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Chrome cast doesn't come with free set of m3's

This is where the question come in. It may just be a Raspberry Pi with a DAC but if the software that is running on it adds value then it would be worth the asking price.

The people who have the AxiomAir and use it all the time are the ones that need to chime in. Is the user interface and control worth the Value Added upcost over the parts that are inside.

I made a new thread in What’s New about these products but I see there are questions here that I did not cover in that post.

The volume on the front is only active if you are using the Analog input on the front. You can control everything from anywhere using your phone, tablet, or computer.

Yes, it will find your NAS and display all your songs in the AxiomAir User Interface where you can create play lists and choose how you want to sort them.

The cost of the metal chassis is what makes it so expensive. We will likely bring out one of these in a smaller plastic chassis for less money in the future but that will not work as well in a stack of equipment. There are two versions available with the amplifier built in. The ZA-100 and ZA-1000.

I have an older firmware version that I haven't bothered to update as it works well as is. I'm always leery of 'updating', ha!

I keep it simple. I use my AA daily in my kitchen - mostly for WebRadio through my older Toshiba Vista Laptop; however, for music I have over 800 tracks on a USB that I ripped at highest resolution from my collection of CDs. Really easy to use this way.

Despite having a couple of M3s on board (I have a pair also), this unit really is not meant to replace a larger system in a big room. I mean who places 2 decent stereo speakers 6 inches apart? The AA works very well for what it was designed to do IMO.

I thought that it was worth the cost...

TAM

Ian. I am sure this is in a preliminary stage. I am wondering however if it would be possible to get an idea of what the back of the unit looks like?

Other questions like is the power supply built in, or is it like a brick plug and a thin wire to a mini plug like this?



Again, it comes down to a cosmetic look.

And to anyone who has the AxiomAir .. would you be able to do some screen shots of the web interface in action. I have seen some of the first iterations of the software when it was pre-launch but have no idea what it looks like now. I don't know if there is a good users manual on how the interface works.

I know i'd be asking too much if someone here could do a video tutorial.. but I think Axiom would benefit if they did a you-tube like showing of here is how you use the software. Seeing is believing they say.

TAM. I have my whole music collection on a NAS drive, so I'd be more concerned how it handles a much larger library. Say closer to 1TB in size. It's how it indexes the tracks. I have everything in a directory structure that works for me. But when you start to deal with sorting from ID tagging inside files, things gets wonky. Like how does it index compilation CD's where you can have multiple artists. Does it leave them part of the album, or like iTunes try and split them up by artist leaving you to track down the songs to reset them back to the correct CD name/location?

I gather the box is just the box. It really doesn't matter to me if it sits on a shelf on my rack or is a small box with a raspberry pi inside and a digital output cable to the back of my Anthem. The user interface is everything to me.

Matt

I'll do a proper screen grab later on, on my way out now. Literally the worse blurry video ever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRDmxqJ9vGc&feature=youtu.be

...and of all the songs to be on the radio when I hit play.....ugh.

I've never gotten into play lists. I just play an album at a time; however, I have to get up & change albums through the software when one is done, kinda like flipping a record or changing out a CD in a single player.

Besides, I never know what I want to play next until I get over to the machine. What I select often depends on how much hooch that I have on board, ha!

TAM

You should be able to do all that with your smart phone i would think.

Smart phone? I don't have nor use one.

Guess that I'm a technical dinosaur, ha!

TAM

Yep. Chromecast and smartphone. 40$.