5 stars says it all, almost
My Majority Peterhouse arrived yesterday. Setup was easy, which is always a good start. The overall quality - manufacture and sound - is better than I might have expected, but is it really worth 5 stars? The answer is it depends how you want to mark its pros and cons. No, it's not as good as some internet radios on the market, and more of its cons later, but many cost three or four times more.
Pros: inexpensive. Line-in and line-out. Decent quality sound, it sounds even better linked to the hi-fi. Links easily to home network. Plenty of programmes to listen to.
Cons: No headphone socket (but for my use line-out was more important). If power is removed the internet connection has to be re-found. (This, of course, is true of any computer, phone or whatever, and is just the nature of the beast.) So far the connection has been re-found easily. USB connection: it does seem to struggle somewhat with high bitrate MP3 files, but generally seems to work well. Home network: an absolute doddle with Windows 7, but won't link properly to the laptop running Windows 10. This, though, is I'm sure a Windows 10 problem. It probably would have been fine had I tried before a recent upgrade which included the wonderful Groove Music. I use wonderful in the Microsoft sense of the word. The one thing that does really bother me is that the unit doesn't automatically bring in some of the programmes that the old Reciva IR100 did. I shall have to go searching for them: fortunately the Peterhouse does allow manual entry of a web address.
So, is it worth 5 stars. Most definitely yes: good product, great price.
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