Meehan Mydog wrote:

What I am thinking of would be a sort of non-portable 'grown-up' iPod,
which would have all the convenience of the iPod combined with the sound
quality of a genuine hi-fi unit.

www.slimdevices.com

Check out the Transporter. Get a NAS with SqueezeCenter (formerly
SlimServer) on it. Rip everything to FLAC (lossless compression). Copy
to NAS. Connect Transporter or Squeezebox to wired or wireless network.
Enjoy.

No, devices like this tend not to have a built in hard drive. Better to
get a NAS (or install SqueezeCenter on your PC) and store all the music
centrally, no worries with syncing stuff then.

Although personally I wouldn't bother with FLAC... MP3 at VBR upwards of
224kBit sounds pretty much indistinguishable from the original WAV when
played through the same kit.

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"Glenn Richards" wrote in message
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Meehan Mydog wrote:

What I am thinking of would be a sort of non-portable 'grown-up' iPod,
which would have all the convenience of the iPod combined with the sound
quality of a genuine hi-fi unit.

www.slimdevices.com

Check out the Transporter.

Indeed, check out the price - $2000!

When I see something overpriced my usual remark is "cheap at half the
price", but this one would still be expensive at half the price.

David.