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I'm jumping straight in.
AVA Media produced it's Rip-n-Play around the 2010's.
Linux based and hifi intended it seems it was popular.
However, with streaming it folded around 2016.
The whole operating system was installed on partitions on the 3.5" HDD.
I have acquired one. The seller did not point out the corrupted nature of one partition and the trading site is not
interested in helping regarding the dispute.
The dispute being, the OS whilst recognising my switch, router etc does not 'operate' the cd or allow the programmed
web based interface to operate.
I've bought a house brick with no way out of the box
AVA Media did NOT provide a repository for the Linux software and there is no route (I can find) to source functioning
copies of the OS.
So, in hifi terms, not really 'old kit' (my amps, equipment and turntable, CD's and LP's are far older) it is seen as old hat
and the world has moved on. In other words as with most kit, it is the epitome of the built in redundancy and replacement
marker.
2 things
1.
If anyone owns one of these, take out the HDD (not difficult), connect a SATA cable and clone the drive before it's
too late. At least you will save your NAS burning kit as the CD market regenerates.
2.
If anyone has a copy of the operating system and can burn me a copy I will happily buy it from them.
Hard lesson to learn. Modern hifi is not the same as I used to have, it's redundant after 7 years and/or unsupported
sooner than that making it all a very expensive elitist hobby.
AVA Media produced it's Rip-n-Play around the 2010's.
Linux based and hifi intended it seems it was popular.
However, with streaming it folded around 2016.
The whole operating system was installed on partitions on the 3.5" HDD.
I have acquired one. The seller did not point out the corrupted nature of one partition and the trading site is not
interested in helping regarding the dispute.
The dispute being, the OS whilst recognising my switch, router etc does not 'operate' the cd or allow the programmed
web based interface to operate.
I've bought a house brick with no way out of the box
AVA Media did NOT provide a repository for the Linux software and there is no route (I can find) to source functioning
copies of the OS.
So, in hifi terms, not really 'old kit' (my amps, equipment and turntable, CD's and LP's are far older) it is seen as old hat
and the world has moved on. In other words as with most kit, it is the epitome of the built in redundancy and replacement
marker.
2 things
1.
If anyone owns one of these, take out the HDD (not difficult), connect a SATA cable and clone the drive before it's
too late. At least you will save your NAS burning kit as the CD market regenerates.
2.
If anyone has a copy of the operating system and can burn me a copy I will happily buy it from them.
Hard lesson to learn. Modern hifi is not the same as I used to have, it's redundant after 7 years and/or unsupported
sooner than that making it all a very expensive elitist hobby.