KIOXIA microSD Card for Sonia Player System Disk Image

This is a microSD card (KIOXIA 64GB, officially distributed in Japan) containing a backup disk image for the Sonia audio system.

To boot Sonia:
Please burn the image onto your own SSD for use.
Some prior knowledge of Linux is required.

What you need to prepare:
As peripheral equipment:
A PC audio playback device such as a DAC, sound source, and headphones.
Alternatively, if you install a DLNA client app on your smartphone and have a Qobuz or Tidal subscription,
it will present wonderful music and performances right at your ears!
This is the very heart of the Sonia system, which is also listed on other sites.

Sonia is equipped with:
Jacket Mode,
allowing you to search for music while viewing album art, just like selecting a CD.

1. Musicverein, which reproduces a beautiful music hall, plus Standard, Simple, Jazz/Pops, and Rock modes.
2. Sound field modes such as Stage, Small Hall, and Vocal Emphasis.
3. During music playback:
Displays the album art along with music information on the desktop.
4. Music selection methods:
4-1. Album art selection.
4-2. Various AI selections based on your mood.
4-3. Keyword search.
5. For fragmented audio playback:
Gapless playback mode.
6. Tinnitus Reduction Mode to reduce tinnitus caused by high-frequency digital tones.
7. Build your preferred playback environment with Gmediarender for network streaming playback such as Qobuz.
8. For those who want to quickly play and listen to music while easily viewing album art:
Music Web Player.
9. Variable digital equalizer common to all playback (excluding folder playback and mpd).
10. High-cut filter to reduce the characteristic mid-to-high frequency roughness of digital sources, which becomes noticeable precisely because of its extreme fidelity to the original sound.
11. 192 kHz / 384 kHz upsampling function, prepared for ultra-high-quality playback environments such as high-end audio systems.

Please refer to the Sonia homepage for details.