Standalone MP3 streamer...

[gwendes]

I will be moving shortly and one of the things that I never got round to sorting out at my old house was a decent audio setup... just after suggestions to do all of the following:

 

#Play at least mp3 up to 320kbps (ideally play FLAC as this is most of my live recordings)

#Have a remote control

#Have a 'shuffle' play

#Stream from one or more locations on more than one network locations

#Have a screen (as large as possible - NOT TV)

#Connect to an encrypted wireless network.

 

I already run a couple of XBMCs for TV and films but just want a simple, neat box to sit on top of my amp and receive my music. I've been looking at all sorts of projects - hackaday has one that's just a mini-ITX PC and that's a bit overkill I think...

 

A couple of 'it-would-be-nice-if' features

 

#connect two media streamers together to sync music around the house

#internet radio stations

#cheap ()

 

Any suggestions appr. I've been looking for a little while now and nothing seems elegant enough - If I was a consumer electronics company...

[dhicks]

Get someone in America to post you a Chumby (see http://www.chumby.com/). And get me one too, while you're at it :-)

 

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David Hicks

[gwendes]

Might be able to do that actually - my aunt lives perm in California...

[gwendes]

No speaker output that I can see - very pretty little box - bit like a TomTom

[SpuffMonkey]

Sounds like you're after a Squeezebox -

 

http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html

 

but they are a bit pricey.

[gwendes]

Gonna invest in a NSLU2 to save my electricity bill from crippling my account with the new mortgage! Must be able to play from NAS - don't worry about computer

[gwendes]

Sounds like you're after a Squeezebox -

 

http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html

 

but they are a bit pricey.

 

Would love a squeezebox... MIGHT be able to justify