[slim] Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
I have a SqueezeBox 2, and I'm about to order, right at this very minute, a SB3, but... this question keeps coming into my head. Why buy a SqueezeBox? A PC or some other type of system is needed to run SlimServer. Okay, but... You then need either a) Softsqueeze, or b) an actual hardware SqueezeBox to play your music. Now assume a motherboard/mainboard that has an on-board digital co-ax or SP/DIF output; can't the Softsqueeze player output via this to an amplifier with digital in, so negating the need for an actual SqueezeBox? Why pay $250+ for an SB? Isn't this overkill? Now if I want to send the same music to different locations then can't a PC be set-up running SoftSqueeze in each location, utilizing the on-board SP/DIF output for digital quality audio? Please someone give me the reason why I need to purchase another actual SqueezeBox hardware unit. BTW the need to have a motherboard/ram/powersupply at each location I want music in is irrelevant, and let's say I can get these at roughly equivalent cost to the SB3. And let's assume I can hide away these components behind the walls/in a cupboard so no case/enclosure needed... Discuss. Any help on this would be extremely grateful. -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
On 12/21/05, CavesOfTQLT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Discuss. Any help on this would be extremely grateful. In one word: interface. If all you want to do is pipe music from place to place, you could just get a really long cable; but that doesn't get you all the searching, browsing, and control capabilities of the Squeezeboxen. - Jacob ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 16:04 -0800, CavesOfTQLT wrote: Why buy a SqueezeBox? Now assume a motherboard/mainboard that has an on-board digital co-ax or SP/DIF output; can't the Softsqueeze player output via this to an amplifier with digital in, so negating the need for an actual SqueezeBox? Why pay $250+ for an SB? Isn't this overkill? I bought mine, because the SB is silent in my audio system. The fans and disks are in the basement. And it is small, getting a mainboard that small will cost nearly as much. I even put Kimber Cables in the wall and high dollar speaker wires so I could put the amp in the basement, But the SB is easier to use and so I put the amp back up between the speakers. Pat -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
Less noise would be my number one reason. No fans. - Original Message - From: CavesOfTQLT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:04 AM Subject: [slim] Squeezebox Or Glorified PC? I have a SqueezeBox 2, and I'm about to order, right at this very minute, a SB3, but... this question keeps coming into my head. Why buy a SqueezeBox? A PC or some other type of system is needed to run SlimServer. Okay, but... You then need either a) Softsqueeze, or b) an actual hardware SqueezeBox to play your music. Now assume a motherboard/mainboard that has an on-board digital co-ax or SP/DIF output; can't the Softsqueeze player output via this to an amplifier with digital in, so negating the need for an actual SqueezeBox? Why pay $250+ for an SB? Isn't this overkill? Now if I want to send the same music to different locations then can't a PC be set-up running SoftSqueeze in each location, utilizing the on-board SP/DIF output for digital quality audio? Please someone give me the reason why I need to purchase another actual SqueezeBox hardware unit. BTW the need to have a motherboard/ram/powersupply at each location I want music in is irrelevant, and let's say I can get these at roughly equivalent cost to the SB3. And let's assume I can hide away these components behind the walls/in a cupboard so no case/enclosure needed... Discuss. Any help on this would be extremely grateful. -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
