Re: PC Driven MP3 Players

["Rick" <rcalvin.lee@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,
This is a bit of a different topic, but still relates to home
audio/video.  Since you are running the Russound CAV6.6 with J. Rivers
Media center, would like your input on my poetntial set up.

We want to control whole house audio/video, and also have access to
digital music from PC.  We like the CAV6.6 and plan to start with that.
 Russound also offers a media server, their SMS3, but it is quite
expensive at almost $2K.
Can one achieve similar results with the CAV6.6 / J.Rivers setup?
We have multiple CAT5e and RG6 wiring throughout the house, so that
should not be an issuer.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Rick

Bill Kearney wrote:
> > Thanks for the feedback Bill - that's exactly the sort of thing I was
> looking
> > for.  I had run across a mention of Media Center in an online forum and it
> > looked pretty good.  SIIG makes a USB sound card (the SoundWave Optical
> 5.1)
> > that also looks pretty good, but when I asked their Technical Support if I
> > could run multiple units, they said "no - it's a Windows limitation", so I
> > didn't pursue it.  Glad to hear that it really works.
>
> Well, not all USB devices are created equal.  I found the old Creative MP3
> Blaster to be a reliable one.  As opposed to the abomination they call the
> Extigy.  It's certainly a matter of drivers.  Some drivers don't support
> more than one instance of their hardware.  Or they don't distinguish the
> names of the devices so you can't "tell" which one you're controlling.  Read
> the J.River forums to see what devices to consider.  DO NOT just assume some
> favorite card is going to work.  MC11 is pretty full-featured but it can't
> make up for crappy drivers.