I just took the plunge on the ONE, instead of looking at spending $500
on a used Touch. For the last couple of years, I had thought about
buying a Touch, just mostly for the color screen. Not for the Touch
control. I just don't go over to the Squeezebox to play music. I am
usually controlling
bossanova808 wrote:
See bottom of this page - http://www.myoliveone.com/Ones/roadmap
...although it's sloped so won't be quite like that unless they provide
maybe some sort of mounting plate that flattens it?
I would also want to have it tilted in some manner (not flat) for use as
a
I would like to hang it on a wall, like a picture, and have control of
it there. I don't want it sitting flat on a surface. Hopefully, they
will accommodate those of us who wish to do this. I haven't seen it
mentioned anywhere if this is possible.
See bottom of this page - http://www.myoliveone.com/Ones/roadmap
...although it's sloped so won't be quite like that unless they provide
maybe some sort of mounting plate that flattens it?
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Actually, in my previous post I meant to say TOSLINK, not coax
connection. I have TOSLINK cables run throughout my walls.
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NFLnut wrote:
Actually, in my previous post I meant to say TOSLINK, not coax
connection. I have TOSLINK cables run throughout my walls.
in my private email communication with Olive they specifically said they
were adding S/PDIF coax but would have to think more about TOSLINK or
USB digital
NFLnut wrote:
Like Gary said .. My speakers are powered by some very expensive preamps
and amps. I spent a lot of time and research into matching them all for
the sound that I desired and I am not interested in anything other than
those powering my speakers. Just give us a digital out
garym wrote:
they reported somewhere recently (and in a private email to me) that the
upcoming version does not include a S/PDIF coax digital out. That's a
good thing! Another thing I was asking about was a headphone jack. I
use my booms as bedside radios and often listen via headphones
Nick_G wrote:
I thought that they were now including a coax/digital out? If not then I
wouldn't really be interested in getting one. I have my SBT routed via
the DAC in my CD recorder as it seems to improve the sound quality on
high-quality streams. This is how I'd be using any SB
Can it be had without crappy pwm amp ;) I do want a source only version
, but let's sit it out and see how they do all other stuff like handling
a music libray lossles et all , do they intend to develop thier own dlna
server or use one the aviable ones ?
Just leave it to customer to provide an
garym wrote:
sorry, typo. I meant that they now DO INCLUDE a s/pdif coax digital out.
Sorry
Phew! You had me worried there...
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olive_media wrote:
The Olive ONE is actually compatible with almost all passive speakers
(not just Olive speakers). Here at our San Francisco office we have ONE
directly connected to BW 804Ds and BW CM9s and they sound amazing.
Like Gary said .. My speakers are powered by some very
IMHO Touch/SB3 type hardware incorporating a DAC needn't need to be part
of the next solution. Any external DAC of your choosing should be the
receiving end of the audio stream, and the streaming can be handled by a
modified/community build LMS that outputs PCM WAV across a network. All
that's
saeyedoc wrote:
The article I found stated that for now it doesn't come with analog or
digital outputs, just speaker outputs from a 32 w/ch stereo amp. If they
do come out with digital outputs, it could be a SB replacement.
Hey there,
We've recently added digital coaxial output to the Olive
NFLnut wrote:
I could not agree with this post any more. The One looks like a
beautiful player, and the software looks nice. But I don't want
speakers. I have about $8,000 worth of speakers that I think might sound
'slightly' better. I don't want my music locked down. Just give me a
One
olive_media wrote:
The Olive ONE is actually compatible with almost all passive speakers
(not just Olive speakers). Here at our San Francisco office we have ONE
directly connected to BW 804Ds and BW CM9s and they sound amazing.
I don't think anyone disputes that this can sound very good. But
Quoting NFLnut (nflnut.5or...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com):
I think a smart move for Olive is to add an additional Touch like
player where they take their existing player, remove the amps, and add
the digital outs.
I could not agree with this post any more. The One looks like a
garym wrote:
I don't think anyone disputes that this can sound very good. But you
have to keep in mind that folks that have invested tens of thousands of
dollars into Dac/preamp/amp/Speaker home systems are not likely to be
happy about bypassing their beloved Dac/preamp/amp for the internal
olive_media wrote:
Hey there,
We've recently added digital coaxial output to the Olive ONE's specs.
Check out the official announcement on our Indiegogo page:
http://www.indiegogo.com/OliveONE/x/1849709?c=activity
This is starting to sound awesome from Olive, a real Squeezebox
replacement
toby10 wrote:
My personal reservations:
- don't need a player with built in amps (i.e. SB3 or Touch)
- don't need another hard drive for my music collection (music must
reside on the Olive HDD as additional hardware purchase, unless you want
limited DLNA playback)
- don't need a cloud
Coax out is in, analogue out is being investigated.
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Certainly has potential.
I'd design it with analogue and S/PDIF outputs in every unit, then have
a 1Tb disk or T-Amp as optional modules for folks who want in-build
storage or amp. Of course Logitech could have done this 2 years ago, and
with a proven s/w stack but they chose to flush
WPS is not very secure either. Easy simple setup = insecure
vulnerable network. Best to disable WPS.
https://windowssecrets.com/top-story/routers-using-wps-are-intrinsically-unsafe/
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The sync and gapless issue is interesting .
it's fabled to be possible with upnp/dlna but not many practical
applications devices exists .
I think linnhas solved gapless for upnp .
next Q would that work with another upnp player that also has gapless
support and sync them ?
Finding a software player or codec usually is not the problem for a
hardware manufacturer. Licensing and patents are.
This is less of an issue for open-source software players because you
download and use them yourself as a user but a hardware vendor can't
just ship these players, he would still
Though I see the VLC library is moving to LGPL
http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl.html
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Certainly glad to see another serious and experienced competitor uping
the ante a bit, in both form and function. Sexy looking player too.
That said, Olive One is definitely following more closely to the Sonos
model. I looked into Olive and the (then) very similar Yamaha MisicCast
system years
andynormancx wrote:
Though I see the VLC library is moving to LGPL
http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl.html
Do you know more about the status of this? So far, the code is still
under GPL, not LGPL and this decision was more than a year ago.
I think _all_ developers who have ever contributed
The more I read about the Olive One on their website the more appealing
it is looking. I can see myself getting one next year.
The blurb says that that all you need to do to log on to your home wi-fi
network is press a single button with no WEP/password activation
required. That could be a game
Nick_G wrote:
The more I read about the Olive One on their website the more appealing
it is looking. I can see myself getting one next year.
The blurb says that that all you need to do to log on to your home wi-fi
network is press a single button with no WEP/password activation
required.
Looks like they are trying to raise capital, too. $200k, which doesn't
seem like much to me.
Cool concept and design. I'm interested.
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smiggs wrote:
That probably just means it has WPS compatibility which is great but
it's hardly a killer feature as I've always found it more fiddly than
passwords (WPA, WEP etc). I guess if it is useful to some that's great,
these types of devices should be as get on a network as a desktop
pippin wrote:
Do you know more about the status of this? So far, the code is still
under GPL, not LGPL and this decision was more than a year ago.
I think _all_ developers who have ever contributed have to agree to this
and this was already the problem why they had to pull it from the App
TechCrunch and others are today reporting on the upcoming Olive One
music player, which appears to perform many of the functions the Touch
does in a very high quality way. Interesting design, and they claim
top-notch DAC's and a wide range of playback formats. $400 in July (or
so). Check it
The article I found stated that for now it doesn't come with analog or
digital outputs, just speaker outputs from a 32 w/ch stereo amp. If they
do come out with digital outputs, it could be a SB replacement.
saeyedoc's
saeyedoc wrote:
The article I found stated that for now it doesn't come with analog or
digital outputs, just speaker outputs from a 32 w/ch stereo amp. If they
do come out with digital outputs, it could be a SB replacement.
And it seems to have it's own, very limited, internal storage,
Took me a while to find the tech specs:
http://www.myoliveone.com/Ones/tech_specs
It does not have a traditional digital out. You could do Miracast
streaming to a box with a form of digital out but a quick glance at the
Miracast standard seems to indicate that most devices will probably only
Thanks for the tie to the specs. I note that the One seems to provide
Bluetooth and WiFi output as well as the Miracast and Speaker outs,
unless I misread something there. Certainly a nice solid (6 lbs.) and
attractive unit.
It does look interesting. A pity with all the blather about sound
quality that there isn't a coaxial digital output.
Out of interest, do any of the other Olive streamers such as the 4HD
have access to internet radio services in the same way the SBT does? I
suppose I'm asking, are they roughly
It should be noted that this isn't a finished product at all. It's doing
the the kickstarter model to get off the ground
http://www.indiegogo.com//OliveONE The comments page reads like they are
still designing:
Hey Colin and Chris, the ONE currently only has speaker outputs. However
the board
smiggs, you beat me to all the tech answers. From what I am reading it
is almost as if this new Olive is focused to be the best of Sonos and
Squeeze and at an affordable price. Now the devil is in the details but
if they deliver on what they are saying it could be a pretty good
solution. One
Reviewing their website just makes me sad that Logitech never knew what
they were doing with Squeezebox. This Olive thing could be vaporware,
but already it's got better marketing and design aesthetics than SB ever
did.
I hope they're successful - the day will come when we'll all need to
update
It would be great if Olive could use a VLC-based audio/media player as
this app is free, open-source and can play just about anything. The
latest version plays the brand-new Opus audio codec. I'm sure this
approach would virtually eliminate questions like why isn't x stream
playing? Is this
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