Quote Originally Posted by Mike Anderson
Re putting something directly through the device, I'm not sure what you mean. You don't need to put anything "directly through" it except for the network signal it already takes. You can do that with CAT5 cable, or wirelessly.

Meaning that you can't play a movie (for instance) and get any sound-output from the Squeezebox.

If I have understood everything correctly the Squeezebox is simply a (simple) computer that hasn't got any storage. The only thing you do is supply storage and it will work from that.

So playing something on your main PC is as transparent to the Squeezebox as having two computers in the same network and playing music on one of them.


Quote Originally Posted by Mike Anderson
If you really want to generate an analog or SPDIF signal at the computer, you don't need this device, but you'll likely get inferior sound. Doing all that on the computer introduces noise, because of the computer's electronics.
Although there are external soundcards. And they should theoretically be better suited (if you look at interference) for that than the Squeezebox since a Squeezebox packs so much more than just the audio part.
Don't know if there are any suitable external cards for my use though.

Is the interference in a computer that bad that I can't even get up to my receivers level?
I must say that I'm sceptical to that.

Quote Originally Posted by Mike Anderson
You can always run a cord out of your sound card, in addition to the Squeezebox. It doesn't limit any other options.
True. But since I would have to buy another soundcard for movies and such that surely sounds like a quite expensive solution (especially if we are talking bang for buck).

The budget isn't fixed. Don't know where the 'roof' would be but for a good solution $250 might not be a problem.