CD-N500 Discontinued
Simple, intuitive control of your music.
Seamless access to all your favourite music sources.
The CD-N500 is a CD player and network audio player in a single unit. In addition to your own CDs, it's simple to acces music from the Internet or over a home network (PC or NAS). The NP Controller app enables you to enjoy your favourite tunes on a smartphone or tablet device wirelessly via Music Play.
Stream music from network sources in the home* and around the world.
Support for the vTuner radio station database enables sampling of Internet radio broadcasts throughout the world by connecting to the Internet over a LAN. Furthermore, support for music streaming allows you to enjoy a wide variety of music content.
*Available via future firmware update. Service availability depends on regions.
USB digital connection for iPod, iPhone, iPad and USB devices
The CD-N500 provides a USB port on the front panel for convenient connection of an iPod, iPhone, iPad or USB. A direct digital connection ensures the highest possible sound quality.
Intuitive control from your smartphone or tablet using the NP Controller app.
Download Yamaha's free NP Controller app and use it to browse your device, select the source, or tune into Internet radio stations. Song information and album art is also displayed.The app is compatible with iOS (iPod, iPhone and iPad) or Android.
Music Play enables wireless music streaming from handheld devices.
The NP Controller app includes a Music Play function that lets you stream music wirelessly from a smartphone or tablet. There's no need to change to another app to enjoy music streaming. Now it's quick and easy to showcase your favourite music (stored on your samartphone) on your audio system.
Quality design and audio performance inherited from Yamaha's hi-fi range.
The CD-N500 beautifully reproduces all music sources and incorporates a design inspired by Yamaha's hi-fi philosophy. The aluminum fascia is simple yet exudes a hi-fi quality, perfectly matching other Yamaha components and ensuring a the most satisfaction of the most discerning audiences.
Meticulous attention to sound utilising carefully selected parts
The carefully considered interior layout includes left-right symmetrical audio circuitry and provides the shortest circuit path for the audio signal to travel - allowing sound to be faithfully reproduced with minimal signal degradation. Furthermore, all parts were carefully selected including the highly-regarded 192KHz/32-bit Burr-Brown high precision DAC.
High quality CD playback that lets you fully enjoy natural, high purity sound
This unit has a double top and bottom structure with steel vibration dampers on both the top cover and the bottom of the chassis. Various vibrations that lower sound quality are prevented by joining the CD mechanism and chassis using our proprietary loader support, and by increasing the stiffness of the mechanism itself by anchoring it to the surface. The optical pickup is specialized for CD use with priority on sound quality, and an intelligent digital servo that performs servo control optimized for the disc being played achieves stable disc tracing and improves reading precision. The result is natural and high purity sound playback.
Advanced network features and reliability developed over years of experience
Compatible with FLAC 192kHz/24-bit and Apple Lossless formats, the CD-N500 uses Yamaha's advanced network audio technology to ensure optimum performance with high-resolution audio sources. It also features gapless play which eliminates the pauses usually heard when continuous music (classical, live album) is transmitted from a network source. A Pure Direct mode can be selected for even higher quality audio output.
