Olive Media debuts Musica multimedia device
updated 11:55 am EDT, Wed September 14, 2005
Musica multimedia device
Olive Media Products today announced its , the latest addition to its line of wireless music centers. Designed to eliminate the PC as the center of digital music at home, Musica offers an easy-to-use multimedia device that allows users to record, tag and archive their music CDs. The ultra-quiet 160GB hard drive holds up to 40,000 songs. In addition, Musica allows users to burn and copy music CDs, record music from analog sources such as turntables or tape decks, access music stored on a networked Mac or PC, listen to internet radio, and update their Apple iPod. To deliver multi-room sound, Olive offers the Sonata, a wireless music receiver that provides remote access to the Musica's library.
"The introduction of the Symphony provided valuable feedback from a community that shares our passion for music." said Oliver Bergmann, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Olive Media Products, Inc. "The Musica realizes some of these ideas, and adds unique features to address open niche markets."
The "personal DJ" system features Dynamic Audio Compression, which allows Musica to actively harmonize the music volume to correspond with a specific atmosphere, which the company says can be in bars, hotels, or restaurants.
The Musica features a 3.5-inch 160GB drive to store songs, a 32-bit IBM PowerPC processor, a built-in Panasonic CD-RW, a 4-port 10/100 switch, wireless 802.11g networking, support for UPnP and Apple Bonjour, analog inputs/outputs, digital outputs, USB 2.0 ports to connect MP3 players and sync music, a two-level jog wheel to control song navigation, and a 7-line, backlit LCD with 400x160 resolution.
In addition, the device allows editing of metadata and playlists from any standard browser window and supports playback of MP3, FAW, OGG, FLAC, ACC/MPEG4, and WMA files as well as recording of RAW, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, MP3 (VBR). Users can also listen to Internet radio stations and leverage a built-in (updateable) library of more than 2 million songs to reference, tag, and recognize music (without internet access).
The Musica will be available beginning of October for $1,100.
