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telepheedian
11/19/09

In reply to Olive 4 HD Music Player Brings Minor Updates, Now Costs $2,000
Useless if all it does is play back FLAC rips of CDs. I could see some value in it, however, if it plays back 24bit/96khz Vinyl rips. CDs just don't come in 96khz.
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mrburglar
11/19/09

@telepheedian: You think you're going to get better music quality from a 96khz rip of vinyl than from Redbook CD? Dream on.
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AmphetamineCrown
11/19/09

@mrburglar: Do I think I'm going to get better music quality from a 96kHz/24bit rip of a vinyl than a redbook CD? Why on earth would you think otherwise? See, one is analog. Therefore when you digitize it at a higher resolution and sampling rate, you will get a digital representation that is truer to the originally recorded music. Not particularly hard to understand.
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AmphetamineCrown
07/22/09

In reply to Olive Opus N4, Melody N2 Music Players (For Rich People) Become Slightly Better Music Players (For Rich People)
The Opus No. 4 is still shown on their site as maxing out at 1TB for $1799. The site also doesn't have a press release after 4/2/08, which is odd...

I never understood these things. You want real audiophile, this thing doesn't hold a candle to the slimdevices Transporter coupled with a network NAS. I'm guessing even a Duet and a network NAS makes a better system with a lot more flexibility. How does this company stay in business?
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