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Presently, I have much of my music on an ipod which is connected to my stereo system and plays through my speakers. Is it possible to connect a hard drive to the stereo and store the music on it instead? Given the cost of these now, I could store much more music and in a higher quality than MP3 if this is possible.
Thanks
Ron

Hi Ron,

Some receivers let you do this; I believe the Denon 3808 has this feature. There are various other devices (for a ton of $) that do it as well. One of interest (for a lot less than a ton of $) is the media center box from Western Digital.

How about an AppleTV? You mentioned using an iPod, so you're already used to iTunes. The AppleTV acts like an iPod, but one that responds to remote control and outputs full HD video as well as digital audio. All your music + videos + TV shows sync to your iTunes account (wifi or wired).

I have the 160GB one and it works great. We've actually been surprised at how much we like it. It is my most used source of music and we rent a lot of movies with it. Of course, if your music collection is larger than 160GB, an AppleTV won't solve your problem.

Cheaper than a 3808, and a LOT cheaper than something like a Sonos.

Yes Ken, also the 3808 has a nice decompression feature that helps restore compressed audio to like normal.

i use my ps3 (80g) with a tera external hard drive and it works great

I strongly recommend the Logitech Squeeze Box Duet. I've also just used the two audio outs on my computer. One went to my receiver and the other went to my PC speakers. When I wanted to listen through my Axioms I just used the proper input on the receiver.

I think the coolest toy I've bought in a long time is the Squeeze Box Duet. I love the silly thing. I ripped all my music to FLAC, put it all on a HP media server and the Duet talks to the server. Super-duper cool....

I still have scares from all the work ripping my CD's, but I think it was worth the effort.

I've always been interested in trying a Squeezebox out, but what are the major benefits of the Duet over the Classic? I see the Classic has a higher signal-to-noise ratio and lower THD. Even if it doesn't result in audibly lower performance, paying more for lesser specs always seems wrong.

Apparently, I'm trying to paint a target on myself.

Do you think the Squeezebox is already taken?