Broadcasting 2.0 » 2006 » January » 09 http://www.broadcasting20.org Emerging technologies for one-to-many telecommunications Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:28:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My audio setup for the Christmas Holidays http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/09/my-audio-setup-for-the-christmas-holidays/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/09/my-audio-setup-for-the-christmas-holidays/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:18:46 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/09/my-audio-setup-for-the-christmas-holidays/ I am happy to be back on Broadcasting 2.0 after two weeks of silence.
 
I would like to relate here my recent experiments with streaming audio as part of my home network.
 
The system I configured (late at night on december 23!) was base on four major technologies:
  • the squeezebox music network player made by Slim Devices
  • the SlimServer, provided by the same company
  • the Apple Mac mini
  • a WRT54G Linksys Wifi access point

The client side looked quite funny with the slim device feeding an old amplifier from the 70s (note the 8-track cartridge player):

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On the Mac I also installed a VNC server so that I could control it without a keybord and a monitor connected to it:

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All I can say is that the setup ran flawlessly throughout my two weeks at home. The quality of service was also very impressive even while the microwave oven was on (I have had some bad experience with that in the past). The slimdevice is also impressively well thought in terms of user friendliness.
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