The Red Wolf 2 is simply stunning, and one of the most sophisticated digital audio components on the planet. Using 3rd generation Wolf design and build methodologies, the Red Wolf 2 improves upon the original Red Wolf in four critical areas: power delivery, chassis shielding/dampening, component speed and software optimization. There has never been such a powerful and complex system that is easy and fun to use, helping listeners to take total control of the stereo room and the listening experience, personalized for each owner.
High Fidelity Audio Servers
Pick the system configuration that is right for you
HFAS+ – If you are going to be playing High Bit-Rate DSD or MultiChannel audio and installing other 3rd party apps to use with Media Center, Roon or Audirvana, the Red Wolf 2 HFAS+ is a great place to start. Higher RAM and a bigger system drive improve the speed of the Wolf and can cache bigger files for playback.
HFAS+ Prime – This HFAS+ Prime server configuration is for power users. High sample rate multi-channel audio? No problem. DSD512 and beyond? Easy. This is the fastest, most powerful version of this server. In five years, it will still be fast, and you’ll still be very happy. 12 Hyper-threaded CPU cores, 32GB RAM and 1TB of 3.5 Gigabytes per second system drive. Play DSD to multiple DACs at once while sending a movie to the living room and browsing the web with 100 open tabs. Or just sit back and listen to some FLAC files, knowing that you could do any of this when you need to.
Audio Specifications
AUDIO OUTPUTS |
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| Digital Output | Ultra Low Noise USB 2.0 supporting USB Audio Class 1, USB Audio Class 2 and DSD (Native & DoP)
SPDIF Section AES/EBU, BNC, TOSLink, Digital RCA (Optional Upgrade- Q4 2018) HDMI 2.0, HDMI 1.4b |
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CONNECTIVITY |
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| Ethernet & WiFi | 2x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet – Network (Data & Audio)
802.11ac 867Mb/s WiFi + BT 4.2 |
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| USB | 2x USB 3.0/2.0 (DAC), 6x USB 3.0 (Mass Storage) 1x USB Type C – (Mass Storage & Future Module Connectivity) | |
| Video | 1x HDMI 2.0a – HDCP 2.2 and HDR, 1x HDMI 1.4b (Multichannel Audio, Secondary Monitor), DisplayPort 1.4 | |
PHYSICAL DISK FORMATS |
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| Physical Disc Formats | Red Book, DVD-A, DVD-V, BD-A, BD-V | |
| Disc Compatibility | CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-A, DVD-V, BD-R, BD-A, BD-V | |
| Audio format for stored CDs | FLAC (zero compression), WAV, ALAC, OGG, APE, MP3, MPC, | |
| Audio Formats Supported for streaming and playing | WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, OGG, SHN, MP3, APE, APL, AC3, MPC, WMA, DSF, DFF, SACD | |
SAMPLE RATES |
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| Sample Rates | 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz. 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 768kHz
DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, DSD512 Native and DoP |
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| Bit Depths | 16bit, 24bit, 32bit | |
PHYSICAL MEDIA |
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| Physical Disc Formats | Red Book CD, DVD-A, DVD-V, BD-A, BD-V | |
| Disc Compatibility | CD, CD-R, CD-RW | |
| Audio format for stored CDs | FLAC (zero compression), WAV, ALAC, OGG, APE, MP3, MPC, | |
| Audio Formats Supported for streaming and playing | WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3 |
Physical Media
| Transport | Teac 16x Blu-Ray | |
| Physical Disc Formats | Red Book CD, DVD-A, DVD-V, BD-A, BD-V | |
| Disc Compatibility | CD, CD-R, CD-RW | |
| Audio format for stored CDs | FLAC (zero compression), WAV, ALAC, OGG, APE, MP3, MPC, | |
| Audio Formats Supported for streaming and playing | WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3 |
Software
JRiver Media Center
Media Center is the application we love. In its 24th version, Media Center is the gold standard application that will allow you to do almost everything you could imagine. Our optimizations and customizations let you skip over a year of trial and error and listen to your music right out of the box.
Roon
Roon is a newer app that some people prefer over Media Center. Featuring a great interface and Tidal and MQA integration, this is the app that is convincing people that digital audio has arrived. A rich metadata repository gives listeners much more than album art.
Audirvana+
A brand new application that has us very excited. It looks great, sounds amazing, and has Tidal, MQA and Qobuz integrated right in. It also has a tablet app, just like Media Center and Roon, so running the system headless is a possibility. We are going to be taking a very hard look at customizing the application for our own purposes and to add some features specifically for Wolf customers.
Power
| Power Supply | 275W Linear Power supply | |
| Output Specifications | 1 – 275W 16-Pin ATX Umbilical, 1 – 5W Isolated Component | |
| Umbilical Specifications | Standard 0.5m Umbilical
Audience AU24SE 0.5m (99.9999% 21AWG, OCC-stranded copper) Audience SX 0.5m (99.9999% 21AWG, OCC-stranded, 2x Cryo treated copper) |
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Before switch mode power supplies were brought to market, linear power was king. Switch mode power supplies are lighter and less expensive for high current applications, but when working with things of a highly sensitive nature, like medical equipment that keeps you alive, or more importantly your stereo, there is a reason why linear power will always be found on the highest end products out there: noise. Switch mode power is noisy, but linear power supplies regulate the output voltage by dropping excess voltage in a series dissipative component. They use a moderately complex regulator circuit to achieve very low load and line regulation. Linear regulated power supplies also have very little ripple and very little output noise.
Sonics, Power, Simplicity. The Alpha series is special to us… our first production system and the starting point for all of our research. The original objective to create a server system that did what others wouldn’t – or couldn’t, still holds. This third iteration of our first love is an impressive beast, the sonic benchmark for what modern audiophiles should expect from a system of its class.
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