Cocktail Audio X10

usability, price, design, size

87% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

The X10 is a great way to listen to your CD collection without the hassle of actually having to use the physical discs or a computer. With the X10, you can quickly and easily import the music off of your discs or from another hard drive so that all of...

Clear interface, Rips from CD, copies over network, Wide format support, Internet radio

Average sound quality.

We can definitely see the appeal – we’d like it even more if it sounded a bit better

This comes with a rather good database that identifies most published recordings and fills in all the information for you while it is ripping your CD’s. Then with your library stored you can create playlists of simple select by Album or Artist what to...

The Cocktail Audio X10 manages to keep its potentially complex mix of features fairly intuitive and easy to use. Its audio performance using attached speakers or digital and analogue outputs is about equal to a midrange mini hi-fi, for which this makes...

Two-way relationship with connected PC; choice of bittrate rips; small size; versatility

Sound quality; file support isn't total; no touchscreen operation

Those new to digital music, and those with a PC after somewhere to back-up a music collection could do worse than Cocktail Audio's networkable X10. Also available with a 1TB HDD, it's easy to use and spits out decent audio, though it will suit those...

Audiophiles will adore the Cocktail Audio X10, as it offers everything you need in one convenient box. Given that there is also easy access to the hard drive itself, it may well be possible to upgrade without too much hassle in the future. Overall,...