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Is this the future of the next CD player

Is this the future of the next CD player or some thing like it? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12497823/ http://www.olive.us/p_bin/
If it is what is the minimum cost with dac to get it to sound as good or better of a audiophile CD player.
Or would you build your own audiophile PC. If so what would be minimum cost to get audiophile results and what components would you use.
hemihorn
ehart
215 posts
 
The Olive looks great.

Has anyone heard the new "Opus" model advertised on their website? This is the "audiophile" version at $3000, quite a jump from the about-$1000 pricing of previous models.

Also, does anyone know what the USB ports are used for? External DAC? External hard drives to expand storage? External HDs to backup the internals?

Thanks,

Eric
kana813
956 posts
 
"Also, does anyone know what the USB ports are used for? External DAC? External hard drives to expand storage? External HDs to backup the internals?"

USB are for External HD or memory stick. You'd run an external DAC off it's digital outputs.
ehart
215 posts
 
Hi Kana,

Can you tell me more about using USB-attached hard drives with the Olive?

Can I use this to expand the amount of music the device will store? Can I expand a device from 80gb to, say, 300 or 400gb just by adding an inexpensive external USB-attached drive?

Is there some way to backup the internal drive on the Olive?

Cordially,

Eric
kana813
956 posts
 
Works just like connecting a USB hard drive or memory stick to your PC, You can use it for expansion or backup. You can also access music files via it's network connections.

You might want to also take a look at the:

http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=39&Title=Azur%20640H%20Music%20Server%20-%20with%20AudioFile%20technology
lachobba
26 posts
 
Does it come with a phono input?
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