Voyetra Turtle Beach AudioTron-101 (TBS-3505-01R) Digital Music Player

I've had my audiotron for well over a year, and I use it constantly. I have the older rev (which has hpna and ethernet support, although I only use ethernet). Since the machine only requires 10MB ethernet, I was actually able to share the existing phone line bundle already running near the stereo in the living from, and simply patched into it from the den -- viola, nearly instant network connectivity. I've upgraded the firmware fairly often, and have had no troubles with the box at all.

I currently have it connected to a Pioneer home theatre system, which is in turn being routed through a pair of Martin Logan speakers. Ripped at 192KB, mp3's from the audiotron sound fine. If I A-B test the mp3 against the original CD, I can hear the difference (of course). However if I walk into the room "blind" -- I really cannot tell which one is currently playing. In other words, it's not perfect, but it's plenty good enough. If you're a true audiophile, you won't be using mp3 encoding anyway. :-)

I like this unit so much, a coworker also bought one, only to have unending problems with box hanging. He spent many days debugging the unit (with the audiotron tech support folks) only to have the problems continue. Finally, I took his box, configured it the way I had my old box configured, and threw it on my network -- it hung in 5 minutes. He returned the defective unit, and the replacement one has been rock solid.

The only problem I've had (which is minor) is every once in a while, the player seems to get confused about where the shared mp3 folder is. I suspect that DHCP is assigning a new IP address to to my file server, and that clobbers the internal mapping on the audiotron itself (even though it does remember the hostname). It's easy to resolve (just reindex) but it is slightly annoying. :-)

Other than that, I've had absolutely no trouble with the machine and happily recommend it to anyone who doesn't have a wireless requirement.