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just use soundsticks
Authored by: RobA on Feb 26, '02 05:46:50AM

I just plug the Soundsticks with iSub into my iBook and the whole living room is full of music. Isn't this easier ??



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Hard to move...
Authored by: robg on Feb 26, '02 09:03:49AM

Well, I tried lugging the G4 tower down to the living room every time my wife wanted to listen to our MP3's, but the thing is a bit heavy to move regularly! ;-)

With the Audiotron (or any other such device), the computer no longer has to be located anywhere near the stereo system. All you need is an ethernet connection, and you've got music whereever you want it. You could even hook up a couple of them to pipe different tunes to different areas of the house.

My ideal version of this product would have an internal Airport card, so you wouldn't even have to string wires (or live in a pre-wired house). Just plug it in and it talks to your existing Airport base station, and off you go! Someday soon, I would guess...

-rob.



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Hard to move...
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on Feb 26, '02 09:25:28PM

OK... I listen to MP3s on my G4, and I have really nice speakers (Monsoon MM-702s) just so I dont have to go into the living room to get my favorite CDs... but when I'm in my living room where my stereo is, I listen to the real CDs! Why would you want to listen to MP3s of CDs you already have, presumably where your stereo is? The real CDs sound much better!

This is neat in a geeky kind of way, but doesn't make much sense to me.



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Convenience...
Authored by: robg on Feb 26, '02 11:43:04PM

We're not necessarily audiophiles here, and the MP3's (ripped at 192khz) all sound fine to my very untrained ear. The major benefit to this system is having every song that I've ever bought available at the touch of three or four buttons. That beats getting up, digging through the stack of CD's for a few minutes, not finding what I was looking for, and then finally remembering the CD I wanted is at work!

Now our music is always available, regardless of the location of the master CD. And we never have to change the disc in the CD player again! It's also nice for background music at parties; pick a genre and go. No futzing about with stacks of discs, just hours (or days, if you throw good parties!) of music.

This high level of convenience makes up for a slight loss in sound quality for us -- others may have different conclusions!

-rob.



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Hard to move...
Authored by: xSmurf on May 09, '03 02:51:45AM

Just add and Ethernet to Wireless adapter to it, it's not ideal,
yet it will do the job!

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- The only AAP Smurf ;P



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