Check out sonos.com. Might be more than you want to spend, but sounds like it may be what you're looking for.
Jeff On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:51 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Just moved to a much bigger house and I am trying to revamp all my > electronic kit. I have a lot of gym equipment in my garage, but I was > fancying putting some sort of music-playing device into the garage that > could connect up to my TeraStation and play a selection of music directly > from there. Buying a stereo and burning a load of mp3s onto a CD/DVD seems > soooo dated now...can anyone recommend any devices that might be able to > achieve this for me? > > I've already got a streaming box linked to the TV that fires > movies/music/pictures onto the TV which works great, but I doubt I could > run a cable all the way from the streaming box to the garage (it is a much > bigger house). Would I need a device to output the music in the garage as > well as another streaming device? I've been Googling about (probably not > very cleverly) and I've found plenty stuff that can stream music across to > a stereo, but a) I don't have a stereo - I used to play all music through > my TV, and b) kit like SqueezeBox seems fairly expensive. I'm not wanting > to spend a great deal of money here, quality isn't that important, just > need some music in the background while I pound the punchbags! > > All suggestions gratefully welcomed. > > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ****** IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER ***** > > This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is > addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to > you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to > you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then > you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a > mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and > destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken > this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, > because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide > afterwards, but I am starting to digress...... * > > *The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the > information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a > pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But > should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, > and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, > if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding > liability for transmission. > * > > *In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then > please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's > brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately > refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought > when you went to Pets** **At Home yesterday. * > > *We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are > running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the > event that you do get this message then please note that we take no > responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or > implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, > or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all > liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I...umm, no matter > what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! * > > *The comments and opinions expressed herein are my own and NOT those of > my employer, who, if he knew I was sending emails and surfing the seamier > side of the Internet, would cut off my manhood and feed it to me for > afternoon tea. * > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin