Escient Fireball E-120 Music and media Server $100
In full working condition, with 120 GB of storage.
Remote Keyboard and Full Hand remote also - see picture.
In good condition.
This company is out of business however there is full documentation on the web still which is still up and running as support for the products.
This sold for some $2,999 when first introduced around 2003. Great for someone to play with, get in, add new drives or just use it as it is.
Shipping to continental US - $25.
Credit card (squareup.com) or check. Sorry no paypal.
Last year, the Escient FireBall won our Editors' Choice among high-end digital jukeboxes (After Hours, October 1), and it was one of our Best Products of the Year (January 2003). This year's model is even better. At $2,999, the Escient FireBall E-120 isn't cheap, but it's well worth the cost.
The E-120 is a 120GB digital jukebox with a 6X CD-RW drive. It also serves as the front end to your audio/video system. To connect, HPNA (phone-line networking) has given way to Ethernet. And setup, which was finicky in the past, has become drop-dead simple: Unpack the E-120, plug in the audio cables, plug in Ethernet, choose default answers to a dozen setup questions, and enter your local ZIP code. In 5 minutes you're ready to rip your first CD and listen to Internet and Sirius radio stations.
For track information, the E-120 accesses Gracenote, the best-known and slickest of the online CD-lookup services. The Integra and Kenwood jukeboxes also use Gracenote.
The E-120's rear panel has input and output connectors for TVs and computer monitors, infrared extenders (so you can hide the player in a closet), and analog and digital audio and video. The remote is heavy on buttons—58—but it's fairly logical as button-heavy remotes go. Even so, many users will opt for a custom remote ($1,000 and up). Ripping a 1-hour CD took 11 minutes, pokey by PC standards but decent for an audio device.
From the PC perspective, the only knock on the E-120 is its price: No PC device with a 6X CD-RW drive and 120GB would cost this much. (A 40GB version, the E-40, is $1,999 list.) Among audio devices, though, when you want the best, you have to pay for it.
In full working condition, with 120 GB of storage.
Remote Keyboard and Full Hand remote also - see picture.
In good condition.
This company is out of business however there is full documentation on the web still which is still up and running as support for the products.
This sold for some $2,999 when first introduced around 2003. Great for someone to play with, get in, add new drives or just use it as it is.
Shipping to continental US - $25.
Credit card (squareup.com) or check. Sorry no paypal.
Last year, the Escient FireBall won our Editors' Choice among high-end digital jukeboxes (After Hours, October 1), and it was one of our Best Products of the Year (January 2003). This year's model is even better. At $2,999, the Escient FireBall E-120 isn't cheap, but it's well worth the cost.
The E-120 is a 120GB digital jukebox with a 6X CD-RW drive. It also serves as the front end to your audio/video system. To connect, HPNA (phone-line networking) has given way to Ethernet. And setup, which was finicky in the past, has become drop-dead simple: Unpack the E-120, plug in the audio cables, plug in Ethernet, choose default answers to a dozen setup questions, and enter your local ZIP code. In 5 minutes you're ready to rip your first CD and listen to Internet and Sirius radio stations.
For track information, the E-120 accesses Gracenote, the best-known and slickest of the online CD-lookup services. The Integra and Kenwood jukeboxes also use Gracenote.
The E-120's rear panel has input and output connectors for TVs and computer monitors, infrared extenders (so you can hide the player in a closet), and analog and digital audio and video. The remote is heavy on buttons—58—but it's fairly logical as button-heavy remotes go. Even so, many users will opt for a custom remote ($1,000 and up). Ripping a 1-hour CD took 11 minutes, pokey by PC standards but decent for an audio device.
From the PC perspective, the only knock on the E-120 is its price: No PC device with a 6X CD-RW drive and 120GB would cost this much. (A 40GB version, the E-40, is $1,999 list.) Among audio devices, though, when you want the best, you have to pay for it.
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