I will never use a DIY PC as an audio player. Not even a very cheap, very small, very green one. I tried the HTPC for years, and the experience was pure junk. I used iTunes 1.0 with a long audio cable running to my stereo, and that wasn't so good either. I went to the SB system because it was a networked device. I ditched the HTPC when I found a capable device.
If my whole SB system disappeared tomorrow, I'd go for an airplay device, probably an ATV2 as it is cheap enough. I would setup an OSX VM on a server, to make running iTunes much less of a problem. In case some of my SB players start dying, I would stick with my current SB system and run iPeng on iThings. Doesn't look as good as an SB3, but the iOS+iPeng combination make for a solid software player. (this is purely hypothetical. I have more spare than active SB players...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
