ModelCitizen Wrote: > Thanks for the replies all. > Robin (I'm fine, if a little frustrated... how's life up North?), > Oh, not so bad. I've unfortunately got a 1 hour commute to/from Leeds either end of the day so that's not good. I've been stupidly busy at work too - steep learning curve, getting to grips with the working practices/foibles, etc. Not had much time to listen to music "properly" but listening a lot to iPod in car. ModelCitizen Wrote: > > the box that bloke made is noisy, so no good for my lounge. Also I do > not want to be the first person in the UK to use their mains wiring for > this stuff... so, thanks for the suggestions but I think the solutions > are probably not for me. > Why not buy a set and if it doesn't work/is not to your liking, return it within 7/14 days (whatever)? I can't believe they'd sell something that doesn't work and, if it doesn't, you're entitled to your money back anyway! ModelCitizen Wrote: > > I'm was beginning to think that a hacked Buffalo Link Station thingy > (or a Lacie RAS) might be the best option. However, I am not Linux > conversant and the cut down version of Linux that comes with the box is > solely command line driven (I think) so it's probably not really a goer > (not if i want a life anyway). > Based on the little I know of you, I'd steer clear of Linux :) ModelCitizen Wrote: > > I am going to buy a Squeezebox 2 and flog my old Squeezebox but I can't > imagine that this will stream PCM much better then the Squeezebox 1 does > (bearing in mind that all connections are currently independently > wireless... i.e. file server, Slimserver and Squeezebox), but I guess > I'll give it a go first. >
Well, if you're using 11g you should get much better streaming, assuming a good connection. ModelCitizen Wrote: > > I can't wire the Squeezebox into my router elegantly (the rented house > I'm in looks lovely, lotsa oak beams etc and it would be a shame to > ruin it's looks by looping cables across the lounge).... but I have > realised I have a spare 300gb USB firewire drive... so I am considering > putting all my music on that, pluging it into the laptop (which usually > quite close to my router/hub) and wiring the laptop directly in to the > hub. Makes the laptop a bit less mobile but could possibly suit my > needs for now. Only problem with this is that the Maxtor firewire drive > is pretty flakey. We shall see. > > Anyway. Thanks for the help with this. I still think you should give the SMC mains stuff a go. You could put your noisy server out of the way and create a mains connection between that and your ADSL modem/Switch/WAP, then just let the SB connect wirelessly to the WAP. That seems to me to be the perfect solution - you just need to bite the bullet on the mains networking equipment. Like I said, I might even give it a go myself... R. -- robinbowes _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
