Maybe I'm missing something, but I see little reason to build a displayless SB replacement without an internal DAC and analog out. Otherwise, the only thing it such a device might have over the current DIY solutions built on PCs with USB output is a high quality S/PDIF out.
I would see the necessary I/O as: - analog L/R - optical S/PDIF - coaxial S/PDIF - USB - ethernet - wifi Plus (ideally): - IR input for basic playback control: volume, skip, play, pause, repeat, shuffle Then I'd say leave open the possibility of some kind of USB display by adding an additional USB port. With this, there could possibly be a full UI developed at some point, as long as support existed at the server. Which brings up the issue of... branching the server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
