Ethernet MP3 Player

Erik Johansson writes: "You can now stream mp3s to your stereo, the guys at slimdevices seems to be building a bonafide ethernet mp3 player. There are some cool pictures of the soldering sweatshop, so perhaps it isn't vaporware?"

Oh sweet!

[baptiste]

That is one sweet little device! Nice to see someone go with a flourescent display instead of backlit LCD - they are more expensive, but so easier to read!

Man - hand soldering SMD board s- not a fun task! More power to these guys! I'm signing up for one for sure - my MP3 server is screaming for something like this!

The more of us that sign up and buy - the sooner they'll get ne in a nice box :)

Re:The Rio Receiver

[EvlG]

Problem with the Rio is you have to run a special Win32 app to stream to the thing. its not as flexbile as I would wish.

That and the display is impossible to read from across the room.

Re:Ethernet stereos?

[ksheff]

Given the environment inside your computer, you may get some interference included in your audio signal. Stereo-Link [stereo-link.com] manufactures a USB device that will allow the computer generated audio to be piped into a stereo w/o any of the included noise picked up from a sound card. It is available from this [studio-stuff.com] site too for $159. I would like to see how the ethernet device stacks up against this product.

Slashdotted!

[seanadams.com]

So I'm sitting here looking at my MRTG graphs [seanadams.com] and saying WTF - my server's trying to push out 2.5MBps onto my T1. Oops.

Thanks everyone for you interest in the SliMP3. Yes, we *are* building these by hand, at least the first 100, and we plan to ship in about two weeks. No we're not planning to build our next batch this way.

I'll do my best to answer everyone's questions. Again, thanks for the traffic, and sorry my server can't keep up!

Sean Adams
Slim Devices, Inc.

Re:The Rio Receiver

[Spoing]

Since the Rio Receiver's OS can be updated, can Ogg Vorbis support be added? I'm very curious...

How about an 802.11b version?

[tswinzig]

I'd love to get one of these, but I have no way (or desire) to string ethernet from my room to the living room. How about a version that accepts an 802.11b PC card? Pretty please?