pablolie;456409 Wrote: > You asked what we'd recommend a neighbor. We did - get yourself > something like Boom and listen to Pandora, or similar. For the vast > majority of people, that is what they are after. > > But it seems now it's down to what works for *you* based on what *you* > like or approve of, and that is a different question altogether. > > By the way, you mentioned the SC as a noisy and energy wasteful device. > That is your computer. I have an utterly silent workstation, and since > it is on all the time for other things, I happen to run SC on it. Even > though it is high end and very fast, it consumes less than 45W as a > server (monitor off, processor has slowed down) and will go into sleep > after 10 mins, and wake up quickly and seamlessly when you ask it to. > > Even though I am a huge Linux fan and supporter, I would never > recommend it to the average person. Way too much tinkering is required > to make it a truly flexible multimedia platform for all of a household's > needs.
First para - yes, that is a good suggestion and one I had not really thought of being stuck in the music server mindset that has served me well over the last few years. Second para - I thought I had managed to steer clear of "approval"; if not it was not deliberate. What works for me was a starting point; the rest was to respond to specific posts. It may have confused the discussion; sorry. Third para - I agree and I would not recommend "traditional" server hardware - it just happened to be what I has at the time. I really would like to know what could be recommended with recent hardware developments and there have been some interesting suggestions. Fourth para - this follows from the second comment you have made. Of course I want to sort out my own solution but I should be more patient and let the wider context unfold so hopefully it is of general interest. Thank you for correcting the drift. -- dBerriff iMac/iTunes, Apple TV, AVI ADM9.1 active speakers, Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dBerriff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12247 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67637 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
