Thanks for the replies! (I messed up and have this message in both the beginner and general discussion forums...oops).
I actually have 2 laptops. Lets call them A and B. My primary "A" I use for the usual computer junk. "B" I currently have connected to an external hard drive with my mp3s and then connected to my receiver via its headphone jack. Poor sound quality. And I have to walk over to it to control it, or see whats playing, etc. Not acceptable. So based on a couple replies, the way I understand it is that if I am just wirelessly streaming music from my laptop "A" to the SBR then I may have some issues. But if I now hardwire the laptop "B" to the SBR and the SBR to my receiver, then I should not have those same issues. (ie this is the NAS setup people describe). 1) Is that correct? 2) Would the "hardwire" part just be an ethernet cable from laptop "B" to the SBR? 3) And if so do I understand correctly that I am now bypassing my soundcard and therefore am experiencing less "loss" similar to using a USB-DAC? 4)Now with that setup and using SqueezeCenter, can I control laptop "B" with laptop "A?" (I was trying to figure out a way to do this without any additional hardware but no one I know is advanced enough to figure out using "B" as a remote computer, "A" having Vista, and B having Windows XP). 5) How is Pandora and Rhapsody played in this scenario? With laptop A or B? 6) Is there then an issue with Pandora and Rhapsody being played? My wireless router is unfortunately in another room entirely, nowhere near laptop "B" or my receiver. 7) Does this complicate anything? Do i need another SBR as I would with the Sonos setup? 8) I then would plan on puting another SBR hooked to a receiver thats already in my bedroom. But why wouldn't this have the "issues" described as it is receiving the info wirelessly vs. hardwired to the NAS (laptop B)? Thanks so much for your patience guys. -- 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
