Chord competitor for serving music via PC - Bluetooth

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mcgsxr

http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/products_detail.asp?id=53

Anyone heard this little guy?  Appears to be an SB3/Duet competitor, but Bluetooth driven.

One of my good friend's workmates has one, in his all NAIM system, and I am looking to get a chance to see/hear it.

BradJudy

Re: Chord competitor for serving music via PC - Bluetooth
« Reply #1 on: 25 Feb 2009, 05:23 pm »
Hmmmm...it sounds like the cell phone or PDA sees the device as a bluetooth stereo headset?  I assume that means it appears as an audio output device on your PC and you play via your regular audio player software.  I don't really see that as a music server competitor in the SqueezeBox/Sonos sense, more like a USB DAC/soundcard (and the device can be used in that manner too). 

I suppose the value proposition is in the quality, but at $570 it would have to be pretty good or you'd have to specifically want a wireless USB DAC type functionality. 

mcgsxr

Re: Chord competitor for serving music via PC - Bluetooth
« Reply #2 on: 25 Feb 2009, 07:45 pm »
Right, sorry, I did not fully read the pdf of what my friend sent before posting!

It does look more like a USB DAC, with an interesting twist - Bluetooth as a connection option.

Still would need some significant silence for the PC though, as it does not appear that you can change the tunes without the PC, so it would have to be in the same room.

Once I see the guy's setup, and get a feel for how he uses it, I will report back.