[lug] Ethernet sound card

[Alan Robertson]

Peter Hutnick wrote:
> I've been knocking a (possibly stupid) idea around in my head.  Like every
> other Joe in town I want to be able to get music from my PC to my stereo. 
> I'm not real satisfied with any of the obvious solutions.  I think that
> there is a better way.
> 
> Obvious ways and their problems:
> 
> 1. Plug sound card output into stereo.
>  - Less than ideal quality
>  - Very limited distance between the PC and the stereo
> 
> 2. USB "sound card"
>  - Not much better run length
>  - Not cheap >a buck and a quarter
> 
> 3. Component MP3 player
>  - expensive
>  - limited to codecs/data rates/processing power of the box (or serious
> hacking)
>  - limited storage (yes, many are hackable)
>    OR
>  - tied to "server software" on a PC
> 
> 
> My idea is to build something similar to a USB sound card, but use
> Ethernet as the interface.


I have a Turtle Beach Auditron, and I love it.  Ethernet in, analog and 
digital audio out.

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at unix.sh