building a linux stereo receiver?

[Tyler Aviss]

Something that's mostly amp, with a DC conversion for the computer portion
( and a raspberri pi for the brains) might work nicely
On Jan 23, 2013 1:55 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 01:54:25PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > My stereo receiver just blew (wrong fuse!).  I am thinking about
> > replacing it with a simple embedded linux system that can
> > - play digital soundfiles stored on some kind of local hard drive
> > - be controlled from other computers in the house, and preferably also
> > from our android tablet
> > - access files on shared disk drives that live on other computers on the
> LAN
> > - switch inputs so e.g. it's possible to play records from the turntable
> >
> > Has anyone ever done anything like that?  Any suggestions?
>
> What will amplify for the speakers?  After all if you have 150W speakers
> and want to drive 5 of those, that's up to 750W.  What part of your PC
> is going to drive that?
>
> Most PCs also only have 1 or 2 line ins for audio.  Not that helpful
> in general.
>
> Also do you actually want to pass your sound through such a noisy
> environment as your PC case if you don't have to?
>
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