Goodsounds;334490 Wrote: > I agree completely with the common sense in the previous two posts. The > earlier posts herein are thoughtful and helpful too. > > I would observe that techie types are overrepresented in these forums. > Suffice it to say, for these products that we all love (I think) to be > very successful, they need to be user friendly for the general > population. I think they are. But, keep that in mind when offering > advice, consider who the reader is, and that they may be looking simply > for plug and play solutions. > > So, as a non-techie myself, I say to the questions at hand: > > 1. Yes, forget this NAS baloney, who cares about learning linux to get > software to run on something with the computing power of an > instant-read thermometer. > > 2. Yes, a $300 computer, or some junker, will supply a lifetime of > music without requiring a lifetime of tinkering with it to work. > > 3. Yes, using a computer you already have, that is already turned on, > is a fine idea. It will work great. > > 4. Yes, I have my hard hat on, I'm ready for incoming artillery. > > Oh, and Yes, your sound streams will be better if you buy more > take-out, eat more sandwiches, or just do less cooking (in general) > with your microwave.
Not sure about the sandwiches, but I have to agree with the shining beacon of sanity that is this post. Why don't people get that a "NAS" (at least the sort of NAS we are discussing here) is merely half a PC without the useful bits like a method of data entry or a method of display? Leaving aside green issues and the fact that a NAS and a PC can be made to consume similar amounts of power, I just don't understand why anyone wants to run an application on something that was originally designed to be a slightly-more-intelligent-than-average disk drive... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51731 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
