RE: Any advice for ambitious newbie?

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> RAID-5). And I have a PC in each room to play back the tracks.
>
> Although this works pretty well for me, there are a number of
> irritations
> that I would like to eliminate. The most significant is the
> noise of the PC.

Hi Bruno,

Have you considered ditching your PC's compltely and going for a network media player?
A number of ppl here have Rio Receivers/DDARs which unfortunately are no longer available, but also there are these devices which a few of us have also:
Turtlebeach Audiotrons: = http://www.audiotron.net/audiotron.asp
Available from http://www.internett= uner.dk for about =A3275

SLiMP3's: http://www.slimdevices.co= m/
Can't remember where from over here, but is =A3250 or they they do ship
internationally for $250 a pop.
You just missed a bulk buy that would get them for about =A3180

Both of these have their advantages and disadvantages, with some being:
AT limited to about 30,000 songs, SLiMP3 unlimited
AT has front panel controls, SLiMP3 does not.
SLiMP3 is smaller but has bigger readable display.
SLiMP3 needs server side software, AT does not.
SLiMP3 software is open source, AT's is not.
AT has optical and analog out, SLiMP3 only has analog - but this is
purported to be as good as AT optical out.
SLiMP3 only supports MP3 natively but can (or soon will be able to)
transcode from other formats.  MAy reduce quality though!
Also, if you have several SLiMP3's, you can synchronise them to play the same track throughout your house.

Anyway, there's pro's and cons to everything - have a look and feel free to=
ask questions if you want more info....

> hundreds of albums and thousands of tracks). And then there is the
> difficulty of controlling it. It's OK in situations, such as the spare=
> bedroom/office, where a desktop is appropriate, and you can

Both the AT and the SLiMP3 can be controlled via a web interface or remote.=
The AT also has normal transport controls like a CD player.


HTH,


Tony


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