I have 2 SB2s connecting to Slimserver running on a Dell Server and a
Nokia 770 as a remote. Music is AAC and managed with playlists via
iTunes. Internet is Comcast cable on a 6MB line (usually) with modem
connected to a Belkin Pre-N wireless router. Works fine.
Recently bought a lake house about 1.5 hours away. Installed 384k DSL
there. I have an old SB1 sitting in a drawer. Is it possible (and
realistic sound quality) to hook it up at the lake house and stream
music from home? My current and fall back solution to get the same
music and playlists is an iPOD and DLO HomeDock.
It's *possible* but there are a few issues.
First, because you're using AAC SlimServer will need to either stream uncompressed or transcode to MP3. Depending on how important sound quality is to you, transcoding might be an issue. Uncompressed would likely not work at all because it's simply too much data to stream reliably over those connections.
Second the SB1 has a relatively small buffer -- although for MP3 it should be plenty large to handle the unpredictable latency of your connection. You might get better results with the SB2 at the lake.
Finally, the last issue would be security. You would probably want to investigate some sort of VPN solution between the two networks because SlimServer really isn't designed to be left open to the internet. There have been numerous threads about this.
Ben
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