Hey I stumbled across one of these in my stereophile mags and it seems like a really cool component. From what I gather the olive symphony is a cd player which has a hard drive to which it can stro 80 gb of music and stream it via wifi to up to five computers. Thats incredible? First question to come to mind though could this unit at 500 dollars (listed at 900 but can be found heavely discounted online), including all of these features possibly have a decent analog output for normal cd listening. While very feature heavy, indeed, I question the raw quality a unit like this can produce at such a low price point. After all a 80 gb ipod will run you 350 dollars and this unit can be found for only 500 dollars off nextag. Hey, if produces quality audio and can store all your music so that you never have to pop open a cd again, why not pick one up? Especially for those like myself going away to college or simply require a user friendly hassle free component. Also I gather it has usb inputs to allow streaming music from a computer and also as an antenna which can receive internet radio. What a plethora of features! Pease tell me its not too good to be true
Heres a link to the stereophile review
http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/406olive/