Atonemo Streamplayer Review: Modernizing Vintage Audio for Just $99
Discover how the $99 Atonemo Streamplayer brings AirPlay 2 and Chromecast to your old speakers. Full review, specs, and comparison at PRISM.
Don't toss your old speakers just yet. Swedish startup Atonemo has launched a matchbox-sized solution called the Streamplayer, designed to bring high-res streaming to any legacy audio system without the hefty price tag.
Atonemo Streamplayer $99: Compact Specs and Features
The device measures a mere 1.97 x 2.76 x 0.73 inches, making it small enough to hide behind any amplifier. Despite its size, it supports AirPlay 2, Chromecast, and Tidal Connect. It handles audio resolution up to 24-bit/192 kHz, ensuring that your high-fidelity music remains crisp.
- Price: $99 (Available now)
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, 3.5mm Analog/Optical output
- Power: USB-C input
Sound Quality and Competition
According to WIRED, the Atonemo Streamplayer uses a Realtek SoC DAC. While efficient and capable of high-res playback, it doesn't quite match the audio finesse of dedicated audiophile chips from ESS or AKM. In side-by-side tests with mid-range CD players, the streaming version felt slightly subdued, though the convenience for $99 is hard to beat.
| Model | Price | Top Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Atonemo Streamplayer | $99 | Ultra-compact, simple app |
| WiiM Mini | $89 | Best value for money |
| FiiO SR11 | $110 | DSD256 & 768kHz support |
Authors
Related Articles
Marshall announces the Heddon streaming hub, leveraging Bluetooth Auracast for easy multi-speaker audio. Discover how this Wi-Fi-enabled hub simplifies your home audio setup.
Five stories from late September, traced to where the paper trail stops: Korea's export record, Nvidia's Hugging Face 8-K, a US-China AI channel, the UN on AI, and rising births.
Huawei's CANN is open source under a license barring software for non-Ascend chips. Inside China's second CUDA, and the two links still outside it: pre-training compute and 5nm capacity.
Samsung Electronics' union branch revealed that 84% of survey respondents oppose the government's roughly $290 billion (₩400 trillion) semiconductor megaproject in Gwangju. Government, management, the union and shareholders are all reading the same national project in sharply different ways.
Thoughts
Share your thoughts on this article
Sign in to join the conversation