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New Olive+THIEL HD Music System

by jessica on Sun, 2010-01-17 05:00

At CES, Olive and THIEL announced that they have teamed up on a new networked HD music system, the Olive+THIEL HD Music System. The multi-room system combines the Olive 4HD music server with THIEL's SCS4 IP-based loudspeakers for high-resolution audio anywhere in your home network.

The Olive+THIEL system streams music over Ethernet in HD quality directly into THIEL's IP-based SCS4D speakers. The system features a built-in touch-screen LCD to easily find and play music, and a free iPhone app is available to allow an iPhone or iPod touch to act as a remote. Music can be copied to the hard drive via the built-in CDRW drive (which can also burn playlists for the car), or from a networked computer. The system can also connect to your TV via HDMI. Did I mention that this system can store a whopping 6,000 CDs or 20,000 24-bit HD music tracks in lossless quality?Read more

Olive, THIEL Introduce Networked HD Music System

Digital music server leader and high-end speaker legend swap speaker cables for Ethernet cables to produce breathtaking sound in an easy-to-use system.

Las Vegas - January 2010 - Leading music server manufacturer Olive Media Inc. and legendary high performance loudspeaker maker THIEL Audio just introduced the Olive+THIEL HD Music System (HDMS). The system bundles award-winning Olive and THIEL components that easily connect over a network – eliminating the expensive amplifiers, speaker cables and interconnects of traditional high-end audio systems. See – and hear – the difference at CES 2010 in Las Vegas. The Olive+THIEL HDMS will be on display January 7-10 in The Venetian Bassano Ballroom 2601, and will be available at selected audio dealers that sell THIEL speakers.Read more

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THIEL SCS4 Loudspeaker: Compact in Size, Huge in Sound

THIEL Audio has been one of our favorite loudspeaker manufacturers for quite some time…after all, they have been around for over 30 years. This Lexington, Kentucky based company produces some of the finest loudspeakers in the marketplace, and they do not disappoint with the SCS4 bookshelf-sized speaker system.

The SCS4 is 17.6" tall, 8.4" wide and is a versatile, two-way bookshelf-sized speaker system that can perform as a full-range stereo pair, surround-sound, or center-channel speaker in multi-channel or two channel systems. Because of its coaxial/coincident driver mounting, the output of the speaker is balanced and coherent no matter where you are in the room.

Company president Kathy Gornik said, "The SCS4’s high efficiency, magnetic shielding, narrow shape, and very accurate reproduction make it perfect for use as a high performance center or rear channel speaker in home theater and multi-channel systems." Kathy also said that "the SCS4 is an all-purpose, full-range speaker as comfortable in demanding music systems as it is reproducing movie soundtracks. And we are able to offer it at a much more affordable price than previous THIEL models."

Priced at $990 each, these are not inexpensive speakers by any means, but the sound quality you receive make the SCS4 worth every penny. Read more