New Cyrus music streamer announced

[HighFidelityGuy]

LINK (http://www.cyrusaudio.com/new-cyrus-streamer-sneakpreview?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=178048-Streamer+Exclusive+3)

There's only a little bit of info so far but it sounds intersting. :)

[WAD62]

LINK (http://www.cyrusaudio.com/new-cyrus-streamer-sneakpreview?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=178048-Streamer+Exclusive+3)

There's only a little bit of info so far but it sounds intersting. :)

Interesting use of the word 'Streamer', one streams music from a server to a client.

Is it a client? Is it a server?

My guess is that it is a client, and I believe the days of hardware specific clients will be over soon. IMHO

The streaming should be handled by a computer type device, cyrus and other hi-fi manufacturers should concentrate on high quality USB DACs etc.

I think the ideal streaming clients of the future will be based on android epad devices (which are becoming increasingly cheap), winamp is currently available on android, it won't be long before there's a squeezebox client too. ;)

[HighFidelityGuy]

Coming from an IT background I know what you mean. The word seems to get used for all sorts of things nowadays.

I presume that the music would be stored on a "server" or NAS drive of some sorts and the Cyrus box would play them from there. So basically like the Linn DS products but smaller and with a proper remote control.

If it plays WAV, WMA and Flac files, isn't too expensive (<£1000) and has plenty of good connections on it I may check it out as an option.

[WAD62]

Coming from an IT background I know what you mean. The word seems to get used for all sorts of things nowadays.

I presume that the music would be stored on a "server" or NAS drive of some sorts and the Cyrus box would play them from there. So basically like the Linn DS products but smaller and with a proper remote control.

If it plays WAV, WMA and Flac files, isn't too expensive (<£1000) and has plenty of good connections on it I may check it out as an option.

I presume it must be an attempt to compete with Linn and Sony/Sonos as an all in one package of network client and DAC/Amp combo (Edit ; which you already said :doh:).

I think in the long term we'll end up having our collections hosted on the cloud somewhere, and the client devices will be internet enabled, not just network enabled...but that'll be a few years off yet ;)

[HighFidelityGuy]

I think that's the gist of it although I'm not sure it the Cyrus will include an amp, I would guess not.

You make an interesting point about music on the cloud. I can see that being a possibility with the way things are going. I think corporate IT related stuff will be the main focus of cloud computing for a few years yet as the market expands but more consumer level services will no doubt start to appear as more companies invest in data centres and the whole idea of the client end device being a dumb terminal becomes more mainstream.

I think on the cloud gaming will probably happen first from a consumer point of view. Without going that route it won't be long until everyone needs a ridiculously powerful PC/games console to play the latest games. What with energy efficiency being a very current concern it makes much more sense to have multiple people sharing one managed supercomputer rather than them all having their own mini-supercomputer.

I guess we’ll have to wait and see how things pan out. :)

[Tony Moore]

I always thought that our old VAX at work was far superior to those new fangled PCs when they first started appearing. :lolsign:

If you wait long enough things turn around! :)

[WAD62]

I always thought that our old VAX at work was far superior to those new fangled PCs when they first started appearing. :lolsign:

If you wait long enough things turn around! :)

Ah VMS now there was an operating system...:)

[lurcher]

Is not was, we still sell the ocasional VMS copy of our software. Mainly on ia64 now though.

[pwood]

It amazes me how slow the hifi big players have been to come up with something better than Sonos or Squeezebox. I mean Linn may have ditched cd players but their solutions require wired connections which I can understand for Highres but for cd quality FLAC wireless works pretty well for most. As for the cost well I cant see many new arrivals keen on it when they see how easy a Sonos or Touch system is to use for what amounts to the VAT on the above.

I think Arcam has got the right idea with the likes of the rDac. It stream from a PC so I wonder how long it will be before theŷ develop a one box wireless streamer that works with a NAS which is they way forward. no one wants to have to turn on their computer just to listen to music if they don't have to

[Ali Tait]

Yep, agree entirely. That's why I waited for the Touch.

[WAD62]

It amazes me how slow the hifi big players have been to come up with something better than Sonos or Squeezebox. I mean Linn may have ditched cd players but their solutions require wired connections which I can understand for Highres but for cd quality FLAC wireless works pretty well for most. As for the cost well I cant see many new arrivals keen on it when they see how easy a Sonos or Touch system is to use for what amounts to the VAT on the above.

I think Arcam has got the right idea with the likes of the rDac. It stream from a PC so I wonder how long it will be before theŷ develop a one box wireless streamer that works with a NAS which is they way forward. no one wants to have to turn on their computer just to listen to music if they don't have to

Data transmission and network FTPs are not part of a Hi-Fi company's core business, they need to stick to what they're good at.

I think that's why I prefer the SqueezeBox model, all mine does is deliver data over a network (IT world), and ultimately into my DAC (Hi Fi world).

Ok I use the DAC's on my SBs on my secondary systems, but that's for convenience. If they came up with a high quality DACless receiver I'd be very happy...:)

[Labarum]

The streaming should be handled by a computer type device, cyrus and other hi-fi manufacturers should concentrate on high quality USB DACs etc.

The HiFi industry is squeezed between the computer folk and the pro audio folk, who make fine DACs and good small speakers at sensible prices. What remains? Good looking domestic speakers - probably active.

Will they go there? No. Not till it's too late for them.