Escient FP-1 Music Manager released
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Sep 20th 2006 10:14PM
posted Sep 20th 2006 10:14PM
It's been a little while since we've heard about Escient FireBall products, and it looks like they've brought a new one to the table: the FireBall FP-1 Music Manager ($600), a networked music player that'll stream music from your docked iPod, another FireBall server, or from your Mac / PC using the FireBall music server software via standard Ethernet or an optional WiFi adapter. The FP-1 will play AAC, FLAC, MP3, WMA and iTunes purchases without any problems, and is available now through Escient's network of dealers via its website. Seriously, though, wouldn't this be a lot sweeter if it had some fire-themed artwork on the top, like those Dells we were eyeing earlier this year?[Via eHomeUpgrade]
600$??? O_O 1ST :D!
Zune all the way!
Anyone wanna buy an iPod 60GB?
Is it just me or does the finish on that box look absolutely terrible? I'm all for the functionality, but I can't figure out why the ipod would look so nice and the finish on the actual unit would look that terrible.
Yes... it looks like they just sanded it.
I'll take my modded XBOX with XBOX Media Center for under $150 thank you very much.
It looks like they're going with the 'Already-Been-in-a-Fire' look. Very Mad Max.
I love the $3 satin black spray paint look, it's elegance is barely matched by the glossy piano black finish of the iPod.
I-Pods are dying. They were garbage when they hit the market and several years later they proove that the US consumer is unaware of quality and Apple continues to spit out cool looking niche marketed garbage.
might as well be the first one to say it: FLAAAAAC!
http://flac.sourceforge.net