This is an interesting discussion. For Slim to penetrate the mass market then they are either going to have to create a server solution to run Slimserver or the SB4 is going to be a fatter client to offload the server.
>From my own experience the SB3 is fantastic and changed the way I listen to music. I am so glad the SB3 supports lossless formats and is aimed at good audio reproduction. Playing MP3 at 128K through a decent audio hi-fi setup is nonsense. My system is wired and I have moved away from a NAS solution to dedicated server. Howver the server is a Mini-ITX solution which I put together for less than £400 and it consumes just just 25W. By NAS is now purely a NAS device. I believe streaming shows up the inadequacies of WiFi and this is not the fault of Slim. If your can't run dedicated Cat5 then why not look at using your power circuit and use the numerous Powerline devices on the market? -- Paul_B Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(2.0.0)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.37d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33695
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