Sonos! Full disclosure: I work for them :) The truth is that Sonos is far and away the best solution if you want multi-room ... if you just want point-to-point and you're hacker-friendly (which is probably the case, as you're on this list) then squeezebox is cheaper, fine for a single connection, and allows you to hack their box. If you want a full treatise on why and where Sonos is better, I'm more than happy to oblige. If you're really nice to me, I may be able to give you a coveted friends-and-family coupon that can get you a discount :) Cheers, Lee On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brett Russ <bruss@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gary Hanley <gary@hanley.net> wrote:
Thanks guys. Looking at my post it was obvious I wasn't clear. I meant wireless streaming. My stereo is not in proximity to my Linux box so hardwiring is out. I quickly looked at Squeezebox and I think it might be what I want. I'll spend more time reading up on that soon.
I second Squeezebox, I have two of them (3rd gen & a Duet). BTW, if you have (or would buy) an iPhone or iTouch, the iPeng app that runs on that platform beats the Duet RF controller (aka "SBC") for usability, so you could save yourself the cost of the SBC and just get the player box. I haven't looked into the Squeezebox Touch product they have now...
If there are other wireless PC-to-home-stereo solutions I'd love to know about them.
Sonos and Roku are a couple others.
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