Was minutes away from buying a Sonos system yesterday when I found out about the upcoming Duet.
Ive been reading these forums for hours now and have figured a lot out from them, but am a little perplexed by "NAS's." I know what they are, but I don't understand why I would need one. Or for that matter a Linux one. Im a windows user, and know little about Linux. And Im ok with that. Here's my current setup: I have about 160gb of music stored on my laptop. I have a home theater setup. I want to listen to my mp3s, pandora, and rhapsody over my stereo. Currently I just plug my laptop into the stereo via the headset jack. Wince, I know...not great sound. But to what I want in the end: 1) I want improved sound. So hopefully the SBR DAC is good enough or perhaps later i will get another DAC. 2) I want to be able to control my mp3s, pandora, and rhapsody from my laptop while I am sitting on the couch with it playing on the internet. 3) I want a remote to be used from the bedroom, den etc. that shows whats being played, and that can control the mp3s, pandora, and rhapsody easily. So as far as #2, do I understand that this is possible with the SquuezeCenter software? Is there really any need for a NAS in my situation? And what am I reading about the really slow lag times? Slow to what...Play? Search? As far as #3, do we know if the new SC will do all of that? Is a Nokia n800 or 810 or even an ipod with a skin a better option than the SC? As I imagine the setup, I would use my laptop loaded with SqueezeCenter to control all my music options through the SBR connected to my receiver. Then when in other rooms I would use the SController to do the same. No need for a NAS. This should work yes? And will there be anything slow about it? And finally, where exactly is the "library" of music actually stored? And what the heck is the difference between SqueezeCenter and SqueezeNetwork. Hope your head doesn't hurt as bad as mine. -- sqwk77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sqwk77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42035 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
