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Comments on the Olive Opus CD Player

Olive recently announced the Opus as a High-end CD player that stores 1,100 CDs in lossless quality. Has anyone that purchased the Olive Opus have any comments on the unit’s sound quality? How long does it take to store your CD’s? Does it require an internet connection like the McIntosh MS300 Music server? Your comments on the Olive Opus are requested. Thanks..
hgeifman
ehart
215 posts
 
Hi Kana813,

The Olive is explicitly aimed at people who want a drop-in replacement for a CD player, and do not have room or want "computer-style" hookups for their CD player. Given that fact, the display is as tall as it can be (as tall as the component).

For the person who can tolerate a monitor and keyboard as part of their rack, there are other good options, such as a Mac Mini. This is really a different audience.

More important for me than the remote you mentioned will be an enhancement to the web browser interface. This cannot currently be used to play music. When it can, I will not require a remote -- I will use a remote computer to select music. Really a better solution than having a keyboard and monitor attached directly to the unit. This feature is supposedly "on the list", but there's no date set.

Cordially,

Eric
kana813
956 posts
 
New Olive users group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Olive-Media/?yguid=215291007
ehart
215 posts
 
Hi,

Just wanted everyone to know that the ability to remotely control the Olive via the web interface (as mentioned above) is part of the latest (free) software upgrade, and works great! Olive also supports a Nokia handheld for those that don't want to use a computer as their remote.

Cordially,

Eric
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