Comments on: Olive Symphony: Digital Music Listening for Audiophiles http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/07/28/olive-symphony-digital-music-listening-for-audiophiles/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: admin http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/07/28/olive-symphony-digital-music-listening-for-audiophiles/#comment-1294 admin Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:14:37 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/07/28/olive-symphony-digital-music-listening-for-audiophiles/#comment-1294 Set up a simple Windows PC with a CD burner and digital audio outs, iTunes for Windows set to Apple Lossless audio . . . could use your TV for on-screen controls I suppose. Small LCD if you wanted to get fancy. Bet you could keep it under $500 (if that much). You lose the comfort of component audio, but add a remote and you could do it. And you could have a bigger HD. (Linux options? Not sure about lossless compressed players on that side . . .) The one thing you really lose (aside from the component thing) is the classical indexing. I hope these guys release their software separately, too; I'd pay for it if it could tag my songs properly! Peter Set up a simple Windows PC with a CD burner and digital audio outs, iTunes for Windows set to Apple Lossless audio . . . could use your TV for on-screen controls I suppose. Small LCD if you wanted to get fancy. Bet you could keep it under $500 (if that much). You lose the comfort of component audio, but add a remote and you could do it. And you could have a bigger HD. (Linux options? Not sure about lossless compressed players on that side . . .)

The one thing you really lose (aside from the component thing) is the classical indexing. I hope these guys release their software separately, too; I’d pay for it if it could tag my songs properly!

Peter

]]> By: mpetrie http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/07/28/olive-symphony-digital-music-listening-for-audiophiles/#comment-1293 mpetrie Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:56:36 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/07/28/olive-symphony-digital-music-listening-for-audiophiles/#comment-1293 I wonder how much it would cost to put together an equivilent PC with the same functionality? Mike I wonder how much it would cost to put together an equivilent PC with the same functionality?

Mike

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