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Olive in the News

We’re very proud of the countless great articles that have been written about our products, because it means that we must be doing something right! Take a look for yourself and see what the experts are saying about our products.


image hifi magazine 02/2010

"... the Olive 4HD's combination of features has convinced me wholeheartedly, and I am very sad that I have to give it back." Read more

AUDIO magazine: Sound quality 100 points, Price/Performance: Very good

"It is a great deal!" Read more

Blu-raydefinition.com: 4.5 of 5 stars

"Highly recommended!" Read more

STEREO magazine: Excellent!

"Sound quality, design and build quality satisfy the highest demands." Read more

Digital Trends: Editors' Choice

"We haven’t encountered a digital music system that’s elegant, well thought out, and better-sounding than this." Read more

Home Entertainment: Olive's 4HD audio system a worthy sequel to the 4 model

"Olive's new 4HD audio system features a 2-terabyte hard drive, can play back high-resolution audio files up to 24/bit/192Khz and is a worthy upgrade of the company's 4 model, according to this review. The trade-off, of course, is price: The 4HD version, which sells for a shade under $2,000, is $200 to $500 more expensive than the 4 unit." Read more

Technotime

"Watch the movie." Read more

What Hi-Fi New Tech Ultimate Guide

"The Olive is clever in all the right places, yet will appear reassuringly familiar to anyone looking to take their first steps into digital audio." Read more

Financial Times: Sound solution for music fans

"If you are looking for a whole-house audio system capable of delivering top-quality sound, or you are an audiophile unwilling to put up with mediocre MP3 files, the Opus 4 and Melody 2 systems should be at the top of your shortlist." Read more

Home Entertainment: Olive You So Much

"A romance in two parts between a girl and the Olive 4, a sexy young multi-room music server. " Read more

PC World Tech Holiday Wish List: 10 Cool Gadgets We Really, Really Want

"If you've been very, very good this year, Santa might leave one of these under your tree." Read more

Audio | Video Revolution: Olive Music Server Review

"I really like the Olive Opus 4 for its quiet operation, having a ton of tunes at my fingertips and a display that shows me what's happening. It's easy, fun and extremely cool." Read more

Financial Times

"Olive is a lossless leader in digital audio. Listening through a high-end system, the improvement between an iTunes download and a lossless CD conversion was dramatic." Read more

Sound & Vision

"Olive built the super-sleek new Opus No. 4 for those who’d rather not fuss with a computer in order to listen to music. The No. 4 suits those who want to listen on a serious hi-fi system rather than on a crummy pair of plastic computer junkspeakers." Read more

Forbes Find of the Day

"Starting at $1,499, this multi-room stereo does more than play music." Read more

Ubergizmo

"Olive certainly knows its stuff, culminating in its latest release - the Opus No. 4 Hi-Fi Digital Stereo." Read more

SlashGear (also appeared on Slippery Brick)

"Olive has revealed a new line of stereos today called the Opus that are the perfect buy for anyone looking for the top of the line, best of the best when it comes to stereo systems." Read more

Stereoplay magazine (Germany)

"The perfect digital stereo for music lovers? Read about the US bestseller from Olive and how it performs." Read more

What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision: Olive showcases Opus 4 CD-ripping wireless system

"MP3s are superficial. CDs are a chore. Stop compromising." Read more

The Mirror UK

"Sonos and Sony are scrapping it out to see which music streaming machine can have the swishest touchscreen remote, but the Olive Opus No. 4 has flattened both with a glancing blow when it comes to looks." Read more

GadgetCrave

"No matter how convenient and cheap an MP3 player is, it still doesn’t come close to the same audio quality as the CD player. Olive attempts to fill that void with its Opus No. 4." Read more

Men's Journal

"October 2008 - Olive Opus Nº4 and Melody Nº2. Both Olive and Sonos excel at streaming different songs to different rooms, but the advantage of the silver Olive Opus Nº4's CD drive and massive hard drive is the ability to rip and store music in high fidelity digital formats that make MP3s sound like eight tracks. " Read more

The New York Times

"Read David Pogue's review and learn more about why "Olive has made an offer you can't refuse."" Read more

PC Magazine, Editor's Choice

"A very high-quality source device whether you're playing CDs, networked content, or files from its hard drive." Read more

Stereophile magazine

"The Olive Symphony offers excellent measured performance." Read more

Wired gadget lab

"Audio by Olive, Style by Karim Rashid." Read more

Financial Times

"Designer Karim Rashid's 5 favorite things: I love it because it stores my 2,000 CDs (in non-compressed, high fidelity sound) on the 750GB hard drive." Read more

WIRED

"A stylish music center for the sound snob." Read more

TechNewsWorld.com

"Product of the week." Read more

MSNBC.COM

"The Symphony is a wonderful device. Highly recommended!" Read more

Robb Report

"Olive builds Symphony for demanding ears." Read more

Robb Report

"Most often, the pursuit of perfection manifests itself in deliciously conspicuous products such as the Lamborghini Murcielago LP460 or a diamond encrusted Rolex Daytona wristwatch. But other times it reveals itself in sweet subtleties intended to be valued by a select group of connoisseurs. That is the case with Olive Media Products' Opus." Read more

BusinessWeek

"The $899 Symphony is the first digital player that really handles classical music properly." Read more

Rob Enderle

"The players, which are hard drive based, put out sound quality in line with high end CD Players and, for audiophiles, are worth the cost." Read more

Sound&Vision, Editor's choice

"An intelligently designed, easy-to-use music server that puts sound quality first." Read more

The Perfect Vision, Recommended Product!

"Plenty of performance in a compact package, at a very attractive price." Read more

Audioholics.com, Product of the Year Award

"Better than anything else we've tested at any cost." Read more

Star Tribune

"A Symphony of musical pleasures." Read more

the abso!ute sound

"The coolest thing since crushed ice!" Read more

Audioholics.com

"After reviewing several products in the $2000-$5000 category, I was hesitant to think the $900 Symphony could compete. Compete? No, it doesn't. It dominates." Read more

The Perfect Vision, Product of the Year Award

"Media Server of the Year." Read more

Ultimate Mobility

"An audiophile's dream!" Read more

Olive Opus 4 CD digital music system

"US firm Opus has been displaying the latest version of its Opus digital music system at last weekend's Manchester Show." Read more

Olive Opus No4

"Stylish new digital network brand Olive showed two new units: the Melody No2 zone player which can be used to access the music on your computer or from an Olive Opus device like the No4." Read more

LAPTOP

"Olive's wireless music player offers superior sound quality and extreme versatility." Read more

Designtechnica.com, Editor's Choice!

"Olive has come up with one of the best devices on the market today." Read more

Stereophile magazine

"I was very impressed by the Olive Symphony. I found its user interface intuitive, and the machine packs an enormous amount of functionality into a small space at a very affordable price." Read more

Sound&Vision

"The best gear to buy right now." Read more

SanFrancisco Magazine, BEST OF BAY award

"You just might have to join the revolution, after all." Read more

MaximumPC, Kickass!

"This audio streaming box is expensive, but worth every penny." Read more

Dallas Morning News

"All in all, it's a great device. Easy to use. Large, viewable menu system. And the sound was excellent." Read more

CNET, Excellent!

"The Olive Musica is an impressive digital audio server with a host of high-end features." Read more

FORBES

"Looks and sounds like real audio equipment." Read more

The Perfect Vision

"An outrageously versatile music server." Read more

Digital Living

"A high-end digital audio server for discriminating listeners." Read more

MSNBC, as seen on TV!

"Watch the movie." Read more

WB11, as seen on TV!

"Watch the movie." Read more

The abso!ute sound

"Editor's Choice!" Read more

Men's Vogue

"A machine that can get your music under complete control and into audiophile shape." Read more

RockyMountainNews

"A smart way of bringing the digital party out to the music room." Read more

Canadian Business Magazine

"Finally, Olive has created a digital music player that should please purists." Read more

CEPro magazine

"An enjoyable product that offers a ton of options." Read more

Home Theater Buyer's Guide

"Editor's Choice Award" Read more

Rolling Stone magazine

"Gear of the year award." Read more

the abso!ute sound

"Best of Show award (CES 2006)" Read more

Popular Science

"Sweet-Sounding Music Server." Read more

Home Theater Magazine

"Packs 160GB of lossless-quality storage with an assortment of user-friendly features." Read more

GQ

"Reunites your massive music collection!" Read more

Stuff magazine

"Move tunes over from networked computers, rip CDs or record straight from analog players." Read more

Continental Magazine

"Looks like the answer to an audiophile's dreams." Read more

MacAddict

"The Musica did a great job of reproducing a wide range of music." Read more

Macworld

"Do-Everything Digital Music Server!" Read more

MAXIM

"Bridge the Gap." Read more

The Perfect Vision October 2007

"Brings LPs and other classic recordings into the digital age." Read more

Whatcom Magazine

"A jukebox on steroids!" Read more

PCWorld

"The music-streaming device delivers great sound." Read more

Playboy

"Future Perfect!" Read more

New York Magazine

"Total holiday victory!" Read more

The Absolute Sound

"A combination high-end CD player and music server." Read more

Ambassador

"Deluxe Gift. Feels good to give!" Read more

CARGO

"Your iPod's best friend." Read more

E-GEAR

"Music connoisseurs and early adopters will enjoy the flexibility and great listening experience." Read more

VIBE

"The best thing to happen to your home stereo since you turned the damned thing on." Read more

International Academy of Science

"Outstanding Technology of the Year Award" Read more

T3 magazine UK, 5 stars

"This is a brilliant versatile music server that sounds great and is easy to use." Read more

TimeOut Chicago

"One of the coolest, must-have toys." Read more

Hemispheres Magazine

"User-friendly features mean anyone can enjoy this gadget." Read more

Men's Health, BEST LIST

"The Best Listening Experience." Read more

STUFF magazine UK, HOT BUY award

"The Musica combines PC flexibility with bonafide hi-fi sound. Delicious." Read more

OUT magazine

"High-fidelity iPod system streams music wirelessly through up to 20 rooms." Read more

Pokerlife 06 2006

"With top-notch sound quality to boot, this product from Olive could mean the difference between listening to Twisted Sister with a group of friends and crying to Whitney Houston songs all alone." Read more

Stereophile, Recommended Component!

"Highly recommended as a fit'n'forget means of integrating not just a computer but a music collection into a high-end music system." Read more

7x7

"Sets the exact mood you desire!" Read more

BEST BUY AWARD, DigitalWorld (UK)

"The Musica is the ultimate convergence audio kit, merging wireless audio streaming, oodles of networking options, and a harddrive on which to dump your audio collection" Read more

Hifi4All.dk (03/04/09)

"Familiens digitale Jukebox: Gem al musikken på harddisk, stream online, hør Internetradio, afspil cd og få multirumslyd. Olive klarer det hele i en flot designet pakke - med dansk menu, som alle kan finde ud af at bruge!" Read more

sempre Audio

"Olive Multi-Room Audiosystem demnächst in Österreich erhältlich" Read more

DigitalLifestyle

"The Musica is a luxurious looking as well as sounding all-rounder. The navigation makes the management of digital music a snap." Read more

recordere.dk (03/03/09)

"Multirum musik for feinschmeckere" Read more

Macworld (04/03/08)

"Drahtlos-Musiksystem für das ganze Haus - Musikstreaming in den eigenen vier Wänden:
Der amerikanische Hifi-Hersteller Olive hat ein Netzwerk-Musiksystem für audiophile Hörer entwickelt. Die Serie besteht aus einem Musikserver und einem oder mehreren Clients." Read more

Mad Penguin

"Olive Symphony: a serious contender for the couch throne." Read more

AUDIO magazine, BEST BUY

"The big brother of the Symphony is a music center with simple navigation, plenty of capacity, and incredible sound." Read more

c't

"Olive delivers with its Musica an intuitive audio server that allows computer-phobic users to conveniently transfer their music to its hard drive." Read more

HomeVision

"The Musica is a mighty instrument that leaves nothing to be desired." Read more

Netzwelt.de

"Even the most demanding audiophile will be satisfied." Read more

AUDIO magazine, High-end classification, price/performance: superior

"Works, sounds and looks like a high-end HiFi component." Read more

Digital Home, Value Award

"An extremely elegant solution for playing and managing a large digital music collection." Read more

ComputerPartner

"Today's superior solution when combining audio with computer technology. Handles like a CD-Player, but provides all the functions of an audio server." Read more

Digital Home, High-end classification, price/performance: excellent

"High-end digital music solution that eliminates the PC." Read more

Popular Science

"The classical music buff's music server uses a superquiet 2.5-inch 80-gig hard drive and a nearly silent CD-drive motor." Read more

Macworld Expo 2004 London

"Best of Show!" Read more

AVDC

"The sound quality of the Symphony is so amazing, that it can easily compete with high-end CD players." Read more

PC WELT

"Finally, the whole collection of music is stored in one device. Symphony offers high-end quality for music enthusiasts and distributes music to all rooms of the house. The PC is turned off. [...] This music server with CD player and CD burner integrated provides more than hi-fi quality. Symphony brilliantly interacts with PC and notebook [...] Symphony's high-fidelity sound plays in the first league, especially when CDs are played. " Read more

RFE

"A revolutionary navigation that can be handled by anyone that enjoys listening to high fidelity music, instead of reading complicated manuals." Read more

AudioVision

"An easy solution to archive your music. Like nothing else in the market!" Read more

MACup

"A new breed of HiFi-component that allows you to archive, manage, play and burn CDs." Read more

Boulevard magazine

"Forget digging through your CD collection! Forget your PC! The ingenious Symphony stores all your music, and lets you easily access it throughout your home. All that in a beautiful casing." Read more

c't

"A music center for your stereo system. A revolutionary navigation concept eliminates the need for a manual." Read more

Stereophile magazine

"Olive's well-received Opus line of digital players now allows users to download, store, manage, and play large collections of CD-quality music." Read more

Digital World

"If you are looking for a CD player with excellent sound quality and connectivity to PCs, Symphony is a must." Read more

The New York Times, February 21, 2008

"Read about The New York Times' writer, Jason Turbow, his "mild case of audiophilia" and how Olive met his sound quality demands while enabling his wife to reclaim their living room by eliminating the clutter of his 2,500 CD collection." Read more

A way to unlock music's true sound

"Media servers let owners store and transfer digital files with their full CD quality -- something typical downloads lack." Read more

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