RE: Rio Receiver vs Audiotron

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

I agree I'm very impressed with mine, I got the Mission FS NXT for =A360 >from is amazing from it on those.

Not tried it on my 700quid amp yet :)

-----Original Message-----
From: tefxp [mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 May 2002 8:25 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: [ukha_d] Rio Receiver vs Audiotron

Just received my Rio from Tiger Direct today so have had a quick
play.

Initial impressions:
I like it's size.
I like it having the amp built in.
I hate the display - impossible to read
I hate the crappy plasticky feel of the buttons
I hate having to have a program loaded on the server.
The lack of control from the PC is annoying because I have to turn
around, pick it up, and peer at the display to see what's going on

Music quality wise, it seems to be very much lo-fi compared to the
audiotron, though in fairness, the 'tron is connected to a 250 quid
amp, the rio is using it's built in one......

The speakers are not the best in the world either, having been
rescued from SWMBO's old stereo, but I remember being surprised how
good they sounded when I tested the AudioTron with them.

At the moment, listening to Hour of the Bewilderbeast, it seems to
have no life at all - maybe mid range is somewhat lacking....
It's a bit like how MP3's sounded when they first appeared on the
market.

Still, would be okay for the garage system (if I had garage!) or
kids bedroom (if they were old enough to operate it!).
I think I have beem spoiled by having reasonable quality kit in the
main hifi etc & that's affecting my judgement.

Over the weekend, I will try to do a more 'scientific' comparison
and take the line out from the Rio into the same amp I use for the
Tron & do a comparison playing the same tracks.

Though of course, if it does sound better, then having to use an
external amp to get similar quality to the Tron negates a big
advantage of having it all in one in the first place :(

At the end of the day, with the tiger direct price, we're looking at
about 100 quid vs about 245 so I guess you get what yo pay for.
Myself?  I'm glad I'll be getting another 'tron soon :)


Tony



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