Hello there.
Here's my current system:
- Living room
Onkyo TX-SR508 + Infinity Beta HCS
Sony PS3
Samsung Whatever 32''
Asus O!Play
- Bedroom
Teac Whatever all-in-one Amp/Radio/CD Player + Wharfedale Diamond 8.1
- Other
Wireless Router
macmini
some old windows notebook
Samsung MonitorTV 23''
And what i want to do is this: Listen to my music (mp3) in the kitchen and bathroom; listen to my music (mp3) and my videos (divx and similar) in the bedroom and living room.
For that, i'll purchase a Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 2TB NAS Cloud edition (Upnp and itunes server), so i don't have to turn on the computer all the time. Next, i'll buy some display for the macmini and use the existing samsung monitortv for the bedroom. Also, the Asus O!Play will go to the bedroom (PS3 will serve as media center in the living room, will have to check if it will read all formats, but as an alternative, i could just buy another Asus O!play, no problem).
So what i really need advice for is the kitchen and bathroom. I was thinking some kind of compact media streamer with integrated amp and speakers, like squeezebox radio (x2), but not sure about sound quality (and compatibility - will it read my files directly from iomega NAS or will it need some software instaled in the macmini?). For the bathroom maybe it will do (small one), but for the kitchen I'm not so sure. Any alternatives? Any comments about the whole setup?
Thank you very much. First time poster, but longtime reader here
Here's my current system:
- Living room
Onkyo TX-SR508 + Infinity Beta HCS
Sony PS3
Samsung Whatever 32''
Asus O!Play
- Bedroom
Teac Whatever all-in-one Amp/Radio/CD Player + Wharfedale Diamond 8.1
- Other
Wireless Router
macmini
some old windows notebook
Samsung MonitorTV 23''
And what i want to do is this: Listen to my music (mp3) in the kitchen and bathroom; listen to my music (mp3) and my videos (divx and similar) in the bedroom and living room.
For that, i'll purchase a Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 2TB NAS Cloud edition (Upnp and itunes server), so i don't have to turn on the computer all the time. Next, i'll buy some display for the macmini and use the existing samsung monitortv for the bedroom. Also, the Asus O!Play will go to the bedroom (PS3 will serve as media center in the living room, will have to check if it will read all formats, but as an alternative, i could just buy another Asus O!play, no problem).
So what i really need advice for is the kitchen and bathroom. I was thinking some kind of compact media streamer with integrated amp and speakers, like squeezebox radio (x2), but not sure about sound quality (and compatibility - will it read my files directly from iomega NAS or will it need some software instaled in the macmini?). For the bathroom maybe it will do (small one), but for the kitchen I'm not so sure. Any alternatives? Any comments about the whole setup?
Thank you very much. First time poster, but longtime reader here
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