M6 Encore Connect (DISCONTINUED) - Overview

The Musical Fidelity Encore Connect is perfect for anyone who wants to combine the incredible power, realism and emotional involvement of our M6s Pre amplifier with a high-quality M3 CD player and accessibility to web radio and Spotify Connect.

Design + Build

The Encore features timeless hardware and massive build-quality that Musical Fidelity is known for. The plethora of input and output options are there to make the Encore a mainstay in your music system. You will enjoy the hardware’s excellent performance, facilities and power for decades to come and add modern streaming sources as they develop. Webradio and Spotify Connect are built in to get you started with the basics.

Full colour display with hardware frontpanel buttons

All Encore functions can be accessed via the frontpanel! Even browsing and playback of your streaming services can be controlled via the frontpanel! Being able to control your Encore with the buttons on the frontpanel (or IR remote) makes the Encore totally unique and perfect for anyone who values traditional high-end build quality and fast access without the need to have your phone or app nearby!

Control via Squeezebox Apps

The Encore can be comfortably controlled via your Squeezebox app of choice on your phone or mobile device.

The diverse control options and the ability to fully control the Encore on the frontpanel make it future-proof, so that in 20 years, when the digital infrastructure will be completely different from today, your Encore will continue to play music like on day one.

The Encore Connect In Brief

State of the art pre amplifier with 3 analog inputs, 4 digital inputs
M6s Pre built-in
M3 CD Player
High quality aluminium chassis with hardware buttons on the front in pristine build quality
Large, high resolution, full colour display allows easy and intuitive controls
Full control via front-panel hardware buttons, IR remote, Squeezebox Apps and web-interface
Web-radio and Spotify Connect

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M6 Encore Connect (DISCONTINUED) - Design and Build

The Encore Connect is easy and intuitive to use. The analog preamp section provides both fixed and variable outputs. The fixed outputs are perfect for connection to an existing system while the variable ones can directly drive separate power amps or active speakers. It has a huge range of facilities; 3 analog inputs, 4 digital inputs, 4 USB A connections (one of which has high current capacity for charging phones and tablets), network connectivity, high quality headphone amplifier, fixed and variable line level outputs as well as a digital output. The Encore Connect has an inbuilt CD player and 1TB hard disk drive for storage - enough for over 2500 Albums.

The heart of the Encore Connect is a powerful dual core 64 bit Intel CPU with 2GB of RAM. This provides superb performance and allows continual upgrading of its facilities making the Encore virtually future proof.

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M6 Encore Connect (DISCONTINUED) - Specifications

Inputs

3 x Line Level RCA 300mV nominal 2V typical up to 7V rms
2 x optical S/PDIF 24 bit inputs up to 192kHz
2 x coax S/PDIF 24 bit inputs up to 192kHz
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet connector

Outputs

1x line level PREAMP variable outputs (>6V rms max)
1x line level FIXED 2.0V @ 0dBFS (300mV rms nominal, >6V rms max) - Preamp gain, line input to PREAMP outputs is 4.5x (13dB) at maximum volume
Headphone output suitable for headphones impedance 8 ohms to ∞ - Headphone output features independent volume setting
1x optical S/PDIF 24-bit output up to 192kHz
1x coax S/PDIF 24-bit output up to 192kHz