Streaming MP3 from server to a living room - Where should I spend my cash?

["Jake Liddell" <jake.liddell@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
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I'm ready to take the plunge, and banish my CDs to the loft.  I'd like to
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se my PC as a music server, and pipe it to each room in the house,
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with the lounge.
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I've looked at the various conversations over the past few months, singing
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the praises of devices like the AudioTron, SliMP3, Rio (are there
others?),=
but now it's time to make my mind up.
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Ignoring price (up to about =A3500),  looks, and on-board controls (I'm
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nd to go down some sort of wireless PC panel route at some point, so I'm
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inking a web interface is much more important), which would you recommend?
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I'm looking for long-term versatility, really.  I can't see any reason why
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these devices (or something similar) shouldn't also serve up DivX or DVD
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ta in the future.  Could any of these cope with the bandwidth in their
curr=
ent guise, both in terms of network bandwidth or CPU speed for
decompressio=
n?  I'm also getting an AV amp in the near future, so does that mean I
shou=
ld go with the AudioTron, for its optical out, and ability to play
lossless=
formats (eg. WAV)?
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I guess what I'm really saying is I'm getting pretty close to buying an
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ioTron.  Mistake?
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Thanks for any help,
Jake.=20
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