Yamaha’s NPS2000 is the holy grail of network players. It uses the company experience to bring the sharpest audio possible to anyone who owns a huge digital music library either stored on a PC, iTunes Server, a NAS or any networked storage you may have with WAV/FLAC/MP3/WMA/AAC files in it. Initially introduced in Japan and brought Europe last October, the NPS2000 is now available in Japan in one more color: Black.
Launched in Europe in both black and silver, Japanese audio enthusiasts had to wait several months to finally get their hands on a black version of what is among the best network player available on the market.

The bad news is the price. The black version, NP-S2000(B), sells for ¥208,950 in Japan while the UK version is ¥22,000 cheaper at £1399 (based on today’s exchange rate).