I think that your average PC could handle several SB clients with no degredation in performance. Each file is decompressed and then streamed into the SB. This requires little processing power and seems to require little RAM (watch your Windows task list while clicking play!).
I think the real reason to have decompression algorithms on board is internet radio. There is no industry compression standard so the client must be able to play all kinds of files. -- mark-e-mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mark-e-mark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22936 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
