I am about to buy one of my sons a Raspberry Pi kit with case, WiFi and PSU with the project to build himself a PiCorePlayer based Squeezebox clone - he has been lobbying for a Squeezebox for his bedroom or the kid's den for a while. This is not hi-fi so he will just be using the audio out from the basic Pi or an old surplus Behringer USB DAC that I have lying around.
To keep the cable clutter down to a minimum I am thinking of getting powered speakers rather than separate amp and speakers. Anybody have any recommendations or pointers to good review sites? Ideally the budget should not exceed £200 ($300). A couple of line level inputs so he could add an iPod dock at a later stage might be useful - but not essential. There is nothing on his pod that is not on our LMS installation anyway and I have a Spotify account for anything else. Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK *SqueezeBoxes:* Two SB Duets (Living room and kitchen) *Server:* Synology DS111 (2TB) NAS running LMS 7.7.2 *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH access point *Livingroom:* Receiver, Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver, Topping TP20 Mk2 Class T amp, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101654
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