Building a music server is easy. All you need is a VortexBox and iPeng you could have the whole system running in a hour. So simplicity is not a reason to go with SqueezeBox.
I find it's really nice to have purpose built hardware. The squeezeBox Radio is brilliant. Right down to the screen that dims when you shut off the room lights and very low cost for what it does. I have both a VortexBox music server that rips my CDs, stores them, and plays them through some speakers in my house and also my SqueezeBox connected to my stereo and my SqueezeBox Radios in each bedroom. So the answer is for a full whole system you need both. To answer your question about audio distribution with a home built audio server I use a BreatheAudio http://astore.amazon.com/vort-20/detail/B001EPGFA4 connected directly to my VortexBox. This get's me 4 independent zones I can control with iPeng. http://astore.amazon.com/vort-20/detail/B001EPGFA4 -- agillis rip, tag, get cover artÂ… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76721
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