Has anyone heard the Bladelius Embla?


Any opinions on this player?
A lot of newer players are offering 'memory playback' as well as connectivity to NAS and other sources. Are these superior to conventional cd players?
Thanks
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bst
I heard the Plinius ca US$6K player.
It's a good cd player.
The Embla is a very good music reproducer.
I'm an analog man, always prefered a good vinyl spinner.
Embla does not sound like a record player, but I really enjoyd it's sound
I had read about this and bought the one I heard at an exhibition. The internal "flash" memory is actually an SSD of 64 Gb. Mine is now full with just over 100 albums in it. The English importers will change the original SSD for larger ones as they become available. The Embla should handle up to 2 Tb. As for the sound, I prefer it to my Ayre CX5e, but that's just me. The Embla is much better at playing the initial part of the note. The amount of information it retrieves is astounding. Fingers on strings, breath between teeth and saliva in mouths, it's all there.
Just need to afford some more Solid State drives.The bits in memory are to the DAC under total control of the player. This is not possible when the data is read off a disk.
Can somebody say something about the preamp built in Embla ? How good it is comparing to separate stuff ?
This is unbelievably good. It acts like real preamp: control and stability. And you save money: one pre amp, one interconnect cable and one power cord. If you have a turntable you need a separate phono amp. Very recommendable especially with their Ymer power amp.
If you want better results with pre-amp, you have to invest at least 10K more.