30 July 2007 – If you’re looking for quality sound and an easy storage solution check out this little baby by Arcam : the MS250.
The MS250 is a highly versatile music replay device featuring an audiophile quality stereo CD player and internet access for listening to internet radio. But with its massive 400GB hard drive you can store up to 4800 Cds in compressed audio format and the perk here is you can actually burn your favorite tunes on to CD-R! This extremely powerful home music server supports four audio zones, via analogue.
technical highlights
music playback
* hard disk based music server with audiophile sound quality
* audiophile quality CD playback from internal CD drive
* CD recording capability to record your own compilations to CD-R
* 400GB internal hard drive (circa 640 albums uncompressed, up to 4800 albums compressed)
* playback of MP3, WMA, CDDA
* program choice by artist, album, genre or custom play list
* compatible with 10/100 Ethernet
controllability
* four independent analogue zone outputs, each with its own volume control
* independent IR inputs for each zone’s control
* duplex RS232 control
* full 6 line easy-to-read front panel display for control from main room
connectivity and networking
* wired or wireless network compatible (wireless using Ethernet network adaptor)
* internet radio
* video display output in composite, S-Video & VGAt
