Comments on the Olive Opus CD Player

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.

That audiocircle thread is wild! The main gist seems to be that OPUS digital out is less than top-notch for some reason, but that the internal DAC sounds very good. If I understand it correctly... (the lower-end Musica and Symphony units have fine digital out, it appears).

I have a Musica and like it. My intention is to eventually use it with an external DAC. That's an option worth considering if you can live with the smaller hard drive -- it's much less expensive, and the extra money can go towards a good DAC.