Thanks for the replies all. Robin (I'm fine, if a little frustrated... how's life up North?), the box that bloke made is noisy, so no good for my lounge. Also I do not want to be the first person in the UK to use their mains wiring for this stuff... so, thanks for the suggestions but I think the solutions are probably not for me.
I'm was beginning to think that a hacked Buffalo Link Station thingy (or a Lacie RAS) might be the best option. However, I am not Linux conversant and the cut down version of Linux that comes with the box is solely command line driven (I think) so it's probably not really a goer (not if i want a life anyway). I am going to buy a Squeezebox 2 and flog my old Squeezebox but I can't imagine that this will stream PCM much better then the Squeezebox 1 does (bearing in mind that all connections are currently independently wireless... i.e. file server, Slimserver and Squeezebox), but I guess I'll give it a go first. I can't wire the Squeezebox into my router elegantly (the rented house I'm in looks lovely, lotsa oak beams etc and it would be a shame to ruin it's looks by looping cables across the lounge).... but I have realised I have a spare 300gb USB firewire drive... so I am considering putting all my music on that, pluging it into the laptop (which usually quite close to my router/hub) and wiring the laptop directly in to the hub. Makes the laptop a bit less mobile but could possibly suit my needs for now. Only problem with this is that the Maxtor firewire drive is pretty flakey. We shall see. Anyway. Thanks for the help with this. -- ModelCitizen _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
