CardinalFang Wrote: > I see you chose to not quote my reply where I said that the Opus could > be extended by adding drives - I'm not pushing the opus either, it has > some missing features too, but it is a complete package in the box, > rip, server and playback. Slim is not - that matters to a lot of > people, not all I grant you, but when people have seen my set-up they > have backed off buying their own because any form of tweaking a PC is > alien to them and they just won't do it in case it crashes their PC.
I didn't ignore the point about adding drives, but I wanted to do a little research first to see whether adding drives via USB was "seamless" on the Opus in terms of how the Opus recognizes it. Haven't been able to find out so far. But I did discover another potential issue, and that is regarding how do you back up all of your music on the Opus? Also regarding audiophiles...many of them tend to like to buy new gear every 2-3 years. If all your music is ripped onto the Opus and you want to get the latest and greatest product 3 years from now, how do you get the music off the Opus and onto the new thing? At least with network storage, you don't face this issue. > I agree, I think all the usual suspects, Naim, Linn, Meridian etc. will > be in this space soon and it'll be intruiging to see how Slim stacks up > against the establishment in trade reviews and recommendations. Here's one: http://www.memoryplayer.info/Memory%20Player%20Home%20page.htm It's $10K... :-o -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25773 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
