Neuros Audio Computer Rethinks MP3

Dom · Aug 27, 2003, 04:57 AM

ExtremeTech have posted their review of the Neuros Audio Computer, which is a MP3 player at heart, but can play WAV and OGG files. It also has a built-in radio tuner which you can record audio from in MP3 format at five different bit rates!

The MP3 player market is swamped to the gunnels with me-too products, and it's gotten pretty tough for new arrivals to distinguish themselves. Some have gotten smaller (iPod), some have added capacity, such as Creative's Nomad Zen 60GB. Others have added video, the key example being the Archos AV320. With so many available products, you might think there's little room for innovation, but you'd be wrong.

A new company on the scene, Neuros Audio, took a long hard look at this market space and is now shipping what the company has dubbed an 'audio computer'. It features an FM tuner and transmitter (transceiver), support for the open source encoder Ogg Vorbis, and a Linux music management app. It can not only record FM radio, but can sample and save music playing on an FM station and find similar material via the Web when the player is connected to your PC.

The FM transmitter is designed to make it easy to use the Neuros in your car. Simply tune your radio to the frequency the Neuros is transmitting on, and listen to your digital music collection while driving.

-Review

JLP · Aug 27, 2003, 07:38 AM

Excellent hardware. I bought it just because of Ogg Vorbis and Linux support. And because of Ogg Vorbis I now can have more music or better music in my pocket. FM is also more usefull then I thought at first.

Aug 27, 2003, 04:57 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Neuros Audio Computer Rethinks MP3 ExtremeTech have posted their review of the Neuros Audio Computer, which is a MP3 player at heart, but can play WAV and OGG files. It also has a built-in radio tuner which you can record audio from in MP3 format at five different bit rates! The MP3 player market is swamped to the gunnels with me-too products, and it's gotten pretty tough for new arrivals to distinguish themselves. Some have gotten smaller (iPod), some have added capacity, such as Creative's Nomad Zen 60GB. Others have added video, the key example being the Archos AV320. With so many available products, you might think there's little room for innovation, but you'd be wrong. A new company on the scene, Neuros Audio, took a long hard look at this market space and is now shipping what the company has dubbed an 'audio computer'. It features an FM tuner and transmitter (transceiver), support for the open source encoder Ogg Vorbis, and a Linux music management app. It can not only record FM radio, but can sample and save music playing on an FM station and find similar material via the Web when the player is connected to your PC. The FM transmitter is designed to make it easy to use the Neuros in your car. Simply tune your radio to the frequency the Neuros is transmitting on, and listen to your digital music collection while driving. -Review

Aug 27, 2003, 07:38 AM	#2
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	Excellent hardware. I bought it just because of Ogg Vorbis and Linux support. And because of Ogg Vorbis I now can have more music or better music in my pocket. FM is also more usefull then I thought at first.