[slinkelist] Re: Digital Audio Reciever

[David Morgenlender]

I've been enjoying this discussion!  It's gotten me to thinking about my
short-term needs.  I've got my CD players, PC running CDJ & Slink-e on =
one end
of the house.  I'd love to be able to play music from these players =
throughout
the house.  But most importantly, I'd love to be able to play music in a =
room on
the opposite end of the house;  the room has a stereo, PC & network =
connection.

Presumably, I can use SlinkeServ to run CDJ from the PC in that room.  =
But that
doesn't get the audio into that room.  I'd like, but don't need, great =
audio
quality there;  an analog output from PC sound card to stereo is =
adequate.  Can
you suggest any relatively simple way to accomplish this?  It seems like =
the key
would be the Slink-e room:  to connect a receiver or mixer (which I don't=
 have
yet) output to a PC, then somehow distributing the audio over the network=
 for
reception by the PC in the other room.  Otherwise, I guess there could be=
 stereo
distribution directly (without PC & network).  BTW, the CD players have =
digital
outputs, but not the receiver.  Actually, digital distribution would be =
nice,
but truly not necessary!

Secondarily, it would be nice to select & distribute into a room without =
a
network connection.  I suspect the solution here is to install network & =
PC,
although I'd really like to avoid that, especially the PC!

So ... any suggestions?  Can you recommend any place to look for info on =
this
topic?  (I know little about home automation, other than the existence of=
 X10.)

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Dave Morgenlender
e-mail: dmorgen@alum.mit.edu
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