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DIY Ethernet Audio Receiver
geo writes "I created this site to describe my latest toy: a digital audio multicast receiver. LANPipe receives 16-bit, 44.1 kHz audio multicast from a PC based server. The server uses a Winamp plug-in, so LANPipe can play almost any source format (mp3, ogg, uncompressed). It even has a digital audio output. The receiver uses a custom CPU written in VHDL and implemented on a Xilinx FPGA. This was a fun project that is best appreciated by fellow hardware geeks."
In Soviet Russia, first is third!
How about everyone gets back on the topic?
Slashdotters, before you slam this thing, please consider the following facts:
not everyone has a spare PC or two lying around the house
some people DON'T have their PC sitting in the middle of their family room, right next to the stereo.
people value elegance
Hmmm, yeah companies like turtle beach or Sonic Blue should have came up with and idea like this...
they could have sold it under the names like audiotron or Rio reciever
what a great Idea! you are such a smart feller!
Think about it... someone could have mp3's playing without a computer! I wish the above 2 companies would have thought of that 2 years ago...Oh wait.... they DID!