Buy new cd player or buy a DAC for transport

[Feanor]

Bill, I use two computers too. The music server is a desktop PC that sits far away from the stereo rig. I use a laptop at my listening position to interface with it.

However, I don't have to remote into the PC. Squeezecenter works over a network on a web browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer. You can access it from any computer within range just by typing the web address into your browser.
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Here's what the web interface looks like in Firefox: ...

With SqueezeCenter can feed a regular sound card or do you have to use a SlimDevices device??

[Mike Anderson]

With SqueezeCenter can feed a regular sound card or do you have to use a SlimDevices device??

I'm pretty sure it works on anything, but I've never tried it. It's free to download, so why not try it.

Here's the webpage:

http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html

As interfaces go, it isn't as slick as iTunes. I'd stick with iTunes if I wasn't using a Squeezebox.

(And as I mentioned, you can use iTunes to drive the Squeezebox too, but most of my music is in FLAC and iTunes can't deal with FLAC, so i just use SqueezeCenter.)