Xitel Precision Audio Technology

Enjoy iTunes, internet radio and MP3s through your home stereo!

Xitel's HiFi-Link is a dedicated audio processor designed specifically to connect your computer to your home stereo. Its unique case incorporates premium components that significantly improve the audio performance of your PC, allowing it to connect to your HiFi system as though it were a piece of high fidelity stereo equipment. Kick back and enjoy all your digital music with audiophile clarity through your home entertainment system today!

You'll be amazed at how much of a difference the HiFi-Link makes. That's because it's packed full of the latest studio technology. The HiFi-Link is so much better than a soundcard for playing to your stereo. It:

Has been built from the ground up by a true audio company specifically to play to a stereo system with audiophile performance.
Lets you use the power of your home stereo to listen to internet radio stations, streaming audio and downloaded files such as MP3s, AAC, WMA, WAV, Real, Liquid and all other formats.
Bypasses inferior soundcards with advanced USB rendering technology - digital processing provides ultra clean, high quality audio that sounds more alive, vibrant and natural.
External interface cuts out distortion and interference from radiation inside your computer - enjoy crystal clear music without any annoying hiss.
Installs in one simple step – plug the HiFi-Link into a USB port and watch it automatically load without any special drivers.
Runs with all Windows and Mac compatible media players including: Windows Media Player, Winamp, RealAudio Player, LiquidAudio Player, MusicMatch Jukebox, iTunes, and many others.
comes with all interconnection cables, including 30 feet of professional grade audio cable for free!

Unlike other computer audio products, the HiFi-Link incorporates technology and design features you'll find in top end stereos. That's what gives it the ability to turn your computer into a powerful music station. Each interface incorporates a selection of high-end components, utilizing unique design features to preserve the audio integrity of all your music over extended distances. By taking digital information from your computer's USB port, the HiFi-Link avoids relying on the typically inferior audio characteristics of installed soundcards.

That's what makes it the perfect choice for sending music from your computer to a large variety of audio components including: external amplifiers, mini-systems, decks, portable boom boxes, home MiniDisc units, and CD-R recorders.

Shielded Studio Audio Cable

Included with the HiFi-Link is a fully shielded, high definition inter-connection cable with gold plated RCA jacks for excellent conductivity and premium signal transmission. The 30 feet of cable has been specifically matched with the output characteristics of the HiFi-Link to offer a no-compromise solution in joining computers with stereo HiFi systems and components. Nothing sounds better!

Technical Specifications

The HiFi-Link's total harmonic distortion plus noise to signal ratio is less than 0.005% with channel unbalance better than 0.05dB, and channel separation exceeding 90dB. It runs a 20-bit precision DAC that easily exceeds the necessary headroom for all compressed and standard audio formats including MP3, CD, and WAV running at nominal 16-bit resolution.

The HiFi-Link also supports all compression bitrates from 8 kbps through to 320 kbps across all formats including MP3, MP3Pro, WMA, RealAudio, LiquidAudio, and AAC. It's output runs at 1vrms line-level and has been impedance matched with the included shielded studio audio cable ensuring full dynamic response with no high frequency roll off.

The circuit is fully isolated from electromagnetic radiation typically associated with computer audio through it's unique external design and digital USB data feed. While numbers are a clinical way of describing a product's characteristics, the best way to judge performance is still in the listening. As David Price of HiFi-World UK stated, 'essentially it has very smooth even sound with a surprisingly strong and agile bass. Clean and open with plenty of detail. Overall it's an incredible change from my notebook's built in soundcard and not far off a good CD player like the Marantz CD6000. Impressive!'

Frequently Asked Questions about the HiFi-Link



	$49.95

'Awarded Editor's Choice Award - A+' 'Gloriously Clean and Distortion Free Sound Output'

'Basically this little silver box kicks butt by ignoring your weak multimedia speakers and converting the digital signal to analog straight to your home entertainment center. So don't go and rush out to purchase some new multimedia speakers. Give the Xitel HiFi-Link a chance and kick back and enjoy the sound as you normally would. Listen to what you want, when you want and now at the quality that you want. Xitel's HiFi-Link is simple but it does deliver a whole lot.'
Travis Einarson from Futurelooks.com (Canada)

'This is one of the simpler, and more elegant products you'll come across this or any other year. Barely longer than 3 inches and weighing all of two ounces, this little silver-colored device converts your digital audio files into a high-quality audio signal that your stereo system can understand. Best of all, it completely bypasses that miserable-sounding audio card that you had no choice but to take when you bought that PC in the first place. It's so cool, they ought to paint it icy blue instead of silver.'
ReferenceGuide.com (USA)

'In comparison with a SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum, using various different classical audio CDs, the [HiFi-Link] more faithfully reproduced complex auditory detail, even at high volumes.'
Byte.com (USA)

'The HiFi-Link has very smooth even sound with a surprisingly strong and agile bass.' 'Clean and open with plenty of detail. Overall it's an incredible change from my notebook's built in soundcard and not far off a good CD player like the Marantz CD6000. Impressive!' '...what a result! Easy to use, fuss-free and with top sound per pound, you can't argue with either of these products!'
Hi-Fi World (UK)

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Features

USB Digital Interface:

•	Being a USB interface means that installing the HiFi-Link is as simple as plugging it in to any USB port on your computer. Digital data is then supplied to its on board 20-bit precision DAC for processing into an optimum audio signal. It's quick, easy and extremely effective.

Electromagnetic Isolation:

•	By adopting a unique external design, the HiFi-Link remains totally isolated from any noise radiating inside your computer's case. Your home stereo receives the cleanest possible signal, something that only a dedicated audio engine can provide.

Superior Fidelity:

•	All of the HiFi-Link's high-grade components have been carefully selected to work together in providing an exceptionally pure and dynamic signal. Their complementary integration is one of the reasons that the HiFi-Link does its job so well, and the reason we built it from the ground up for pure audio excellence.

What's in the box:

•	HiFi-Link for PC audio processor
•	USB to USB cable to link to your PC
•	30 ft./9metre Mini-Stereo to RCA cable to link to your stereo - specifically designed to match the HiFi-Link's output characteristics
•	Manual & Warranty