Things to look out for on the audiotron:

- Next track takes >10 seconds to switch tracks (about 5 of this to stop even playing the current track!)
- You can't select music whilst it's playing, you have to stop.
- No searching possible for artist/title/etc (apart from a simple alphabetical list). The receiver has search screens like the empeg.
- 2x20 text screen as opposed to graphic screen on the Receiver. However, it's easier to read from a distance than the Rio/Dell product.

Note these are observations from a 5 minute plays with the unit at Comdex & CES.

The 10W amp on the receiver is 10W+10W RMS - it's pretty loud. It's not 10W "peak" or "maximum". Reviews have commented that the quality of the audio out on the Audiotron is inferior to that of the Rio/Dell product - inc almost 10% distortion on headphone out and a lower quality DAC (the rio/dell has a Burr-Brown part). The Rio/Dell unit has m3u support (I suspect the audiotron does too).

Several people have been working on linux servers for the Rio/Dell product: one of them is here: http://www.mock.com/receiver

Hugo