LAS VEGAS — Linksys is doubling down on its line of networked audio players with the Conductor DMC350, which plays music on CD, networked computers, the Rhapsody subscription service and other sources.
Designed with the kitchen in mind, the Linksys Conductor features a seven-inch touchscreen and an optional iPod dock. We were intrigued to hear that any of Linksys’s networked music players (photo of the whole product line below) can connect to one of the company’s iPod docks, after which all of the music on the iPod, including DRMed music, can be played in any other room. In other words, once one of these devices sees an iPod, they all have access to the music it contains.
A Linksys spokesman told us the maximum latency with the system is
only five milliseconds, so music should sound fine if played in
multiple rooms simultaneously, and said you can install as many of
these devices as you have rooms in your house without encountering
reduced performance.
The Linksys Conductor DMC350, the flagship product in Linksys’s
networked music line, goes on sale in April — pricing is not yet
available. Here’s a shot of the whole line, including (from left to right) the screenless DMP100,
the Conductor DMC350, the Director DMC250 (like Conductor without the
CD player and speakers), the DMSPK50 bookshelf speakers and the
DMRW1000 wireless remote control:
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