Saturday, July 17, 2004

MP3 Library for your HiFi?

For quite some time now, I have been loooking for a HiFi based MP3 player. What I actually mean by that is a HiFi separates style unit, with a good sized hard drive (80 to 160 GB), wireless network connectivity (ethernet connection would do - at a push), a decent quality audio decoder and encoder and standard phono stereo outputs. This would sit in my HiFi cabinet in the space currently used by my Cassette Deck.

So far, I have been completely frustrated in my search - lots of AV streaming boxes for connecting into TV etc, usually requiring your "server" pc to remain switched on...

Today, I thought I had found the answer to my problem - The Cyruslink. Given Cyrus's reputation, you just know it is going to be good quality (audio and build), the 160 or 250 GB drive is actually close to excessive (I currently have my entire MP3 collection stored in 45GB at 192 kbs), and the additional music zones are not currently on my list, but could be usefull with two kids in the house. You can even control it from your PDA!

So then, what's the problem - why is it not on order? - Simple £3000 for the 160 GB, £3500 for the 250 GB and and additional £200 for the PDA Remote Control software!!

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