Pat Farrell;210882 Wrote: > Ron F. wrote: > > I purchased a fanless nano-ITX machine > > from the Damn Small Linux store. It is about the size of a Mac Mini. > It > > came with a Gigabyte of IDE flash, so it has no moving parts at all. > I > > So, if I may be so bold, what was the total cost (not counting hair > transplants, etc.)? > > That looks to be a great solution, especially if you don't have a > basement to banish the box to (I don't care about noise, mine is next > to > the furnace/A/C on another floor) > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
Dear Pat, I was afraid you were going to ask this:) I know there are cheaper solutions than what I did. I think I spent about $800 on the Nano-ITX box plus Seagate external drive. That includes shipping charges and a few cables. It cost me an enormous amount of time to get it all the way I wanted it. I had to learn a great deal before I understood in the first place that these were the two boxes that I wanted to make it all happen! I think as time goes on, this kind of solution will become more viable. Boards will continue to shrink, and it won't be long before we can drop a server board into the Transporter, (we can probably do that now,) or even a box the size of the SB3. -Ron -- Ron F. *Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 -> CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU *Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A -> Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers *Headphone rig:* Headroom Max -> Sennheiser 650s *Music Server:* Nano-ITX computer running SlimCD + 750 GByte HDD -> Netgear wireless router *Other stuff:* NAD C542 CDP, NAD 6300 Tape, Monster 5100 Power conditioner, Outlaw Audio cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron F.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5616 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36385 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
