just fyi, i'm not trying to be argumentative, i think we just need to agree to disagree.
snarlydwarf;218550 Wrote: > I wonder why? Could tossing a bunch of complex electronics into the > same box as the DAC create problems? So perhaps throwing in a more > powerful CPU and such wouldn't improve sound quality... i never suggested it would improve the SB sound quality. thats not the argument i'm making. if people used digital or bluetooth, its probably moot anyway. snarlydwarf;218550 Wrote: > You have two wishlists: one is for a SB/SS-all-melded in one (including > a color display), and one for a remote with a color display.... > > The laptop provides the same functionality as SB/SS-all-in-one.. open > it up for the nice color display and set it in your rack. The $449 > model at wallyworld even has SPDIF output. > > The remote is a seperate matter. the display on either wouldn't have to be huge or great resolution. perhaps the remote would be the only display, and "dock" unto the box when recharging, if needed to be more cost efficient. snarlydwarf;218550 Wrote: > They N770 can be had for around $130 now. A bit slower than the N800 > but also substantially cheaper. It does make a nice remote... but that > is not the SS/SB-all-melded thing. It is a remote. You can have a > couple gigs of music on it and pretend it is an ipod... But it isn't a > squeezebox and despite having perl installed you would not want to run > Slimserver on it. It is not exactly fast. > > I love mine, but it has plenty of limitations. could it be attached to an ext usb drive? could it access a huge playlist, and do random for it well? if so, it very well may be exactly what i'm looking for. definitely has my interest. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.4 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37279 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
