{"id":1286,"date":"2009-07-30T13:06:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2009-07-30T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:06:35","slug":"olive-unveils-new-generation-of-the-opus-hi-fi-digital-stereo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/olive-unveils-new-generation-of-the-opus-hi-fi-digital-stereo\/","title":{"rendered":"Olive Unveils New Generation of the Opus Hi-Fi Digital Stereo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Expanded Storage, Features Boost Performance and Value<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heralds New Era in<\/em> Home Hi-Fi Digital Music without Compromise<\/em><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2009<\/strong> – Olive, the company creating a new standard in high quality digital music experiences, today unveiled a new generation of its Opus Hi-Fi Digital Stereo, including an unprecedented two terabyte version of its flagship Opus No. 4.<\/p>\n

The Opus No. 4 lets consumers experience their music at home in true hi-fi sound quality. It stores thousands of CDs worth of music in original quality, connects to traditional stereo systems and allows playback through an intuitive touchscreen menu. The Opus No. 4 uses the latest technology to combine hi-fi sound quality and easy digital music access in an elegant design with a compelling price point.<\/p>\n

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\n \u00ab\u00a0Olive is redefining the digital music experience for the home, much as the iPod did for portable music,\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> said Dr. Oliver Bergmann, CEO and co-founder of Olive. \u00ab\u00a0The Opus No. 4 makes it easy to enjoy the music you’ve collected over the years with the same vivid sound clarity as your CDs, but without the hassle and clutter.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

Until now, people had two choices in digital music – media cabinets full of CDs that offered high-quality sound, and convenient digital players like the iPod that offered low-quality MP3 sound. Olive eliminates this dilemma, bringing the familiar ease and accessibility of digital music to the home stereo, storing thousands of CDs worth of music – at full CD fidelity – in a unit the size of a conventional home CD player that requires no connection to a PC.<\/p>\n

With more than 200 billion CDs sold worldwide , consumers have amassed 2 trillion songs in their CD collections, 250 times more than have been purchased as digital downloads.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00bb Consumers need ways to easily access the digital music they have as well as discover new music in a networked environment without sacrificing audio quality and in a format that seamlessly integrates with their existing music listening behavior. Home networks will be in more than 47 million homes in the U.S. this year and consumers have become increasingly open to using them for entertainment applications like streaming music around the home,\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> said Jonathan Gaw, research manager for IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice.<\/p>\n

The upgraded Opus product line includes a new two terabyte version that doubles the storage capacity of the previous top-end Opus at the same $1799 price and stores almost 6,000 CDs worth of music on-board. Lower priced units are available for smaller music collections.<\/p>\n

The latest Olive software increases the speed of the Opus’ touchscreen menu and allows users to search their collections by artist, album or song; add songs to playlists during playback; and personalize Internet radio stations for easy access to favorites.<\/p>\n

Olive was founded in 2005 by a team of music lovers with strong engineering and entrepreneurial experience. Since Olive began shipping product in October 2005, its successive generations of hi-fi digital music products have won several awards and critical praise. The company, which has kept a relatively low-profile to date, recently completed a round of venture capital fund-raising to roll out its new product line.<\/p>\n

Opus highlights include:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n