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Originally Posted by clpetersen

Dan - I am impressed that your Olives as still in use. I always liked their renegade styling and overall concept. I had the 04HD, moved "up" to an 06HD (which was a big disappointment), and also bought an 03HD. The 06HD was sold to an Olive fan, and the 03 is still working. In fact it has been quite reliable, though no longer in active use. The 04HD was the sweet spot.

Too bad Olive couldn't evolve and insisted on a closed ecosystem.

Glad you are enjoying them!

clpetersen.......I agree that the Olive 04HD is/was the sweet spot in Olive's lineup of music servers. I have no experience with the 03HD or the 06HD, although I have heard several horror stories from owners about 06HD failures. The Olive 04HD is the only music server they offered that also provides a digital input so that the unit can also serve as a DAC to an external digital component. That is a nice extra feature.

Like you, I remain impressed at the solid service both of my 04HD's have provided me over nearly six years. Even with the few touch screen control glitches I experienced before installing the 3.0 firmware update, overall my ownership experience with both 04HD's has and remains positive. I have to admit, though, even with both Olive 04HD music servers still providing great sound in the two systems, I have developed an itch for a second Aurender music server for the living room system. It is quite likely I will scratch that itch before long.