I've noticed mention in the odd post about a standalone unit that's able to rip, store and serve music. I guess it'll appear in some people's wishlist as an alternative to using a computer or NAS.
Well, it looks like someone's gone ahead and done it... http://www.3ga.org.uk/home/ Clearly, to produce a consumer device that rips and tags CDs is a potential nightmare (as posts on the ripping/tagging forum will testify) so any attempt to do this on a commercial basis will have made compromises. I find it interesting to see what those decisions were. For example, rather than have the unit connect to the internet, it contains its own CD database which can be updated at a cost. It also contains a 60W amplifier. I feel the Slim Devices platform has many advantages if Logitech decides this type of product has commercial viability (not least flac and network connectivity) so it will be interesting to see if this product is successful. -- dick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47887 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
