Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive.....

Pubul57:

I think the closest to your idea (and accidently mine too) is the Pacific Valve music server:

http://www.pacificvalve.us/CYIndex.html

You can download, or rip your files on your main computer in your office and then wirelessly move them to this server in your listening room, attached to your system and where use short digical cable to your DAC (my APL HiFi SACD/CD Player with digital input)

You can manage it from your listening chair using their remote and small (or big) flat screen.

Because they use solid state drive their capacity is still limited (0.75 TBytes) but you can add later on.

No other music server in industry (at reasonable prices) can do the same.

If I would have main computer in my listening room I would approach the Neil from Sound Science, he is true hifi engineer but he does not have this wireless capability to move [NOT TO STREAM or PLAY] files across one room boundary - to the best of my knowledge

All The Best in your search - please report, as I have similar philosphy [ I don;t care where to store files, I can buy a hard drive]

My Olive 04 stopped working after a few days , and was returned . Cost me almost $500 with restocking charge and shipping , Sound quality was not that great , even with a DAC .

Forgot to mention , I had to get VISA involved to get the money back .

Nice ads though:)

I have been looking into an Olive for motnhs and cannot find anyone who has anything good to say about it long-term. Too bad because I hate computers, which I use all day at work.

Neal