MannyE
Exterminate!
I want to incorporate some audio streaming / digital file playback into my system. A while ago I set up a Dell mini 10 I had laying around as a music server but I've since needed to load windows back onto it and put it back into the rotation as a regular PC, so that's out.
I can either build something new or buy something but I'm not sure what would be best. At the moment I have the following sitting "on deck" as it were:
XBOX 360
An older mobo with a first gen i7 920 sitting in it and 4 gig of ram. I think it's an Asus PT6...I would need to get everything else but the resulting PC would be large. This is a last resort.
I have several (3) Passport Ultra external 1T USB drives.
A B&K Reference 30 A/V preamp. I don't know if this is relevant, but my current two-channel system is using my B&K Ref 50 A/V preamp and Outlaw 750 amp. I just wanted to list anything I thought might be useful.
Can I use any of this stuff without too much fiddling or is it easier to just buy a commercial solution? I have hooked up the iPhone to the Reference 50 just to see how it would sound and I really didn't like it. Movies and music when I played them through the 360 sounded much better, but not as good as a high-ish end CD player (NAD or Onkyo)
I can either build something new or buy something but I'm not sure what would be best. At the moment I have the following sitting "on deck" as it were:
XBOX 360
An older mobo with a first gen i7 920 sitting in it and 4 gig of ram. I think it's an Asus PT6...I would need to get everything else but the resulting PC would be large. This is a last resort.
I have several (3) Passport Ultra external 1T USB drives.
A B&K Reference 30 A/V preamp. I don't know if this is relevant, but my current two-channel system is using my B&K Ref 50 A/V preamp and Outlaw 750 amp. I just wanted to list anything I thought might be useful.
Can I use any of this stuff without too much fiddling or is it easier to just buy a commercial solution? I have hooked up the iPhone to the Reference 50 just to see how it would sound and I really didn't like it. Movies and music when I played them through the 360 sounded much better, but not as good as a high-ish end CD player (NAD or Onkyo)