4TB standard Internal Storage - ROON Core embedded - Qobuz seamless Integration.
The meta edition (2024)
Whenever groundbreaking technologies, advanced electronics, or software innovations emerge, our goal is to offer these upgrades to our customers when they provide substantial value. The Meta edition is a testament to this commitment, as rigorous experimentation and testing have enabled us to introduce meaningful improvements in musical fidelity and enjoyment.
The 2024 Meta upgrade introduces significant technology and performance enhancements to the already acclaimed Absolute Stream, including:
Playback Versatility: You can use your Absolute Stream with Ideon Audio’s player application for best sound results, or with any of the popular thrird-party players such as Roon, JRiver, Audirvaνα, etc. In general, you can connect your Absolute Stream directly with any software supporting UPNP. The Absolute Stream is a Roon-ready device, meaning you can use it as a Roon endpoint (Roon bridge), but it also features ROON core embedded within the device, eliminating the need for an external ROON server.
Core CPU highly prioritized for audio playback only, ensuring optimized performance and sound quality
The Absolute-Stream will play your private libraries from HDs or NAS, it works as a Roon bridge rendering your music into the device’s CPU, and of course, it renders Internet streaming services with maximum possible integration (Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, Web radios, etc)
For jitter elimination, a specially designed re-clocking circuit, comprising of an no-compromise femto clock architecture, embedded in Absolute Stream as standard and not as an option with extra charge. This is an upgradable platform to protect our customers’ investment.
Huge, linear, power supplies have become an Ideon Audio trademark. The Absolute Stream has a very large main power bank composed of audiophile, low esr, silk caps; we also included a high-wattage, hand-made, audiophile transformer.
Electrical noise in a source component can deteriorate the sound for the duration of signal processing procedure… It will come as no surprise, therefore, that the Absolute Stream has our proprietary, upgradable, zero-noise rectification active bridging technology, eliminating diode-rectification noise.
There are four (4) separate, discrete, power lines with ultra-low noise linear power within the Absolute Stream circuit, providing the different voltage levels the device requires.
Going the extra experimentation mile, however, we discovered that the quality of transient current going to the CPU affected sound—and the sonic result was astonishing. To improve transient current quality, accordingly, we implemented a proprietary, ultra-low esr, bypass power filter with superlative results in the sound.
A unique advantage of the Absolute Stream circuit is the total absence of switching power supplies – not even intermediate ones within the CPU power rails.
Keeping in mind that sound quality is the foremost consideration, we avoided internal noise-inducing peripheral circuits as much as possible. Thereby, the Absolute Stream’s simplified, bare-bones operation provides superlative sound quality to the user—which is the music-lover’s target in the first place.
The 22kg (~49 lbs) CNC milled chassis takes 15 hours to complete.
The result is a solid mechanical base housing the most intricate and expensive electronics available currently. Various finishes are available to order.
| SUPPORTED FORMATS (INPUT DEPENDENT) | 44.1kHz to 384kHz PCM up to 32 bits, any DSD (up to 8xDSD) |
| SYSTEM SSD | 240GB allocated for OS system |
| INTERNAL STORAGE | 4TB Standard for Music Libraries. Can be increased optionally. |
| DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT | 2 X USB with proprietary Re-Clocking (one with 5v rail, one without) |
| INPUT | Ethernet & USB |
| EXTERNAL CONNECTIVITY | 2 X USB 3.0 for external HD Music Libraries |
| POWER SUPPLY | 3 X ultra-low noise full Linear power supplies (for all different voltage needs). No Switching power supply at any point of the device |
| DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) | 490 x 90 x 350 mm ( (19.2 x 3.5 x 13.8 in) |
| WEIGHT | 22kg (~ 48.5 lbs) |
“ The Ideon Absolute Stream meta edition (2024), running its own software, delivered clearer, more involving sound than any other music server or streamer I ‘ve heard in my reference system.”
The more revealing your system, the more you ‘ll appreciate Ideon’s excellence.”
Jason Victor Serinus, Senior Contributor Editor, November 2024
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“.. the most musical and engaging digital playback in my personal experience.
If you are looking to experience the pinnacle of digital audio playback today, you simply must audition the Ideon Absolute suite. But be warned! Once you are exposed to its crystalline, inviting, luxuriant, and breathtakingly authentic voice, you may find it as impossible as I have to settle for anything less.”“
Greg Weaver, PartTime Audiophile, March 2024
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“…I’ve never seen anything like it – fascinating…”
“…incredible resolution and three-dimensional sonority, which is particularly surprising in the high pitches…””This is great class and for me absolutely unique, very far from the usual…”
WOLFGANG KEMPER Wolfgang Kemper, HIFI STATEMENT, Dec 2022
“…The Absolute Epsilon DAC, Absolute Stream music server, and Absolute Time master clock are in the upper echelon of today’s best digital playback. The trio has some remarkable musical attributes, including stunningly lifelike reproduction of music’s dynamics. The sense of immediacy and presence—the impression of nothing between you and the music—was equally impressive.”
Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound, June 2022
