Sony confirms Giga Juke SC55PKE and E35HD for the UK

by Paul Miller, posted Mar 10th 2008 at 10:30AM

Sorry Sony, but we saw these coming back in January. Sony just got around to confirming its new line of Giga Juke home audio players -- at least in the UK -- after letting them float around on the internet for a good couple of months. The networked SC55PKE has 80GB of storage, 16x CD ripping, a 4.3-inch LCD and iPod / Walkman support, along with a wireless hookup for beaming to a wireless control unit and five wireless speakers. The E35HD (pictured after the break) keeps it wired and boring, with a less sexy screen, slower CD ripping and the odd replacement of the SC55PKE's ATRAC support for AAC. Yeah, we're not following that one, Sony.

[Via Wired]

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Tags: e35hd, giga juke, GigaJuke, hi-fi, sc55pke, sony

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Anthony @ Mar 10th 2008 11:00AM

what would go good in my living room =]

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nd @ Mar 10th 2008 11:26AM

I don't know- I've never seen your living room.

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mark lee @ Mar 10th 2008 11:35AM

Is SONY the only one who makes a hard drive-based music system? Does anyone know where I can get something similar to this in the U.S.?

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Zeus.:God @ Mar 10th 2008 11:36AM

Yeah, its called a media center PC with a surround sound setup.

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Flashpoint @ Mar 10th 2008 1:14PM

...or its called a GOOD STEREO SURROUND SYSTEM added to your digital media player of choice.

It makes no sense to make hard drive based shelf systems because
#1 Hard drives are obsolete technology and getting phased out by Solid State Memory.
#2 Hard drives are prone to failure
#3 Hard drives aren't expandable (easily) and it makes much more sense to just make a good system that will be compatible with any DAP plugged to it - this way the user can get a new DAP whenever which takes care of upgrading instantly.

I hook my MP3 players and my flash drives to my surround sound DVD system and get a room full of sound.

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harry @ Mar 10th 2008 1:43PM

I wouldn't buy one of these because I'd rather just use my computer with a Sonos or something like that, but I nonetheless don't agree with Flashpoint at all.

Hard disks are hardly obsolete, and I can't imagine this would be all that prone to failure just sitting there. Your mp3 player is in far greater risk of damage (or loss).

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Bellerophon @ Mar 10th 2008 3:53PM

Flashpoint

1) Yes, but HDDs will still be around for a few more years. I don't see large SSDs selling for chips just yet.
2) Yes, but so do all HDDs so that really isn't a valid argument. I could go out and buy an iPod or external desktop drive, use it for a month and discover it's failed too.
3) People still prefer some kind of "Hi-Fi"-ish device to handle their music at home. Whilst I personally use my computer hooked up to a good amp and bookshelf speakers, not everyone has that. They might have a POS PC which is a poor excuse to use a music device. Same for hooking up their DAP to some speakers.

I think there is still a market for this, but its diminishing very quickly.

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stereoactive @ Mar 10th 2008 4:59PM

What I would like to find is a simple shelf system that either plugs into my ethernet (or via wifi) plays music stored on my NAS.. why aren't these more common?

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