Pioneer N-30

摘要

Pioneer has two network players in its portfolio: this budget-priced N-30 and the better-featured N-50 (£499) that was in our group test last summer. So persuasive was the N-50's feature set and cost/performance ratio that it subsequently ran off with an EISA Award. Quite right too, as its only failing (in our book, written for hi-fi enthusiasts who are dedicated music lovers) was its lack of gapless playback capability. This was something that was always destined to be rectified via a firmware update (and available now), since it was never a limitation of the BridgeCo DM860 chip under its bonnet.