I have the Slim Devices Squeezebox, which they now call the classic. I'd
never go back to a soundcard for playing music on my stereo. I do run
their software under linux. The software is open source. It supports
FLAC. You can stream on your lan to other devices that don't do FLAC.
That is, you store your music in FLAC on the HD, and it can convert on
the fly. You can synchronize multiple players (so they say, I only have
one). Of course, this is a playback only device. They run specials once
in a while to get the price down to $250.
I think devices like the squeezebox and for video the network media tank
boxes will always be better than say HTPC since you have the noise
making device (fans, hard drive) out of the media room. You can run the
slimdevices software via a browser interface, which can also be via a
smartphone or PDA as a remote.
Nick Lidakis wrote:
Matt Garman wrote:
So, an even more general question, are there any other sound
"purists" out there, trying to directly use "hw" for bit-perfect
audio? What hardware do you have, what has been your experience,
etc?
Thanks,
Matt
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2060 - Release Date: 04/15/09 06:34:00
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and
around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save
$200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco.
300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today.
Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p
_______________________________________________
Alsa-user mailing list
Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
