purchase a separate headphone amplifi er to drive premium 32-ohm impedance headphones. With Main Drive, a fully-balanced, fully-discrete, Class A headphone amplifi er is included in the No_ 519 Audio Player. MADE IN THE USA
All Mark Levinson equipment employs electronic components carefully chosen for their specifi c task. Tantalum nitride thin-fi lm resistors in critical gain-setting and feedback locations make the sound revealing and effortless, free of the low-level nonlinearities caused by lesser resistive materials. An extremely costly material, tantalum nitride typically fi nds use in sensitive military equipment because it is unusually stable with respect to temperature, exhibits very low noise, and is unaffected by magnetic fi elds. Similarly, fi lm-type capacitors in critical fi ltering locations perform extremely consistently, regardless of temperature and frequency.Housed in an aircraft-grade 6000-series extruded and machined aluminum chassis, the No_ 519 features extremely high build precision, to exceedingly low tolerances. Attention to detail is evident even in individual components, each of which is carefully selected and precisely placed for ultimate sonic purity and visual composition. Mark Levinson equipment is designed at the HARMAN Engineering Center of Excellence in Shelton, CT, prototyped in-house, and handcrafted exclusively at an ISO 9001 facility in Massachusetts under strict Mark Levinson engineering and quality supervision. IN SUMMARY
• Pure Path discrete, direct-coupled,fully balanced, dual-monaural
signal path
• Plays from networked drives and devices, streaming services, Bluetooth, and connected media
• 32-bit Precision Link DAC with three selectable fi lters and nine
power supplies
• Plays up to 32-bit, 192kHz PCM,double-speed DSD, CD, and virtually all two-channel formats including MQA
• Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer,internet radio, and podcasts built in*
• Class-A Main Drive Headphoneoutput for up to 32-ohmheadphones using main circuit
• Six high-resolution digital inputs:balanced, coaxial, optical, and USB
asynchronous
• Analog output volume control fordirect connection to amplifi ers or
active loudspeakers
• Designed, engineered and handcrafted in the USA
DISCLAIMERS*Availability of streaming music content and resolution varies by region. Mark Levinson R and Clari-Fi R are registered trademarks of HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated. BluetoothR is a registeredtrademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. aptXR is a registeredtrademark of CSR plc. Spotify Connect is a trademark of Spotify AB. TIDAL is a trademark of Aspiro AB. QOBUZ is a trademark of Qobuz SARL. Deezer is a trademark of Blogmusik. Android ? is a trademark of Google Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, specifi cations and appearance of the product may be subject to change without notice.
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