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[ILUG] of mp3's and living rooms..

[ILUG] of mp3's and living rooms..

Frank Duignan frank.duignan at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 16:19:08 IST 2007


>From a UI perspective for non-tech savvy users you could plug in a
(portable) mp3 CD player into the AUX input and prepare various mp3
collections for different moods/users/occasions.  The user just sticks in a
CD as normal and hits play.  Better yet if your CD system already supports
mp3 cd's
f.

On 09/08/07, Paul Jakma <paul at clubi.ie> wrote:
>
> So...
>
> Any opinions on the best[1] way to "mp3 enable" one's living room?
>
> I've had those micro-FM-radio-station thingies suggested to me. Also
> suggested is that many new stereos have USB connectors (they can read
> MP3s from USB storage??).
>
> Ideally I'm looking for something that will fit in nicely with a
> micro-hifi stack (e.g. cause it is one :) ), with a consumer-friendly
> UI.
>
> Kevin Lyda has/had an older 'slimp3' thingy, and I see they're still
> in business making some nice devices, so I might look there unless
> people have other, better suggestions.
>
> NB: I'm not an audiophile, so 'best' for me does not include
> gold-plated cables with teflon coated jackets, etc. My 'best' tends
> to revolve around cost..
>
> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma      paul at clubi.ie   paul at jakma.org  Key ID: 64A2FF6A
> Fortune:
> Adde parvum parvo manus acervus erit.
>         [Add little to little and there will be a big pile.]
>                 -- Ovid
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