Philips Wacs700

Philips’ WACS700/05 music system is truly multi-room hi-fi for the wireless generation. It consists of a base station with a CD player and 40GB hard drive built in, plus a satellite unit, which receives and plays back music streamed wirelessly from the base station via built-in 802.11g adapters in each unit. Spec: Network audio player + station, Stereo, MP3, PCM, WMA, Remote control (Infrared), Network audio player - MP3, PCM, WMA Good: The Philips Streamium WACS700/37 is an expandable two-room wireless digital audio system that is compatible with--but doesnt require--a PC or a Wi-Fi network. The server and client units have integrated speakers and ...  Read the complete review

what a useless bit of kit,does not connect to stations even after updating firmware,philips after care is nothing but useless,i have had two the wac700 + wacs750 + both had same problem,the wacs750 is a great bit of kit if only you could open the box + it works,but it doesn't.i purchased a wac700 in sept 07 it worked ok for 6 months,then i unplugged it + from that day up until now + even changing the system for a wacs750 there is still no connection to a station in another room,i am not the only one trying,the shop where i purchased it from has been round to my house downloaded firmware + still it does not work,at the moment we are trying to connect it to my home ...  Read the complete review

This is a revolutionary Multi-Room HiFi that allows you to stream music from the server to up to 5 additional clients placed anywhere within your home. In terms of specifcation, you can read up on it by simply searching for this on google. I'll quickly go though the main points. 40gig hard drive allowing for up to 750 CD's to be stored (assuming 10 tracks per CD each of 4 minutes duration). Wifi capability allows music to be streamed from the server to the clients. Updatable Gracenote database that recognises a CD as soon as you put it in. Track info displayed on both clients and server. 2 way remote allows the same info to be displayed on the remote as well. ...  Read the complete review

This product is potentially amazing but due to terrible support from Philips and no firmware updates to fix bugs no one should buy it. Stear clear of this product or the replacement WACS7000 unless Philips shows some signes of improving their customer care. Check out user feedback in the philips streamium forum before buying this product from them. Their Streamium products are effectively not supported - bugs in the firmware are left unfixed. See this ...  Read the complete review

I am considering buying this unit for my home and storing my full CD collection on it. The main thing that is putting me off is the storage capacity, 40GB, I don't think this would be big enough for my collection. I wonder why Philips produce a good looking unit and then install a miniscule HDD in it, if Apple can produce an ipod with 60GB storage then why can't Philips increase the storage capacity of this unit??? Before any comments come back saying that Philips are releasing another unit, WACS5 with a 80GB HDD, I would still like the opportunity to purchase the WACS700 with a bigger capacity as in my opinion it is more aesthetically pleasing. Come on Philips get your ...  Read the complete review