Hi Aubuti, I don't dare look behind the fridge!
I don't think it's really energy efficiency that's behind the 'switch off' thing, probably we just both belong to a generation where electrical and electronic devices weren't as as advanced or even safe as they are now, and it bothers my wife more than it bothers me. But, as the PC is wired to the router, then installing the plug in would probably be easy enough, and does make sense. It would be a focus for a discussion about leaving the PC switched on, and would save me the walk through the house to the study to nudge the mouse when I want the system to start-up so that I could play music! I'm still attracted to the vortexbox because it seems to me like a pretty good solution to the overall longevity/sustainability/FLAC ripping and tagging process. I've a bit of money and time invested in the whole SB thing now, and want to be able to nurse it along for as long as I can. From the outside, and just reading their literature the vortexbox seems like a solid package that would help with that, with external (to the PC) mirrored storage etc. I don't doubt that I could knit together an alternative hardware setup of external drives, using the vortexbox software, dbpoweramp, tagging programmes etc, but computers are a little bit beyond my comfort zone really. But.... using the plug in for now would certainly allow me to make that a medium to longer-term consideration, and allow me to put the cash to one side gradually - for whatever solution I eventually opted for. Thanks very much for the pointer. Cheers D SB "user" since 2000... 2 x SB1 ; 2 x SB3 ; 2 x Boom ; 1 x Touch ; 1 x Controller Windows 7 and LMS Version: 7.7.3 - 1375965195 Next step... a Vortexbox? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ donmacn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36036 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100416 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
