Zara - Ripping Server

Overview

The new Zara ripping server has been optimized for audio ripping and storage and is ready to serve network playback devices such as the Linn DS and many other network audio players. All data is duplicated on another internal disk ensuring integrity.

The newly designed Zara is created from a single piece of aerospace grade aluminium. Precision engineered in our own factory to exacting standards, the Zara will fit perfectly with any high end audio system.

Features

Near silent operation (<9dBA)
2x 1TB hard disks pre-installed
Very low power consumption (approx 22W)
Low profile - 338(W) x 224(D) x 55(H)mm
Extremely high quality seamless chassis
Very simple to use - just insert CD
Lifetime subscription to premium meta data
Designed, made and supported from UK!!

How it works

The Zara is simple to setup just plug in the power and network cables and once the Zara is ready you can begin ripping.

Insert your chosen music CD* into the Zara slot loader and all the track information / album art you could wish for is quickly retrieved from our premium metadata providers
The digital uncompressed music files are also copied in their highest quality format (FLAC)
The music files are then copied and down converted to a high quality MP3 format ready for portable playback devices (original FLAC files are still stored).

The copy process takes approximately 5 minutes depending on the CD and once completed the disks automatically ejects.

Connecting to the server

If you want to optimize the server’s settings for example what formats it stores the music in and where then simply install the supplied software on a Windows PC or Mac and using the supplied user name and password you can connect to the server and optimize it for your needs.

To connect the server to playback devices vary from product to product but all follow the same guidelines, they will discover the server and you need to point the playback device to the appropriate folder where the music files are that are in a playable format for the particular player you are using.

Getting technical

All though the Zara server is designed to be simple there is lots of technology behind its simple to use interface, below is some of this information.

The system provides media services to the following devices:

DLNA devices (100's already in the market - i.e. PS3, Linn, Philips, and many more)
Sonos
Roku
Logitech (ie Duet)
Media Connect (PC Media Player)

You can store approximately 1650 CD’s per 1TB. With the 2x 1TB model this means that you could store over 1650 CD albums in 'Protected mode' (disk duplication) or almost 3500 CD albums in standard mode.