Yamaha Adds WXA-70A Streaming Amplifier And WXC-70A Streamer
The two models split Yamaha's network audio offering by what a buyer already owns: a full amplifier for a new system, a streamer for an existing one.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Yamaha will release two compact network audio components: the WXA-70A streaming amplifier, which has a Class D amplifier and can drive speakers directly, and the WXC-70A streamer, which adds network functions to an existing amplifier. Both use an ESS SABRE ES9039Q2M DAC, draw on Yamaha's D.O.P.G. circuit concept, and carry YPAO room correction, MusicCast, Roon Ready support, and an eARC HDMI terminal with Dialogue Level Adjustment.
The WXC-70A adds a Preamplifier mode and a Player mode, selectable according to the system it joins. That is the practical difference between the two boxes: one is meant to sit at the center of a setup, the other to feed one that is already there.
Both share the same circuit approach and the same ESS DAC, so the network and correction features are common to the pair. The WXA-70A carries the full-fledged HiFi chassis and the large speaker terminals, which the streamer does not.
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