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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. Buyi

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would it not be easier/simpler/less expensive to just copy music to an MP3 player and hook to inexpensive external speakers and be done with it ? Maybe not the most elegant high tech solution, but seems to me it would meet your requirements. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:51 AM, James Rankin wrote: >

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Sounds fairly decent and straightforward. I have the unfortunate tendency to change my favourite tunes very often, though, which was why I was looking for some external wireless capability (that really means I am too lazy to reload the mp3 player with different tunes) :-) On 15 November 2011 12:56

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I challenge you to find a current MP3 player with less than 4gb , many have more storage ... just load it up, and then create playlists depending on theme, mood, tempo, etc .. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:01 AM, James Rankin wrote: > Sounds fairly decent and straightforward. I have the unfortunate

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I suppose your other alternative is to bring a wireless laptop to your workout dungeon to access your main storage, but that seems overkill to me ( not to mention potential risk to the laptop in that workout environment ) On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:01 AM, James Rankin wrote: > Sounds fairly decen

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I realise that storage is not the issueI'm not trying to be awkward, but if I had a new favourite song, once I'd downloaded it I would have to copy it to two places (or more, depending on how far I take this idea). I know it's not much work but the IT bod in me hates duplication of effort :-)

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Yeah, could do that, it is overkill though because I'd then have to fire it up and access the playlists etc. Been Googling about for an mp3-capable wireless home stereo of some sort, but I'm not having much luck :-( On 15 November 2011 13:07, Erik Goldoff wrote: > I suppose your other alternati

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ke bowling where we want music at our lane. al -- Al Lilianstrom CD/LSC/SOS/ES lilst...@fnal.gov<mailto:lilst...@fnal.gov> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets Yeah, coul

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at our lane. > > ** ** > > al > > ** ** > > -- > > Al Lilianstrom > > CD/LSC/SOS/ES > > lilst...@fnal.gov > > ** ** > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:12 AM > *

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[mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets That's a cool idea, although my experience on the Blackberry isn't a great sound (although I did say the quality didn't matter, I know!). It probably means more charging

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where we want music at our lane. al -- Al Lilianstrom CD/LSC/SOS/ES lilst...@fnal.gov<mailto:lilst...@fnal.gov> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com<mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

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...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets That's a cool idea, although my experience on the Blackberry isn't a great sound (although I did say the quality didn't matter, I know!). It probably means more charging of m

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berry over the wireless network! Simon. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: 15 November 2011 13:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets That's a cool idea, although my experience on the Blackberry isn't a great sound (although I did say the quality d

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The WD TV live can stream from a single file share and output to any amp. I do that over powerline ethernet. Get the Plus version with a drive and it can synchronize the files locally. On 11/15/11, James Rankin wrote: > Yeah, could do that, it is overkill though because I'd then have to fire it

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Airport Express (~$50) coupled to an iHome mini speaker (~$20). Done. Cheap, portable, reusable kit if you decide to upscale later on. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:51 AM, James Rankin wrote: > Just moved to a much bigger house and I am trying to revamp all my > electronic kit. I have a lot of gym

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r 15, 2011 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets Airport Express (~$50) coupled to an iHome mini speaker (~$20). Done. Cheap, portable, reusable kit if you decide to upscale later on. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:51 AM, James Rankin mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>> w

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Just noticed today's woot.com, it may work well also. From: Gary Slinger [mailto:gary.slin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets Airport Express (~$50) coupled to an iHome mini speaker

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Just be aware that the airport express ties you to itunes. otherwise it is awesome. Gary Slinger wrote: Airport Express (~$50) coupled to an iHome mini speaker (~$20). Done. Cheap, portable, reusable kit if you decide to upscale later on. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:51 AM, James Rankin

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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 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 gar

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never mind I didn't know what a squeezebox was till after I posted this. cut your workout time by 5 minutes so you'll have enough energy to make playlists and copy files around :-) On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Jeff Bunting wrote: > Check out sonos.com. Might be more than you want to spe

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If you end up needing speakers, I got a set of in wall from monoprice.comand they sound great. They have a way broader selection then I had realized until my boss suggested them when I was looking a month ago. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:51 AM, James Rankin wrote

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Thanks guys. Lots of food for thought now, cheers! Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Steven Peck Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:01:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Re: OT: Gadgets If you end up needing speakers, I go

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+1 On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Gary Slinger wrote: > Airport Express (~$50) coupled to an iHome mini speaker (~$20).   Done. > Cheap, portable, reusable kit if you decide to upscale later on. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~