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Olive OPUS N5 (Silver, 750GB). Audiophile-grade digital music server holding up to 2,170 of your CDs in lossless quality. Premium DAC design with four 24-bit/192 kHz DACs and ultra-low jitter master clock delivers best-of-breed sonic performance.
Color:silver Hard Drive Size:750 Shipping Weight (lbs):15.3 Dimensions (in):17.5 x 12 x 3.5
UPC:680671657507 ASIN:B000VINNAK
Availability:Usually ships in 4-5 business days
Features:
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The OPUS' superior sonic performance is based on the finest in audio technology available today. A custom audio board with double-sided assembly provides a clean signal path and considerable reduction in parasitic inductance and capacitance. The extensive use of separate analog and digital planes as well as separate power and ground planes reduces ground impedance, crosstalk, and noise floor.
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The heart of the OPUS' audio conversion is powered by four 24-bit/192 kHz DACs by Burr-Brown, delivering maximum audio resolution and accuracy. Each DAC employs 8X oversampling to minimize ultrasonic noise and distortion. To provide its DACs with an ideal clock reference the OPUS uses a high accuracy, temperature-compensated crystal oscillator, virtually eliminating jitter. Slew-induced distortion and power supply modulation are eliminated by using a purely passive anti-image filter.
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Clean and consistent power are the key to accurate audio reproduction. The OPUS employs additional EMI/RFI filters at the mains input to reduce the noise floor, and low-noise linear regulators to provide high power-supply ripple rejection and fast transient response for powering the noise-sensitive analog circuitry. Large reservoir capacitors provide the current reserves for transients and extended bass response, and filter out unwanted transients and other digital high frequency noises.
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Underneath its elegant design the OPUS features an ultra-quiet 750GB hard drive that stores up to 2,100 CDs in lossless quality. With a simple button it records, tags and archives your CDs, and delivers the complete album information from its internal database with more than 2,000,000 CDs. Once in the digital domain you can conveniently access your music and create playlists across your entire collection. Sounds good? Wait until you hear it.
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Based on Olive's award-winning audio server platform the OPUS allows you to experience music in all its beauty: Stream music from/to a Mac/PC (through wireless/wired network), listen to internet radio (internet service required), upload music to your Apple iPod or compatible MP3 player, burn CDs with your favorite playlists, record from analog sources, and much more ...
Editorial Reviews:
Product Description The new OPUS N5 combines the fidelity of an audiophile CD player with the convenience of an high-end digital audio player. The breathtaking audio fidelity is courtesy of a customized audio board with four 24-bit DACs and temperature-compensated crystal oscillator. Its innovation builds upon a 750GB hard drive that stores up to 2,170 of your CDs in lossless quality, allowing you to conveniently access all your favorite music. Olive's revolutionary concept has received excellent reviews from renowned magazines such as Sound&Vision, Stereophile, Audioholics, RobbReport, NY Times, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Wired and many more: "Olive has made an offer you can't refuse." - New York Times / "Olive has saved us from mediocrity." - WIRED / "Superior sound quality and extreme versatility." - LAPTOP / "You just might have to join the revolution, after all." - SanFrancisco Magazine, BEST OF BAY / "An impressive digital audio server with a host of high-end features." - CNET, Excellent! - "The coolest thing since crushed ice!" - the abso!ute sound / "A wonderful device. Highly recommended!" - MSNBC.COM
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Product from an Overwhelmed, Tiny CompanyMarch 28, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very happy with my Opus 5.0; the sound quality is outstanding, it works as advertised, and offers a unique and well-thought-out combination of features. That being said, Olive's quality of customer service is truly poor, which is why I give 4 rather than 5 stars. Bottom line, Opus consists of a bunch of very nice, very smart engineers who make a fantastic, uniquely innovative product, but who have no idea how to run a business that sells products to the public. It is almost farcical. Like the earlier reviewer, I was utterly dumbfounded to find out that the ENTIRE COMPANY (and I do mean EVERY EMPLOYEE) took off an ENTIRE WEEK at Christmas time, without the sense to even engage an answering service. I made multiple calls and sent multiple (unanswered) emails, as their answering machine filled up with what I assume were progressively more vitriolic messages from upset customers like myself and the earlier reviewer. For Pete's sake, you are selling a $3,000 CD player; you can't just collectively disappear for an entire week! This level of business ineptitude and lack of common sense from a company selling a high-end luxury product is unprecedented in my experience. Well, they ultimately "got it." They compensated me by upgrading my unit to 500GB for no charge, which was a fantastic and much-appreciated gesture. I suppose this experience taught them a lesson in customer service, and future customers won't have to endure this sort of inexplicably poor service.
Great product - no supportJanuary 7, 2008 4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased the Opus No5 450GB version and it was delivered about a week before Christmas. I put it in my system and after four days, it died. I called Olive Media and the telephone support voice mailbox was full. I emailed them and as yet have had no reply. Fortunately the device revived and has been operating OK thus far. It is a very nice piece of gear. Audio quality is outstanding and once you understand what to do, integrates into your network seamlessly. The interface needs some work as using the jog wheel on the device is awkward and it is not at all clear what to do on the Web interface. Support is a major issue. Had the device not revived I don't know how I would have gotten resolution.
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