Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 10:53am.
This week in Gearhead we start with some reader feedback and then carry on from the last two week's of dealing with digital music to answer Mrs. Gearhead's request for a digital thing to deal with the pile of CDs and our grumbling.
Submitted by Michael Pinkston (not verified) on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 10:11am.
Rather than moving the mountain why not move the messenger? Use an iPod to hold all the CD's and pick one of the large number of iPod speaker boxes. Works for me in my pool table room and since the iPod sync'd with my iTunes library. I can actually have my music in multiple locations with local control. Wife loves it and it's simple.
Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 10:13am.
That would be fine but if you aren't a gadget fan (Mrs. Gearhead is not) iPods aren't a great solution. Also there's the problem of Internet radio ... there's so much good stuff available via streaming that it would be foolish to miss out on it. That's why I'm so enthusiastic about the Slim Devices Squeezebox and Slimserver!
An iPod would be a lot easier
Rather than moving the mountain why not move the messenger? Use an iPod to hold all the CD's and pick one of the large number of iPod speaker boxes. Works for me in my pool table room and since the iPod sync'd with my iTunes library. I can actually have my music in multiple locations with local control. Wife loves it and it's simple.
Not a great iSolution for non-geeks
That would be fine but if you aren't a gadget fan (Mrs. Gearhead is not) iPods aren't a great solution. Also there's the problem of Internet radio ... there's so much good stuff available via streaming that it would be foolish to miss out on it. That's why I'm so enthusiastic about the Slim Devices Squeezebox and Slimserver!