I have a very similar story just slightly different ;) It all started for me somewhere around 2000, I think. The CD player in my car took a dump and rather than ripe up the dash or spend the cash to replace the trunk unit I purchased an Archos 2000. I then started ripping my music collection to MP3's and then happily transmitted an FM signal from the Archos to the car's radio. Then, in 2002, we built a new house and I wired it for central stereo and wired network. It was then I started looking for some network player that I could interface into the house system. For years it was just lusting around the Net drooling because all our cash had gone into the house. Somewhere around 2004 I was pretty firm on getting a Roku but just as I was about to make a purchase Slim announced the SB2. The wired version and open source, I'm a geek afterall, made the decision a no-brainer. I then set out on a mission to convert to FLAC with the addition of replay gain. We've impressed many visitors with our whole-house stereo that "never needs the music changed", however, the prospect of the Boom (& a necessitated wireless network for everyone's laptop/iPhone) new areas now have the possibility of music (my workshop and garage). I still haven't dusted off the credit card yet, but a Boom is definitely on my Christmas list.
My music life was changed forever and continues to get better and better! SS -- Secret Squirrel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Secret Squirrel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4984 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53831 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
