CardinalFang Wrote: > As someone pointed out to me - there is, the Olive Opus. It too is a > audiophile player that does music only and it costs upwards of $2500 I > seem to remember, but it includes its own server and disks and is plug > and play. If there's a PC with iTunes there, it can use it, you can > plug in additional disks and there are SB3-like satellite units coming > too. I had a good look at it myself, but without hearing it, it's hard > to recommend - but it has had very good reviews in the audio press. > > I think Slim should take a good look at this if they haven't already, > having a ready-to-go solution for audiophiles is a very strong > offering. Slim is a tad too challenging to get right sometimes, we all > have to tinker from time to time - and not in an audiophile way to > extract better sound, but to keep the thing working. > > I'd love to see something like that from Slim. They have all the > components, it just needs packaging for the non-tech audience and the > tech audience like me who just want to listen to music, not tweak > servers. > > Paul
The primary reason I *didn't* get an Olive Opus was because I didn't want the internal hard drive. I already have a huge music collection on my network, and the last thing I needed was to have another hard drive... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25773 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
