The SB server can be set up as a 'process' so that it starts as soon as the PC boots up and runs regardless of who logs in our out. The trick is that you have to assign it a username and password that has "Admin" rights on the system. In my case, I simply assigned it my own user name and password.
However, depending what your kids do and how powerful the PC is, overtaxing the PC could effect the constant signal but the buffering it does should defeat that except for extreme circumstances. My PC was a home built, overkill project 4 years ago but it is now weak by modern standards and I can do anything including intensive 3-D gaming and my music flows just fine with nothing missed or jittered.
Still, I get your desire for a dedicated device. Whoever dies with the most toys, Wins!!!
If you need help setting up SB server as a process, let me know. In fact, I bet you still have my cell number from the sheet of numbers from the Axiom gathering.
