<p>Something that's mostly amp, with a DC conversion for the computer portion ( and a raspberri pi for the brains) might work nicely</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 23, 2013 1:55 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org">lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 01:54:25PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:<br>
> Hey folks,<br>
><br>
> My stereo receiver just blew (wrong fuse!). I am thinking about<br>
> replacing it with a simple embedded linux system that can<br>
> - play digital soundfiles stored on some kind of local hard drive<br>
> - be controlled from other computers in the house, and preferably also<br>
> from our android tablet<br>
> - access files on shared disk drives that live on other computers on the LAN<br>
> - switch inputs so e.g. it's possible to play records from the turntable<br>
><br>
> Has anyone ever done anything like that? Any suggestions?<br>
<br>
What will amplify for the speakers? After all if you have 150W speakers<br>
and want to drive 5 of those, that's up to 750W. What part of your PC<br>
is going to drive that?<br>
<br>
Most PCs also only have 1 or 2 line ins for audio. Not that helpful<br>
in general.<br>
<br>
Also do you actually want to pass your sound through such a noisy<br>
environment as your PC case if you don't have to?<br>
<br>
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