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Summary: Perfect solution
Review: At first I had trouble setting this unit up, but after a while I figured out the software (audiostation 6) and the audiotron units browser based config utility. Slightly cumbersome but not that difficult to grasp. all in all its awesome unit, streams all my music files perfectly and great support for internet radio stations. i set up my wife fav local AM station that we cant seem to get OTA but now streams perfect!!
But this item without hesitation.
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Summary: Geatest gadget ever!!
Review: At first I had trouble setting this unit up, but after a while I figured out the software (audiostation 6) and the audiotron units browser based config utility. Slightly cumbersome but not that difficult to grasp. all in all its awesome unit, streams all my music files perfectly and great support for internet radio stations. i set up my wife fav local AM station that we cant seem to get OTA but now streams perfect!!
But this item without hesitation.
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Summary: SliMP3 player makes this look like a childs toy!
Review: Before anyone goes and buys this, you should seriously take a look at SlimDevices SliMP3 player...It is by far a better deal than this ever will be.So you want to listen to your prescious MP3's on your home stereo system? Fine, the SliMP3 player connects directly to your stereo system using standard RCA/COAX connectors. Your MP3 files are stored on your computer and played through a simple network to your SliMP3 player, thus allowing for ANY amount of songs and infinite expandibility unlink the TurtleBeach. Since the SliMP3 player reads the songs from over the network from your PC, there is no data transfer time to wait for, but with the turtle beach, you must upload the songs to this device. SliMP3 also supports streaming webcasts from Live365 or ShoutCast or other streaming stations through a broadband connection as well. You can also connect to other SliMP3 servers (PCs) through a broadband connection as well! And you don't want a different remote because you already have 50? Easy! The SliMP3 player uses standard remote presets so that you can use ANY Universal Remote that you can think of! You can also control your SliMP3 player from any other computer that is on the network as well! Can you see the screen from across the room? Definitely! Unlike the Turtle Beach, the SliMP3 device has a 40 x 2 Vacuum Flourescent display for great clarity even from far away. It even has multiple display modes so you can choose which mode you like the best. After all of the points here, I can't see why anyone would buy a Turtle Beach without at least taking a look at the SliMP3 player. So do yourself a favor a take a look, you won't be sorry...
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Got it a while back, love it. Honestly, I don't see why anyone would pay more $$ for an MP3 player w/local hard disk to store everything locally, when you could just link to your existing network. Spounds like more stuff that could break and cost you yet more $$. This way I can have a music server serve up tunes to my entire network, including my el cheapo laptop in the family room that I use headphones to listen to. Plus I'm getting a 2nd one for back there, and all I'll have to do is hook it up to home network. Plus I don't know what the earlier poster is talking about - it takes <10mins to scan my 235 CDs into the box. I don't do it weekly - my power is a bit more consistent than that, but I suppose if I needed to I could. You could WI-FI in by putting an AP nearby, plus there's a rumor that TB is going to announce a WI-FI version later this year.
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Summary: SliMP3 vs. Audiotron
Review: Having used both the Audiotron and the SliMP3 I can say (like others who have upgraded to the SliMP3) that the SliMP3 is a vastly superior product. - It's user interface is much easier to learn and quicker to use. - The tiny display on the AudioTron makes it hard to navigate and find music. - A single computer can serve many SliMP3 players easily, and multiple SliMP3 players scattered around your house can be synchronized to play the same music together. - If your music collection continues to grow, you'll reach a hard limit on the AudioTron, not so with the SliMP3. - The SliMP3 imports all of your genre/artist/album/title information from the ID3 tags. - The SliMP3 integrates beautifully with Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. The MacOS X integration with iTunes is particularly sweet. - The SliMP3 software is open source, so bug fixes come fast. - The SliMP3 starts playing music much more quickly than the AudioTron, songs start in 1/8 of a second. - The SliMP3 technical support is outstanding. - The analog audio quality of the SliMP3 output is great. What does the AudioTron have going for it that the SliMP3 doesn't? - WMA support (If your music is in MP3 format, this doesn't matter.) - Digital out Finally, the SliMP3 is about 70 dollars LESS than the AudioTron.
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Summary: Great device
Review: I have slowly gotten all of my CD ripped and tagged correctly and I had been playing all of them via my HTPC. The only problem was that I need to turn the TV on if I wanted to see any song information.
I ended up getting an Audiotron and I have been very happy with it. It plays back files on shared disks from your PC. It will play mp3s, windows media, and .wav files. With the wave file support it will play back perfect uncompressed CDs. It will also support streaming media station from the Internet.
Even though it is a couple of years old, it is very well supported by Turtle Beach and there are some awesome apps that you can run on your desktop to montior and control the Audiotron.
I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Great device
Review: I have slowly gotten all of my CD ripped and tagged correctly and I had been playing all of them via my HTPC. The only problem was that I need to turn the TV on if I wanted to see any song information.
I ended up getting an Audiotron and I have been very happy with it. It plays back files on shared disks from your PC. It will play mp3s, windows media, and .wav files. With the wave file support it will play back perfect uncompressed CDs. It will also support streaming media station from the Internet.
Even though it is a couple of years old, it is very well supported by Turtle Beach and there are some awesome apps that you can run on your desktop to montior and control the Audiotron.
I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Want to play your MP3s on your audio system? Buy this!
Review: I love the audiotron. I now have access to the 100 GB of my music library that is now encoded as MP3 files. Setup was simple -- a little network monkeying was required, but I was up and listening in about an hour. The web interface to the device is simple (even better with 3.0 of the firmware)and has everything you need. Sound is great, and it looks swell next to my NAD separates. Plays mp3s, wma, and streaming radio. Having all of your library accesible this way can really change the way you listen to music, for the better. I haven't used the other, similar devices now available. But, it's hard to imagine the value/money of Audiotron being exceeded. The bundled ripping software is quite good (but you favorite program will work fine, too) If it has any cons it is that you can't directly use it with a wireless network (not a problem in my case as I already had my listening area wired) and it seems to get a bit hot with extended playing. If you have a large MP3 library, and you listen you to music through a good audio system, you need this component.
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Summary: Hard to control
Review: I love this concept - use the hard drive in your computer at home, and control the audio with a unit that fits nicely in your audio stack. But the exectution leaves something to be desired. I you have over a few hundred songs (and who doesn't now-a-days), the single spinning knob gets really tedious. I realize you can categorize the music as well (it tries to categorize many of them automatically), but using it still isn't as easy as I wanted it to be. That being said, it's not terrible, either. And since their wasn't any competition in this form-factor when I bought it, it really was my only choice. Maybe version 2.0 will be better :)
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Summary: Just great.
Review: I purchased the audiotron 4 months ago and it is just great. It set up flawlessly. The network comments are from people who are just not good with computers, chances are if your interested in this you will be able to set it up. I like to work with the computer at work, not at home. I love being able to listen to music without turning on the computer it is a joy. I use mine with a unix server running samba, so no worries for you linux types. UPDATE: One year later and I am still using this thing everyday. If you buy it you will not be disappointed.
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