WHAT WE THINK
Q100
This multiroom music
server offers excellent
sonics and an interface
as gorgeous as it is
easy to use.
DENZEL TP420-SD
It’s not cheap, but
Inteset’s luxury-class
Windows Media
Center server does it
all, and does it well.
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Home
Depots
Music and movies?
You can store ’em
— these can help
L
et’s face it: we’ve been spoiled. Now that
the iPod has transformed the way we listen
to music, more and more of us are looking
to hard-drive-based entertainment for our
homes. Who among us wants to fi sh through a stack
of DVDs or CDs to fi nd what we want, or even mess
with jewel boxes and disc cases anymore? What we
really need is the equivalent of a giant Click Wheel in
our living rooms that lets us instantly access all our
entertainment media — and makes getting at it just
as much fun as the iPod does.
In their own way, these two media servers each
move us a little closer to that ideal. The Qsonix Q100
Digital Music System ($5,495) brings a powerfully
addictive touchscreen interface to the management
of your music collection. And Inteset’s Denzel Media
Server ($5,995) brings, well, power — a massive
1 terabyte of storage, and the ability to rip all your
music and DVD movies to a central location where
they can be tapped from anywhere in the house. If
you’re after the ultimate entertainment experience,
it’s time to let your fi ngers do the walking.
PHOTOS BY TONY CORDOZA
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