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The
Sound
ofMusic
Fordigital-musicaficionados, gatheringand
managingand listening toall those tunesbe-
comesa lifelongopus— literally.TheOlive
OpusNo.4digitalmusiccentermakesshort
workof anysuch task, however. ItsCDplayer
automaticallyconvertsCDs toahigh-fidelity
losslessdigital format, preserving fullCD
soundquality farsuperior to thecompressed
data inMP3s. Itssleekaluminumcasecan
storeup to two terabytesofmusic—6,000CDs
worth. Locatingwhatyouwant tohear issimi-
larlysimple, thanks toa full-color touch
screen that letsyousearchbygenre, artist, or
album, or justflip throughalbumcovers.
Connect it toyourstereo tostart theparty.
Connect it toOlive’sMelodyNo. 2wireless
multiroommusicplayer to let theparty roam
through thewholehouse.OpusNo. 4Digital
MusicCenter, from$1,499,MelodyNo. 2wire-
lessmultiroommusicplayer, $599, olive.us
Sleek
Cell
Aslendersand-blasted titaniumbody, black
leather, andsidepanelsmade fromwoven
carbonfiberhelp theVertuAscentTiCarbon
Fibrecellphonestandapart from theplastic
masses.But the fact that this isa limitededi-
tion— just 1,500weremade— iswhatmakes
thisphonecommanda$16,000price tag.
Alongwith theaerospacematerialsused in
itsconstruction, theAscentTi boastsfive
hoursof talk timeand300hoursof standby.
Theonscreenchronographandoffsetkeypad
illuminationaremeant tosuggest thedash-
boardof anexoticsportscar.Togarage this
baby, though,wesuggestadding theblack
saddlecalf-leathercasewith reddetailing
andstainlesssteel “V” logo togowith it.
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