New Olive CD-to-Lossless Harddisk-based Audiophile Player - Page 5

jleaman · 11th March 2006, 04:13 PM

Olive CD-to-Lossless Harddisk-based Audiophile Player is just a mac mini inside

jean-paul · 11th March 2006, 04:17 PM

That is absolutely not true. The only thing they have in common is their PowerPC CPU familygroup, the CPU differs. They don't have anything else that's even slightly the same.

Besides that, the new Mac mini has Intel X86 now which leaves no similarity at all.

A true Mac fanatic should now say that the CPU in the Olive has less power-per-Watt than Intel CPUs

jleaman · 11th March 2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by jean-paul
That is absolutely not true. The only thing they have in common is their CPU familygroup, the CPU differs. They don't have anything else that's the same.

Besides that, the new Mac mini has Intel X86 now which leaves no similarity at all.

I can see that you like to argue every ones post's. There for ill say this.

It was a mac mini that used the g4 FROM WHAT I HEARD..!

I have the olive book infront of me and every thing about this unit spells mac.

Have you seen one in person have you used one have you listened to one.. Why should you be able to comment like this the way you do. Did you call them and ask ?

How do you know all this info if you don't even have one ?

jean-paul · 11th March 2006, 04:28 PM

Honestly I do not like to argue but I like to be well-informed. It seems that nowadays people form opinions from what they hear or see on computer screens. I follow the old fashioned way: I open the box and see what's inside. Even more scary : I really ( i.e. not virtual ) listen and judge their quality.

As said before, I have the 160 gb version of the Olive/Hermstedt and I know what's really inside.

jleaman · 11th March 2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by jean-paul
I do not like to argue but I like to be well-informed. As said before, I have the 160 gb version of the Olive/Hermstedt and I know what's really inside.

Oh i stand corrected. Maybe you can post some better pictures of it ?

Dave ( planet10 ) actually brought this to my attention. Can you show us some nicer pic's.

Charles Hansen · 11th March 2006, 04:32 PM

There is a photo of the insides of the Olive (Hifidelio) at:

http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hif...hf_images.html

It has analog audio in/out, digital audio out (coax and optical), four ethernet ports, and two USB ports. I don't know much about Macs, but I really doubt this is a Mac. Take a look and let us know what you think.

jean-paul · 11th March 2006, 04:36 PM

My pics would have been worse than the ones at the Hermstedt website I'm afraid

Amazing, this is one of the first audio brands that shows high res pics of the innards of their products AFAIK. I saw them before I bought the machine. I truely like their open policy and the fact they regularly issue software updates. The thing runs on Linux.

Jleaman, I have to correct myself. Operation of the Hermstedt gear is similar ( copied ? ) to that of Ipod.

jleaman · 11th March 2006, 04:40 PM

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Originally posted by jean-paul
My pics would have been worse than the ones at the Hermstedt website I'm afraid

Amazing, this is one of the first audio brands that shows high res pics of the innards of their products AFAIK.

I want one

.. How do you like the sound of this machine ? Wonder how it will play with my external dac connected to it.

jean-paul · 11th March 2006, 04:45 PM

It sounds OK, much better than an Ipod. I would not call it high end though

It is not perfect. The mains transformer is not silent in my Hifidelio Pro. Operation is so easy it's addictive

Also the laptop type optical drive is a bit noisy and it's a slot-in type of drive. That's why I mostly fill it with music wirelessly.

jleaman · 11th March 2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by jean-paul
It sounds OK and better than an Ipod. I would not call it high end

LOL.. ipod is a mobile device not a hi-fi device. Lots of people want me to convert to this hard dcrive base audio

but me i like my raw Unburnt cd's

11th March 2006, 04:13 PM	#41
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11th March 2006, 04:17 PM	#42
jean-paul diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	That is absolutely not true. The only thing they have in common is their PowerPC CPU familygroup, the CPU differs. They don't have anything else that's even slightly the same. Besides that, the new Mac mini has Intel X86 now which leaves no similarity at all. A true Mac fanatic should now say that the CPU in the Olive has less power-per-Watt than Intel CPUs __________________ It's only audio

11th March 2006, 04:28 PM	#44
jean-paul diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	Honestly I do not like to argue but I like to be well-informed. It seems that nowadays people form opinions from what they hear or see on computer screens. I follow the old fashioned way: I open the box and see what's inside. Even more scary : I really ( i.e. not virtual ) listen and judge their quality. As said before, I have the 160 gb version of the Olive/Hermstedt and I know what's really inside. __________________ It's only audio

11th March 2006, 04:36 PM	#47
jean-paul diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	My pics would have been worse than the ones at the Hermstedt website I'm afraid Amazing, this is one of the first audio brands that shows high res pics of the innards of their products AFAIK. I saw them before I bought the machine. I truely like their open policy and the fact they regularly issue software updates. The thing runs on Linux. Jleaman, I have to correct myself. Operation of the Hermstedt gear is similar ( copied ? ) to that of Ipod. __________________ It's only audio

11th March 2006, 04:45 PM	#49
jean-paul diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	It sounds OK, much better than an Ipod. I would not call it high end though It is not perfect. The mains transformer is not silent in my Hifidelio Pro. Operation is so easy it's addictive Also the laptop type optical drive is a bit noisy and it's a slot-in type of drive. That's why I mostly fill it with music wirelessly. __________________ It's only audio


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11th March 2006, 04:32 PM	#46
Charles Hansen diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado	There is a photo of the insides of the Olive (Hifidelio) at: http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hif...hf_images.html It has analog audio in/out, digital audio out (coax and optical), four ethernet ports, and two USB ports. I don't know much about Macs, but I really doubt this is a Mac. Take a look and let us know what you think.

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