Pioneer has showed off its new N30 and N50 network audio players.

Both models support Apple AirPlay for wireless music streaming, and can also play high-resolution 192kHz/24-bit music files from a PC, NAS drive, hard disk, Apple iDevice or USB, as well as internet radio stations.

They also come with DLNA 1.5 certification and can play high-resolution WAV and FLAC files, as well as MP3 and MPEG4 AAC compressed audio.

The aluminium front includes a 2.4in QVGA colour display and control buttons on the right side. Both come with a high-accuracy master clock to minimise time-axis errors.

A USB port on the front allows you to charge and play back from any iPod, iPhone or iPad as well as PC files saved on a USB stick.

The difference is that the N50 includes an asynchronous USB DAC, so it can be connected directly via USB to a laptop without the need for a home network. It also has auto level control, Pioneer’s Sound Retriever technology to improve the sound quality of compressed music formats, and Hi-bit 32 audio processing.

Option extras for both models include Pioneer’s free iControl App, a Bluetooth adapter and a wireless LAN converter.

The Pioneer N30 and N50 are available now for £350 and £500 respectively.