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Would like to stream audio...

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Hello - I'm looking to set up a system for a pub landlord that will enable him to wirelessly stream audio from his comp upstairs to the bar below.

I'm aware of a number of devices (HomePod/Squeezebox/Creative Soundblaster Wireless), but have had experience with none of them. Please could you give me some suggestions. Just looking for a robust & cheap solution, that is capable of streaming the main formats. I'm based in the UK.

Thanks,

Jelly :)
 
Squeezebox is far and away the best. With the new DACS and the wireless/ethernet bridgeing capability, the support for just about every music format under the sun (apart from apple Itunes), it is the wireless music player to beat. Of course, you'll probably want a decent preamp/reciever that can matrix out the sound across the whole pub, and drive enough wattage.

[edit] What is your precise monetary definition of cheap?
 
Thanks for that - you kinda confirmed my suspicions :) I remember that the 1st incarnation was well received.

Squeezebox falls under reasonably priced (£200 I think over here). The chap that I'm doing this for will not have an issue with that. I'm sorting him out with a PC from the company that I work for (Evesham Technology - evesham.com) - so I wanted to keep the whole package to approx £500, which I can do in this case. Ordinarily I'd just build, but as he's not looking to game - a cost effective pre-build will do. Plus I'm able to fast track anything should it be necessary.

The sound system is already in (quite a tasty one I believe).

Have you had any experience with the Squeezebox? Are you aware of any push to support iTunes?

Cheers.

EDIT: been at work all day - hence the late acknowledgement :p
 
iTunes is an apple product... when's the last time you've seen Apple try to make anything of theirs compatible with anything else unless it was a dire necessity [like PC compatibility for the iPod] ?

So no, it'll never happen without some hackers infringing copyright / reverse engineering.
 
BO(V)BZ said:
iTunes is an apple product... when's the last time you've seen Apple try to make anything of theirs compatible with anything else unless it was a dire necessity [like PC compatibility for the iPod] ?

So no, it'll never happen without some hackers infringing copyright / reverse engineering.
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LOL :D
 
There have been (and will continue to be) games between apple and hackers who will decrypt thier itunes product.

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I've had no experience with the squeezebox per se, only the SlimServer software and a software emulated Squeezebox. The server software is nice and very light on resources. Being an open source project of some years running, it quite stable.

Set him up a Linux box to run the server, with a decent hard drive, and your pub owner will be very happy. I like Mandrake.
 
GodsMadClown said:
Set him up a Linux box to run the server, with a decent hard drive, and your pub owner will be very happy. I like Mandrake.
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Will it be OK in Windows? He's using the PC for other day2day stuff.
 
Yeah, it'll be fine in Windows. I kinda assumed that he would be using it strictly as the music server. He should also back up his music library.

Get them all ripped and then copy the whole lot of them over to something. DVD-R is a decent method, since MP3s (LAME -alt preset standard) or Ogg Vorbis (Quality setting 4 or 5) won't take up much beyond 4-5 4.2GB DVDs. This way, if his hard drive goes down, he can reload all the music when it come back from warranty replacement.

Use Exact Audio Copy for ripping.
 
GodsMadClown said:
Yeah, it'll be fine in Windows. I kinda assumed that he would be using it strictly as the music server. He should also back up his music library.

Get them all ripped and then copy the whole lot of them over to something. DVD-R is a decent method, since MP3s (LAME -alt preset standard) or Ogg Vorbis (Quality setting 4 or 5) won't take up much beyond 4-5 4.2GB DVDs. This way, if his hard drive goes down, he can reload all the music when it come back from warranty replacement.

Use Exact Audio Copy for ripping.
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Cheers GMC - sold!
 
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