A higher end Atom should probably be fine as long as you avoid formats that need transcoding. If you used mp3, 16 x 256kbps is only 4mbps. This would probably work fine over wifi as long as you are careful to use a good router (802.11n with MIMO antennas) and the server is not wireless.
Something as minimal as a mac mini would be fine as long as suggested above you have atleast 2GB of memory. You're best off not using wireless if possible, especially for rooms farthest away from your AP. Either way there are no artificial limits to the number of squeezeboxes you can run from a single server. -- SuperQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80599 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles