Re: Fw: Whole House Audio Touchscreen Setup on a Budget

["Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I am going to give the ipod touch method a go.
>


I pretty much have all the bits already! I have an old Cube sitting around
and an airport express.

So all I really need is to buy an ipod touch and the relevant software. If
SWMBO does not like it no great loss she will get a free ipod touch!

Thanks Noel!

Ho Yin

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>, Gareth Cook
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> > Controller - about 7 hrs without using any power saving options.
> >
> > And I bet you cant take your ipod into the shower :-)
> >
> > G.
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> > Sonos can use a Mac, PC, or NAS as the back end for your local
streams.
> >
> > If you sign up to one of the music services (ie Pandora, Napster)
> you dont
> >
> > even need any local storage - just connect Sonos to the internet.
No
> PC's,
> >
> > no NAS, nowt.
> >
> > G.
> >
> > Gareth Cook
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> > But my SWMBO is a Mac freak.
> >
> > As long as I can get everything setup so it is easy for her to
use
> and she
> > doesn't have to see the nuts and bolts it would be fine.
> >
> > Does the Sonos remote have a long battery life? But a touch
screen ipod
> > looks so much cooler!
> >
> > Ho Yin
> >
> > On 03/01/2008, Sean <thunderchilduk@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmmm tbh I know that when I looked at getting airport/mac
swmbo
> > > approval was very low.
> > >
> > > The Sonos does what it says on the tin with no tweaking or
fiddling,
> > > it just works (sounds like another product I know).
> > >
> > > I can't think of anything that sonos can do, that a home
computer
> > > setup with custom made scripts couldn't replicate.
> > >
> > > But I know know what one my wife would choose ;)
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > > On Jan 2, 2008 12:43 PM, Ho Yin Ng
> > <architect.hoyin@...<architect.hoyin%40gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Thanks Mark
> > > >
> > > > It looks good and coupled with EyeTV I might go for
this over Sonos.
> > > >
> > > > Different zones don't bother me as my place is too
small.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone think of something that the Sonos would
offer me that
> this
> > > setup
> > > > would not?
> > > >
> > > > Ho Yin
> > > >
> > > > On 01/01/2008, Mark McCall
> > <lists@...<lists%40automatedhome.co.uk>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Submission by Noel Andrews - I love the idea of
Sonos but for
> me the
> > > > > price
> > > > > is prohibitive. Being almost entirely a Mac
household I've used an
> > > airport
> > > > > express for a few months now and with the release
of the Ipod
> touch
> > > and
> > > > > the
> > > > > discovery of Remote Buddy seeds of a solution were
planted.
> Read on
> > to
> > > > > find
> > > > > out how I put these items together to create my
own budget priced
> > > whole
> > > > > house audio solution...
> > > > >
> > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2y7bpf
> > > > >
> > > > > M.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > >
> > > --
> > > Programming today is a race between software engineers
striving to
> > > build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the
Universe trying
> > > to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is
winning.
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