Sony has unveiled two new Giga Juke home music servers, designed to store entire music collections in one place. Both the Sony NAS-SC500PK and Sony NAS-E300HD also act as hi-fis, and can also wirelessly stream their contents to up to five client players dotted around your home.
The Sony NAS-SC500PK (which seems set to cost around £600 when it goes on sale later this month) comes with 100W of built-in amplification and a 160GB hard drive, which Sony says is enough for 1,300 hours of music at 256kbps quality.
It supports MP3, AAC, LPCM, WMA and ATRAC (wahey!), and you can either rip music onto the hard drive using the built-in CD drive, or transfer it directly from a PC using an Ethernet cable. There’s a built-in database of 350,000 albums to allow title labelling, and you can also hook the Sony NAS-SC500PK up to the Internet to access more data – not to mention stream web radio.
Also on board is SensMe tech, which will be familiar to users of Sony Ericsson Walkman phones. This tech automatically builds playlists based on the “mood” of songs, which it determines by analysing your library. There’s also a WM-Port, enabling users to dock a Walkman to play back its contents and charge the battery. An iPod adapter is available as an optional extra.
The Sony NAS-E300HD has 60W of amplification, an 80GB hard drive and built-in WM-Port.
Out mid June | £TBC | Sony
