Re: Introduction of new member - Recommendation on good NAS box for Sonos

[Phil Hooker <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm using the Linksys NSLU2 and it seems to be working well with my
Sonos kit. Very cheap 50 quid(ish) and does the job. There is also a
good community around it that have hacked it to bits and ported loads
of extra functionality if required. (it's a little linux pc that
supports USB drives). I put a couple of large drives behind it and it
backs up one drive to the other every night. Very similar to the Sonos
kit, I just plugged it in and it worked. Kit these days is no fun!!!
;)


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:20:49 -0000, geddesbruce <yahoo@xxxxxxx>
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> Hi all,
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> Looks like a great group you have going here. Glad to be a part of
> it. My interest in joining has been around the Sonos system that
> some of you appear to know a lot about. My 3 ebayed Zone Player
> units turned up from the states yesterday (controller coming in
> today seperately for some reason). It was a doddle to setup - I
> remembered to change over to 230v, just in time. Almost
> disappointingly easy setup, no option to flex my limited technical
> know how at all. Just worked.
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> I had one issue with one of the ZP that I placed on the floor in the
> corner of the room furthest away from another box. This didnt pick
> up the signal. Was fine when I raised it up three foot onto a
> sideboard. Now all three working a treat and happily streaming
> different tracks continuosly. Also has almost no impact on the PC
> the mp3s are sitting on.
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> Next step is to get 20m of Cat5 cable to free up the first
> zoneplayer attatched to the PC and move it three floors down to the
> living room where it will actually be of some use.
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> I am looking forward to seeing how the controller works.
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> Anyone recommed a good NAS box to work with the Sonos(which is
> presumably quieter and has less power useage than a full spec PC?
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> Rgrds to all,
> Bruce.
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