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Classic Media Server Reviews |
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Music Servers
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Monday, 01 September 2008
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Written by
Andrew Robinson
Introduction
When I was told Krell was developing an iPod dock, I knew I had to have it, if for no other reason other than the fact that it was a Krell iPod dock and was sure to be ridiculous. If there’s one thing I like about Krell, it’s the simple fact that every product they make goes to 11 in more ways than sheer volume. After un-boxing the Krell KID (Krell iPod Dock) and matching Papa dock stereo amplifier, it’s safe to say this system takes iPod music to the ultra-extreme. Until the KID’s arrival, my impression of an iPod dock was a cheap puck-style hunk of plastic helping to produce cheap hunk of plastic sound. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Apple iPod, truly I do, and I consider it a viable music source when handled correctly, but ...
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Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Written by
Brian Kahn
Introduction
Whether
we are in the car driving to the grocery store or on a plane suffering
through yet another painful flight to somewhere, music lovers are able
to access what used to be an impossibly large music collection right in
the palms of our hands. Why shouldn’t we be able to do the same when we
are at home? Over the past few years, AVRev.com has reviewed several
top-notch music servers from the likes of ReQuest, Escient QSonix and
others that give music lovers better than iPod audio quality, along
with larger than iPod storage. In 2006, we reviewed the very affordable
($299) Squeezebox from Slim Devices (since purchased by Logitech) which
differs significantly from the aforementioned competition in that
Squeezebox does not have a hard drive to store music, but rather
interfaces with your computer system to access the music files stored
therein, as well as Internet radio.
The
Slim Devices Transporter, which retails ...
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Tuesday, 01 August 2006
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Written by
Ken Taraszka, MD
Introduction
The
iPod has heralded a new era in music, allowing us to store our music
digitally on computers. But what are we to do when we want to listen to
that music on our stereo systems? You can connect your iPod directly to
your preamp or home theater controller with a patch cable, but it is
difficult to see the screen from further than a few feet away. Many
receivers have the ability to control the iPod, but the text on their
display is small and/or your receiver may be tucked out of view. Some
companies have systems that allow you to use your TV as the screen to
interface with your iPod, but then you have to have your display on to
listen to music and are still limited by the storage space of the
device. Dedicated music servers can access your music and distribute it
to various systems throughout your ...
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Saturday, 01 July 2006
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Written by
Andrew Robinson
Introduction
In
today’s market of automated homes and wired (and wireless) networking,
the idea of having to drag your CD collection to every room of your
home is getting as outdated as a turntable. Music servers are nothing
new; chances are you already own one. With the advent of the iPod,
music servers have touched almost every facet of our daily lives. The
ReQuest music server is by no means an iPod, but the underlining
principles that drive both products are relatively the same: to
organize, store and play back music with relative ease. That is where
the analogy ends, as the ReQuest line of music servers are heavy-duty
tools designed to faithfully recreate music and reliably broadcast the
tunes throughout your home and even beyond. The ReQuest F4.500 music
server is priced at $5,000.
The ReQuest looks, more or less, like a single-disc CD player measuring
in at 17 inches wide by 16 inches ...
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Monday, 01 May 2006
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Written by
Thomas Garcia
Introduction
In
the two decades since the Compact Disc (CD) was released, few can argue
about the significant ways in which it has changed our habits in
accessing and listening to music. Its durability, diminutive size and
capability to be played universally in our homes, automobiles and
portable players gave consumers the opportunity to take their tunes
virtually anywhere. This had a phenomenal plus side over the previous
dominant format, the vinyl LP, with its limited durability and
restricted playback options. Unfortunately, the CD’s additional
flexibility created the potential problem of having your music
scattered throughout a multitude of listening environments and devices.
Personally, I've struggled for years to keep all of my CDs organized
and easily accessible. My collection has had a large amount of
attrition due to lost and loaned discs, not to mention the mysteriously
disappearing CDs that I keep buying repeatedly.
As mentioned in a previous review, I have used
computers to archive ...
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