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Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar

Would you pay upfront for a future audiophile paradox?
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted December 14, 2012
A post on the Olive One by my colleague Al Griffin got me to thinking. For a modest dollar sum, you can own a cool audio component with audiophile-quality specifications. But here’s the paradox: if it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, can audio gear really have audiophile cache?

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New Gear: Olive One Music Player

The music server specialists lower the cost of admission — dramatically
- By Al Griffin
- Posted December 12, 2012
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Sound+Vision has enthusiastically reviewed nearly every music server put out by Olive since it first launched. But the company’s newest offering, the One music player, looks to be its most interesting product yet.

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New Gear: Olive 06HD Audiophile Music Server

This hand-built server is optimized for maximum audio quality.
- By Geoffrey Morrison
- Posted November 17, 2010
Music servers are everywhere these days. Simple or complex, inexpensive or expensive, technically you're using one right now to read this webpage. But not all music servers are alike. The audio quality can vary greatly. For example, things like well designed digital to analog converters (DACs) are a huge part in getting good sound from your digital music.

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