VortexBox Music Appliance

Vortexbox 1TB - Jon - 10/01/2011 12:08:42
Had the Vortexbox for a few months now and think it is great. I had no idea how to start putting together a NAS and streaming solution and this unit has proven very easy and stable to run with my Logitech Squeezebox Touch. There are many solutions out there but this seems the simplest and most cost effective. Love the ability to instantly access all my music and play random playlists. The customer support from Vortexbox has been first rate too. Great product.

Fantastic Product! - JimCM - 18/06/2011 22:49:03
Have had my VBA for only a few days, but am already in love with it!! It can be left permanently switched on, and when not in use in powersave mode it will only consume less than 3 watts. Am happily ripping my entire CD collection, and with my Squeezebox Touch connected via optical cable to my hi-fi system audio performance is stunning, with all my music instantly available - Fantastic!!

Vortexbox and Naim Uniti - Nigel Little - 31/07/2011 21:42:43
I have ripped almost 400 albums without a hitch. It does what it says at a fraction of the price of its competitors.It works well with the Naim Uniti Qute.Once you tag the files to FLAC the Qute just finds them straight away and you're off, The sound is brilliant the standard Naim interface works perfectly and the Vortex Box works a treat via the standard Naim remote. The Vortexbox is hooked up to the WIFI router( a standard O2 bog basic) and streams to the Qute in the next room no problemI use the this combo in a Naim high end system as a source but as a stand alone combo you have a class act with change out of £2000 all you'd have to do is add some decent speakers and most people would be delighted with the results. Beware of expensive imitations!

Vortexbox - Nigel Little - 14/08/2011 01:33:54
Still finding my way round the VB and it's many features.I'm pleased with Bliss there is very little it has not found. The support and help I've had from VB UK has been 1st class. I'm not that "techie" but any queries I've had or issues I've encounted have been dealt with promptly. I cannot praise them enough.Martin has been fantastic,they deserve to do well.This is an excellent product and their aftersales support is spot on.If you're looking for a ripping srver don't worry just buy it. There are no catches,just great value.

Great product - Henri - 23/10/2011 13:30:06
I received my VBMusic appliance a week ago and love it every day more. Scanning my music collection is a breeze. The only minus is cover art of older classical cd's often can not be found. This has of course nothing to do with the functioning of the VB but it is a tedious work to scan the covers of these cd's and put them in the right place.Integration in my local network was very easy and VB was immediatle recognised by IMac, Ipad and PS3. I use the Squeezebox duet or IPad for remote. At first music has been played from the analog out of the SB, but sound was dull, flat and uninvolving. Changing to the Vortexboxplayer made a world of difference. Music now shines and has good dept, bass is firm and quick while highs are clean and not harsh at all. So guys, dont be so modest about the built-in sound card!! P.S.: Keep up the good work. My initial questions were answered VERY quickly and adequatly.

Vortexbox Appliance - Andrej - 27/09/2010 22:52:59
After a week of using the appliance, I am very satisfied with it. Everything works as expected, very simple to install and use. It needed a little bit of tweaking the config file for ripping (to organize and name directories/files to my taste).There are two things that I find annoying:1. One cannot change the flac/mp3 tags BEFORE ripping, so there is a lot of manual work to change something.2. The included Vortexbox Player does not really support gapless playback (it is a very small hiccup between tracks, but nevertheless it is not prefect)I hope this will be changed in future revisions.