Olive 4 Review from Home Entertainment

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by klipschfan

Comes down to time.....average CD download is 3 to 5 minutes. May be worth it to send them your Top 100 CD's. Then you can do the rest at your leisure.

I did order the HD4 today but I will be doing my own loading. It will be here by Thursday.

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by Stillone

I did order the HD4 today but I will be doing my own loading. It will be here by Thursday.

Jim.......Rip, rip, rip. That will take some time.

[two dot]

Jim,

Glad that you decided to get one.

I can't wait to hear what you think.

Stephen

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by two dot

Jim,

Glad that you decided to get one.

I can't wait to hear what you think.

Stephen

Stephen,
Once it is broken in and loaded with the music I am familiar with, I plan on comparing it to both the MS-300 going direct thru my C-1000 and also via the MCD-500's DAC's. I will also compare it to the M CD-500's CD drive.
Jim

[Still-One]

The Olive 4HD has arrived. I have opened the box and started to let it come up to room temperature while I run over to the Shack to pick up an HDMI cable to connect the unit to the same monitor I use for the MS-300.

It is little large than it looks in the pictures, but it is still not big.

[cmalak]

Congrats Jim...looking forward to your impressions especially comparing its onboard DAC with the conversion on your MCD-500 and the MS-300 thru your C1000

[wpines]

Silver?
Black?
Pics?

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by Stillone

The Olive 4HD has arrived. I have opened the box and started to let it come up to room temperature while I run over to the Shack to pick up an HDMI cable to connect the unit to the same monitor I use for the MS-300.

It is little large than it looks in the pictures, but it is still not big.

Jim.......I am interested to know about the quality of the GUI, as comapred to the MS300/750. How about a couple of photos of the screen once it's up and running.

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by wpines

Silver?
Black?
Pics?

I selected silver since I plan on having it sit on top of my S15. Pics to come in a few hours.

They forgot to send a remote. I downloaded the iPhone app and it can be run from the touch screen on the unit. No problem getting connected to my network or the internet.

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Jim.......I am interested to know about the quality of the GUI, as comapred to the MS300/750. How about a couple of photos of the screen once it's up and running.

Dan, access via a web browser does not like it is going to be as good as the 300/750 (which is good but not great). They are working on the functionality but now you can hit play, select and update music. More on this when I figure it out.

One point is you cannot have both the touchscreen and the hdmi output working at the same time. Until I get the remote from them I really cannot use the monitor.