building a linux stereo receiver?

[Mel Wilson]

On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 11:03 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> Yes, I was thinking along htose lines, Tyler.  But maybe it's not
> worth it -- better to make a tiny raspberry pi-based box w/ a decent
> sound card, a medium-sized hard drive, & a wireless connection, onnect
> to an amp, and drive the audio player via some remote software -- shiv
> had an idea for that but I can't remember what it was...

Another ARM system has appeared, at the next price-point up from the Pi:
<http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G135341370451&tab_idx=1>
Big jump in power and capacity.  Don't know if it has a future.

	Mel.


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> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > 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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