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Just received this...
M.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: Audiotron
I've just read the Audiotron review, I purchased one in
the UK
a few weeks ago.
You can purchase one from outpost.com who will ship to
the
UK. There is no duty to pay, only the VAT.
I'm using mine over Ethernet and find that 2000 tracks
take
about 10 mins to catalogue. I also hit problems with the ide tags, I
spent
two weeks of free time ripping all my CDs. However my software did
not
include the track number in the tag. As a consequence Auditron plays
album
tracks in alphabetical order. If the track numbers are included it
plays
in track sequence. Only 2000 tags to fix! I have also confirmed
that
files from more than one PC on the network can be accessed. You set
up an
NT userid/password and a sharename for 9x, it will use these to access any
shared drives. It can also access Linux files, although this is not
supported & I have not tried this, I assume it uses samba.
Two minor problems I have found are that the power supply
buzzes. This can be resolved by placing something heavy on top of the
Audiotron. The other minor problem is that it fails to catalogue all
tracks when it starts up. You have to press the 'net' button once its
finished cataloguing to get it to search for additional files.
I am very impressed with the unit, its easy to set-up and
use,
the sound quality is good. It has never skipped even though its
connected
to an old PII 200, you can increase the buffer if required. This
reduces
disk accesses and may save the disk from premature failure. (people
seem
to have problems with disk failures on Tivos)
Paul Thomas
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