SliMP3 Successor; Radio Station in a Box

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.

Comments

Re:SliMP3 looked better

[Anonymous Coward]

the only thing i consider "sexy" is a fine woman, you damn freak!

Re:A day without MP3?

[Sheetrock]

I prefer FLAC, as while current lossy-compression standards might be OK for nu-metal/alternative/pop they completely mangle more complex music such as Shubert's Streichquintett C-Dur D 956 (Op. Post.163): Allegro ma non troppo or Twisted Sister's I Wanna Rock. However, the potential pitfall in using such a system has less to do with patents and more to do with copyright: it's quite possible that streaming over 802.11 requires broadcast royalties, especially if the stream isn't secured with a Virtual Private Network such as Microsoft's PPPTP. While it isn't likely they'll come after you, I'd be worried enough about people freeloading off of my expensive collection that I'd rather go with an over-the-wire solution.