Quote Originally Posted by curiousburke
I don't have any problem with the idea theoretically, but practically I don't have a good way to run wires from PC to my stereo anymore
The Squeezebox can operate wirelessly.

Quote Originally Posted by curiousburke
and I don't want to have it on all the time.
You could use a NAS hard drive if you don't want the computer on. Also, you can get Internet radio w/o the computer.