[CUBE] Fill my house with good music...

[atoa at krak.net]

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Chris Weiss wrote:

> Mark Plunkett wrote:
>
>> Sorry Guys I guess I just don't keep up with things. Thanks in advance for 
>> the help.
>> 
>> 
>> O.K. so I need Airport express...
>> 
>> Plus and Airport Card for my cube.
>> 
>> Plus an Airport card for my iBook 500G3
>> 
>> Plus an airport card for my kids iMacDV 400G3 (runs OS9 though). How do I 
>> max the RAM on this girl?
>> 
>> Sounds Great. What model Airport Cards do I need?
>> 
>> Should I call OWC?
>> 
>> Mark
>
>
> Actually, all you really _need_ to listen to music anywhere is the wireless 
> card in whatever machine you want to control iTunes with and the Airport 
> Express near the stereo you want to pipe the music to.
> That said, an iBook without wifi is rather like a Sundae without chocolate - 
> you're missing the best part of a laptop!

You don't even need that. You do need _some_ wireless transmitter 
connected to the computer that you are streaming from, but it doesn't need 
to be internal. You'll get better throughput with a third-party 11g unit,
and probably better range, as well. And for less money, if you shop 
wisely.

>
> You'll want the older Airport card for the Cube (not Airport Extreme). OWC 
> had a batch on discount a few months ago for $60 or so each. No idea if they 
> still have them. They're pretty hard to find these days.
>
> Unfortunately, my personal experience with the Cube and Airport Express 
> hasn't been that good. I've got two Airport Expresses at opposite ends of the 
> house and the Cube almost in the middle. Even though the Cube reports full 
> signal strength, I still get audio dropouts on both units. They're much worse 
> in the living room next to the big stereo & TV setup (lots of electronics) as 
> opposed to the bedroom, which only has a small stereo. In all other aspects, 
> the Airport Express rocks. Setup was a breeze and all of my wifi devices work 
> well moving between the two units.
>
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