CavesOfTQLT Wrote: > Pat, let's say it's one of those fancy fanless motherboards, 0dB > powersupply, very quiet harddisk, and I've said all this can be hidden > away in a cupboard anyways, with just the screen and mouse available. > One in each room, running softsqueeze, and all the music is held on one > of these computers. Do I really need an actual hardware SqueezeBox?
Why don't you run the numbers on this for yourself? - Those "silent" components are not cheap. At some point (which I think you're well past with that system description) it becomes less expensive to buy the SB. - Also you fail to mention the sound card you'd be running and its cost. You have to get a pretty expensive sound card to rival the SB's audio quality. - Consider the power requirements of a full PC versus the SB, that's also a cost issue as electricity isn't cheap. - Finally, you need to run that sound to the nearest stereo system so that you can listen to it, which requires that that PC be reasonably close to the stereo, or you'll be running really long (messy) lengths of cable from that hidden cupboard to where your stereo components are. Hopefully that helps you justify your purchase. Grats on the SB! -Dan -- dwc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
