CavesOfTQLT Wrote:
> I have a SqueezeBox 2, and I'm about to order, right at this very
> minute, a SB3, but...
>
> this question keeps coming into my head.
>
> Why buy a SqueezeBox?
>
> You then need either a) Softsqueeze, or b) an actual hardware
> SqueezeBox to play your music.
You're right. I think many (probably most) people don't need a
Squeezebox for computer audio. In fact, the few times I've explained
the Squeezebox to a number of people already using computer based
audio, the concept _completely_ escapes them.
But... Here's what you CAN do with Squeezebox + SlimServer that you
CANNOT do with a PC-only music system:
- You can very easily place the computer in another room, separate
from your audio system. The best you can do with a PC is run either
long interconnects, or a long digital cable to your stereo system.
SlimServer can run on your one and only home PC, and that PC can be
anywhere on your home network. A computer that has to reside in your
living room may not be conveniently located and for all pursposes then
becomes a dedicated music/media computer.
Locating the computer in another room also means that the very quiet
Squeezebox is the only device you need in your listening room.
Unless you've taken painstaking measures to quiet the computer, you
may be bothered by the fan and drive noise that it emits.
- The Squeezebox's remote control and LCD display mean that you don't
need a keyboard, mouse or monitor/TV in your listening room.
- By utilizing more than one Squeezebox, you can easily play music
from a single computer to more than one audio system. You'd be very
hard pressed to do this with a computer - generally requiring one
audio computer per audio system.
- You can easily control the music playing on any Squeezebox from any
computer connected to the network. This is the one great advantage of
SlimServer's web interface. With a PC based system, you generaly have
to go to the machine connected to the stereo if you want to control
it. No different than going to that machine's CD player to skip a
track or load another CD.
--
JJZolx
Jim
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