The wife really wants this, and I see the coolness of it in theory. The kicker is, there aren't many ways to make this happen at present. Yes, we have xm and a home adapter, but that's pulling from satellite, and the antenna has a loooong wire, and must be aimed just right. Yyelch.

So what she's found, that I like, is this.

It's not out yet, but it's a simple little LINUX-based conduit that you can program to go wherever you want (as long as there's no login required, I imagine). Wanna blast KEXP through your entire house? No sweat. Just boot it up, and go there.

And it's going to cost around $200-$250. So you don't have to buy some crap like the Phillips Streamium receiver, which is the whole receiver dammit (can't buy the one you want), and gets content from... I don't know where, because Phillips won't tell you yet. My GUESS is that they will partner with somebody big online, or make their own specific offerings, and the receiver only goes there. "But we'll offer you over 1,000 quality channels of" blah blah blah bullshit. I wanna go where I wanna go. If the Dawgs are playing, and there's a stream of it somewhere, I want it coming out of my ceiling speakers.

Am I missing anything obvious? I know a little about the apple airport, but the wife says "no linking to the pc." So there's that.

I don't get it. Kurtz has this at Redlands and it works great. Ask the wife if Redlands is too good for her?

Redlands is too good for her, and yes, she hates america.


Uhh, I know, my first retort was something like "b-b-but the aiport would put my whole library and anything else at our fingertips" but she doesn't want to have to run it with the pc. Soo, in order to fulfill that little wish, we're going around our elbow to get to our asshole, as dad would say.

Check out the Roku Soundbridge --> www.rokulabs.com

I'm so happy with it that I bought two. You can save an internet playlist and play your favorite stations without turning your computer on. You can use several different programs as servers, including (but not limited to) iTunes, MusicMatch, SlimServer, and TVersity. You can even have RSS feeds displayed on the screen if you want. If you shop around, you can usually find one for ~$100.

I'm listening to KEXP right now.

Edit: However, I'm not really sure if that's the type of thing you're looking for. In order to play your MP3 library, you either have to attach an external drive or keep your computer on.

The Roku is excellent. You do have to have your computer on, by that's not a big deal with me. I can play my whole library, podcast stuff through itunes and the internet radio hosted through roku. And the sound is pretty great. I've tried all sorts of hookups and this is the best, hands down.

The only worthwhile competitor, the Squeezebox 2, is roughly twice the price.