Streamium Philips MCI900

For a top-tier networked digital music player that can play back your own library, the Philips Streamium MCI900 is worth considering. It provides disc playback, streaming capabilities, internet radio streaming services, 160GB hard drive space and an impressive 3.5in colour display.

The MCi900 is an all-inclusive HiFi system that streams music from PC/MAC and the internet, enabling you to share it with friends and family or simply enjoy in solitude at home. It includes a built-in DVD player that plays DVD, Blu-ray and CD discs; additionally it comes with 160GB hard drive that can be expanded in the future.

Sound quality is superb: the MCi900 excels at handling big, complex renditions with an almost disconcertingly realistic accuracy. It may not be perfect and it can be a little loud at times, but it does an outstanding job of filling a room with good-sounding audio.

Two listen-throughs of Bowers & Wilkins' London Symphony Orchestra compilation showed that the MCi900 can handle loud music without becoming too muffled or overwhelming, while still providing a great sense of space. There's also no hint of lack of depth or any sense that something is missing from the mix; it remains transparent even at almost unheard-of volumes.

Though not perfect, the Philips MCi900 offers all you need from a modern digital music player at an unbeatably reasonable price point. That's more than can be said for Sonos or Logitech Squeezebox Touch, so if you're searching for an all-inclusive solution that looks stylish too, take a closer look at the Philips MCi900.

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