SlimDevices Squeezebox 3

[ksuayan]

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-

[TheEdge]

Ayus to a mas tipid sa barebone na may windows media installed

[ksuayan]

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-