garym;634789 Wrote: 
> You will install SqueezeBoxServer (SbS) on one of the MACs. This is your
> music database (you point SbS at your music library...doesn't matter if
> something else is also using the same library tracks. That is, the
> library could be used by itunes, foobar2000, winamp, etc. AND ALSO can
> be identified as your SbS library).
> 
> download a version here and install on your Mac:
> 
> http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download
> 
> The Touch units will see this SbS on your local network and you can
> connect to it. You can play different things at the same time on all
> touch players or sync two or more to play the exact same thing.
> 
> p.s. re digital volume. Yes you can do this. I'm no expert on this, but
> folks I respect report that you're really losing nothing as long as
> volume is above, say, 70%.  This is because the Touch/SbS is using 24
> bits for volume control do the bits you're losing are not bits that
> matter to the music output. (yes, this is a simple explanation and
> probably technically wrong, but this is the point anyways).

Thanks so much for that.  It's exactly what I needed to know.  I'll
order a Touch and pickup a secondhand Mac mini this weekend and make a
start!  It took an absolute age to get all my cds onto HD and I'm
really looking forward to being able to access them a the "touch" of a
button!


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