[G4] Integratng with home stereo

[sr ferenczy]

wireless fidelity/a short nickname for wireless networking both the 
802.11b and the 802.11g standards.  aka through apple as airport and 
airport extreme.


sandor

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On Jun 6, 2004, at 11:22 AM, rich northouse wrote:

> 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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