Meehan Mydog wrote:

The logic here is pretty sound, except for the sound itself. The quality
of the compressed files on the iPod when played through my hi-fi system
leaves something to be desired.

I hope you are *not* using the headphone connector to connect! Find a
docking station and connect to that.

(And, although an iPod has incredible
storage capacity for it's small size, it would not take my entire
collection in an uncompressed state.)


I use a Slimdevices (now logitech) Squeezebox 3 with a cheap HP proliant
server for storage, for the house. That bunch is not HiFi unit shaped,
but the server lives at the bottom of the garden in a shed so I don't
see it. The unit itself is small but with a clear display you can see
for quite a distance.

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

Lately, they have come out with the HiFi shaped 'unload your wallet'
Transporter

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

Then, then the hide it away 'Duet' with colour LCD controller

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

Lastly, the 'boom' (which I'm tempted to use as a kick-ass clock radio)

http://www.slimdevices.com/

There is also Sonus who do the same type of thing comparable with the
Duet for multi-room.

http://www.sonos.com

And others I have missed .... :-)

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Adrian C