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Tech Forums => Gadgetopolis => Topic started by: ksuayan on October 11, 2006, 04:16:50 PM
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(http://www.slimdevices.com/images/sb3_front_500.jpg)
If you are looking for an audio streaming device that:
-- would allow you to stream your audio files from your PC/Mac/Linux box onto your home theater system via WiFi or an ethernet cable
-- supports WEP/WPA encryption
-- has respectable audio quality comparable to $2000 CD players
-- use 24-bit Burr-Brown DACs and other decent components
-- has S/PDIF, RCA and headphone jacks
-- runs on open source (Perl & MySQL among others)
-- supports a decent array of audio file formats including Ogg, WMA Lossless and Apple Lossless
-- is configurable in less than 15 minutes
... there is a small company based out of Mountainview CA that produces such a device and have been getting rave reviews from audiophile publications and open source fanatics alike:
http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html
product reviews here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_reviews.html
the product is not yet widely available among local retailers but Amazon and a few other mail order companies now carry it in addition to purchasing it direct.
enjoy!
-kyo-
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Ayus to a mas tipid sa barebone na may windows media installed :D
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Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this company. :-)
Other cool features:
-- flash upgradeable firmware
-- you can sync several of these devices around your house
-- low power consumption
-- web based server configuration (you can control devices from your desktop computer)
-- Softsqueeze (a Java based player device emulator)
-- fanless/solidstate
-- nice diagnostics
-- displays RSS feeds
-- can work as a wireless bridge
-- on the fly compression for streaming audio
-kyo-