That's exactly what I want! Other than the Roku product, I don't believe there is anything that will work with Slimserver out there and I agree with you that Roku's clock radio is unacceptable for a number of reasons.
Certainly, the simplest approach would be a dedicated Squeezebox plugged into powered speakers. I agree with you, though, that that approach isn't clean enough, especially for fumbling around in the dark when the alarm goes off at 6am. I'm not much of a hardware hacker, but I am what you would call a wannabee, so I've started assembling the pieces of my ideal system, since no manufacturer seems willing to sell me what I want. 1) Amp6 amplifier kit <http://www.41hz.com/> to serve as the amplifier. 2) Used SB1G or SB2 to take apart (trolling eBay, but hoping prices will come down after the holidays) 3) Power Supplies (to go 120VAC-->15VDC for Amp6 and then 15VDC-->5VDC for Squeezebox) 4) Walnut and aluminum for case (I fancy the old KLH aesthetic) 5) 2" extended range drivers for speaker. I probably will mimic the old KLH builds by including one stereo channel in the clock radio and then have a satellite speaker to handle the other channel. This could go on my wife's side of the bed. My plan is to take apart a squeezebox remote and mount the remote's PCB inside the clock radio. Buttons mounted on the outside of the case will be wired to it and it will in turn control the Squeezebox. The only volume control necessary will be the squeezebox's, but I have to admit to preferring a big analog knob, so I am not sure if I lock the SB volume control and just use a potentiometer or whether I will set the Amp6's output where I want it with a resistor and use the SB to control volume. It would be nice if the SB was able to control volume, however, so that I could take advantage of plugins like SleepFade <http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html>. I am still in the planning stages and would love to hear from others who have attempted or contemplated building something similar. -- benshead ------------------------------------------------------------------------ benshead's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13249 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40983 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
