[PLUG] music station

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

The problem (1): I want to listen to music (available as mp3 and ogg
files) in my dining room.

The problem (2): Although I have network ports in the living room /
dining room (and wireless), I don't have a computer there.  I'm not
fond of leaving a 300 W computer on all the time just in case, but I
know if it means booting a computer, going downstairs to tell it what
to play, etc., it won't get used much.


So I'm trying to find a (reasonably priced) solution that allows me to
have music up there.  I have an amp and speakers available.  Using a
tape deck or individual CD player doesn't work for me, as I want to be
able to have music play for an evening without need for intervention.

A friend pointed me to Roku:

    http://www.rokulabs.com/

I've also thought about an iPod-like device hooked up to the amp.
Ipods are too expensive for this application (I'd like to keep the
project under $100).  I thought about some sort of device that accepts
compact flash.  There would be ogg problems, but mp3 only might still
work out ok.

Needless to say, transfer of music files from my linux box has to
work.

Anyone have any suggestions?

-- 
 Jeff

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