JohnSwenson;598804 Wrote: > I've actually been working on a design for this. It starts with a Touch > board as is, plus a fitPC2 board, my latest DAC design and some really > high quality power supplies. > > The FitPC2 would run Vortexbox software and the Touch just be a normal > touch. > > The DAC has super low jitter clocks that are fed back into the Touch > Board in place of its normal crystals, thus syncing it to the DAC. The > DAC has a S/PDIF receiver implemented in the FPGA, it doesn't need a > PLL because the Touch is automatically synced to it. > > Wifi was an interesting problem, the FitPC raw board doesn't have WiFi > and even if it did Vortexbox won't talk to it. I finally found a little > WiFi module that acts as a ethernet/Wifi bridge. Its out is regular > ethernet, which will go to an ethernet switch chip, into which are > plugged the Touch board and FitPC, both of which just think they are > talking ethernet. The fun thing about this module is that it can also > be a an access point and its own DHCP server. It has a web server for > setting up the whole setup. > > You can have it come from the factory as an AP. This way it provides > its own Wifi network for connecting to something like iPeng, no need > for ANY external components. If you want to use it as a client on your > existing network, you plug an ehthernet wire in, connect to its web > page and change the wifi type to client and its off and running as a > client. You can even hardwire it to an existing server for music and > use its own AP for control. > > This is NOT a cheap product, the DAC uses expensive DAC chips and good > quality capacitors (NOT $100 ones but quite a few $5 ones)and the power > supplies in particular are pretty expensive (several good quality > transformers and CHOKES). I don't think it could retail for $999, but > maybe $1800 to $2000. > > One really nice thing about this product is that it doesn't take any > new software, it uses the Touch and Vortexbox as is. > > Its also very modular, you can use it as a network player, in which > case you turn off the FitPC. You can turn he Wifi on or off as you > desire. You can use it completely standalone, with the inmternal > server, or use the server for other SBs, wired or wireless. It could > also have external in and out S/PDIF so you could use the DAC part with > other "transports". You could plug USB dacs into the FitPC part and use > Vortexbox player with them. You could even use the screen on the front > as a control for other SBs. > > One thing that would be really cool is to figure out how to get a "now > playing" display on the HDMI out of the FitPC so people can have their > large display they can see across the room. > > Any takers? Anyone know a company that would be willing to take on this > project? I'll be glad to do all the design work for it. > > John S.
Execellent ideas :) , but make a modell without the internal fit PC and HD . All in one box will appeal to conservative audiophile's that don't get networking. All in one box is a sort off missunderstanding and miss use off the whole concept, squeezebox should "free your music" making you not dragging a computer in the listening room. Server in central location at your home clients distributed around to where you want music. It would probably retail for even more if healthy margins and a viable business is to be had . Another Niche product would be a HT Preamp with built in Squeezebox 7.1 ch DAC and DRC This thing would accept 24/96 5.1 FLAC files :) Ofcourse good analog outputs -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84281 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
