Any information/experience with Olive ONE

I am beginning to wonder if they will never deliver. They have basically gone black for months now. Moreover, their Facebook page made some vague reference to delivering the first backer units, but no photos, announcements or anything. And someone asked to see a photo and got no response. Purchasing through sites like Indiegogo or kickstarted provide no relief if the company never delivers. In this case Olive is holding a good bit of many people's money... I got nervous and held off paying for one when they kept switching specs and varying the "deals". Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

I'll restart the discussion. At the SF Audio show they were demoing the Olive One. I was pretty impressed. The interface was very nice, much better than the Squeezebox. It has a built in amplifier, which I wouldn't need. The antenna didn't appeal to me either. The digital out did! The $499 model with 1TB, got the thumbs up. Maybe the biggest plus for me is that it is family friendly. I can't replace the SBT with a black box. The wife and kids need access too! I'm seriously considering one, especially at the price.

I have been using one since last two months. 1TB hard drive. Digital out to PS Audio Link Dac III. Replaced a Vecteur CD 2 dedicated transport. I may be missing 5% of slam of Vecteur, but then not entirely sure. Musically equally engaging if not better compare to Vecteur. I think the mids and highs are definitely better thru Olive.

Yeah, I dont recommend anything from this company. I have one of their early products, the Musica. I was only sporadically able to get the web interface to work from my computer. They suddenly stopped paying the internet radio service maybe two years later so, I lost that functionality. They also stopped supporting IMDB so any music after 2006 or so has to be tagged manually. And their user support is a joke. Steer very clear. 

I wouldn't buy anything associated with Olive...do a little research...service/support is reportedly deplorable...many left with very expensive paperweights.