Comments on the Olive Opus CD Player

I was told that both the McIntosh MS300 Music Server and the Olive Opus require an Ethernet connection. My stero equipment is a long way from my Router and it will be very difficult to connect to the Router due limited crawl space. Can I use a wireless connection from the device to my Router?

Do your homework. Yes you can use wireless for the Olive Opus. The web site is full of information including great pictures of the front and rear.

http://www.olive.us/p_bin/

The following is from the data sheet available on the web site:

Networking
Wired 4-port switch, auto-sense (10/100) Fast bandwidth for seamless multi-room audio streaming (up to 5 rooms simultaneously)
Complete infrastructure to set up your own home network.

Wireless 54 Mbit/s WLAN-Access point (802.11g)
Protocols UPnP A/V and Apple Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous) Automatic recognition of networked devices
Allows streaming from and to MP3 player software such as iTunes.

With anything that requires an ethernet connection, you can get a wireless bridge that will let you use it wirelessly. They sell them for the original Xbox, but there wouldn't be anything stopping you from using one with a music server.

Check out comments on audiocircle.com about this unit.

My Opus is on the way...scheduled to deliver on Monday. As I develop my opinions, I will post them.