SliMP3 Successor; Radio Station in a Box

Posted by michael on Tuesday November 18, 2003 @08:29AM from the geeks-in-space-reborn dept.

XDG writes "Slim Devices just updated their website and announced The Squeezebox, the Wi-Fi successor to the SliMP3 player. The new hardware adds digital output, support for uncompressed WAVs, and, of course built-in 802.11. And, best of all, it's still a simple front end hardware device running on upgradeable, customizable, 100%-open-source server software. Anyone that owns or ever drooled over a SliMP3 has something new for their holiday wish lists!" We also have a submission about a "digital radio station in a box" from World Vibrations.

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Re:A day without MP3? by dr_dank · 2003-11-18 08:51 · Score: 4, Insightful

It's patent-encumbered and lossy, yet has somehow permeated popular culture

True, but its freely available and the difference in sound quality between a 256k encoded mp3 and the source cd is negligible at best.

Most of the public are not audiophiles. The music lovers listen to the music. Audiophiles listen to the equipment. ;)

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