Julf wrote: > I think I have to disagree. The self-contained appliance has been tried > a number of times, starting with the 'Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center' > (http://www.iapplianceweb.com/appreview/audio_players_27.htm) in 2001. > All have been commercial failures. > > Ripping CD's isn't going to be the dominating way to get your music into > your server any more - downloading and streaming are more important, and > in any case, you can't rip without keyboard and screen, as CDDB data > isn't 100% perfect. So acquiring content is best done on a > PC/Mac/whatever. > > The server, with it's hard disk(s), is best placed away from your music > system. > > The players should be as small as possible, with no moving parts. And > you want several of them. > > So very conflicting requirements - not easily satisfied by a > self-contained box.
I agree with this point of view. The players should be kept somewhat simple. If someone is planning on a local music collection, surely they already have a PC which can perform the ripping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
