[G4] Integratng with home stereo

[rich northouse]

What is wifi?


On Jun 5, 2004, at 10:21 AM, sr ferenczy wrote:

> not sure of the feasability of such a device... a speaker containing 
> an amp, 802.11g gear, i dont know it seems like a lot. there are lots 
> of radio frequency speakers, wifi just seems a bit convoluted.
>
> http://www.bestbuy.com/products/Ccat03048.jsp
>
> i guess my question is, what would wifi add to the mix? anything? 
> personally i think self powered speakers are a bit low performing 
> (overall) and i would much rather have a smaller, lighter speaker (no 
> built in amp) and run wire to a decent component amp....
>
>
>
>
> sandor
>
>
> On Jun 5, 2004, at 11:01 AM, Jim Pacyga wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity - has anyone seen anything that would be more of a 
>> self contained WiFi speaker device (eg., you could route audio to it 
>> without having to have a traditional stereo - sort of like a remote 
>> version of HK Sound Sticks for example)?
>>
>> jim
>>
>> On 5 Jun 2004, at 06:49, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
>>
>>> At 6:56 -0600 6/5/04, mswanson9988 at comcast.net wrote:
>>>> I want to integrate my G4 with my home stereo.  I have an etherent
>>>> connection (via a Linksys router) and can run cable pretty easily. 
>>>> I am
>>>> considering the Roku Soundbridge as an interface but the model I 
>>>> desire
>>>> is slated to be release/shipped in July (prev said May).  I don't 
>>>> think
>>>> I want to wait till July only to find there are more delays.  I
>>>> primarily want to play iTunes through stereo, but I can imagine 
>>>> trying
>>>> to play mpeg and jpegs files at some point.  Any other suggestions?
>>>>
>>>
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