Thanks for the info Tim!

It’s certainly not intended to play mp3s, although it can do that. We focus on CD-grade quality and lossless playback, and by doing so replace the CD player at the same quality. The No.5 series Opus is the top-of-the-line with a DAC, power supply, connectors etc. that you would get in high-end CD players that often cost beyond $5k (our other systems start at $1100).Take that quality and combine it with the convenience of digital media, e.g. building playlists across CDs, streaming music around the home, having internet radio, and you get an experience which takes you beyond the CD. And there are many for whom quality music is worth the investment.

Disclosure: I’m an employee of Olive.

cough, gag, ack! $3000 for an mp3 player?! are they serious? do people really have that kind of money to blow. is it really 10x better sound than an ipod? and seriously, the cd was dead long before olive came around.