Media Server Reviews

As readers of the Stereophile eNewsletter will be aware, the twin subjects of distributing music around my home and integrating my iTunes library of recordings into my high-end system have occupied much of my attention the past year. I bought an inexpensive Mac mini to use as a music server, using an Airport">http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/505apple">Airport Express as a WiFi hub, which worked quite well, but my big step forward was getting a Squeezebox. I described this slim device in the mid-Marchhttp://www.stereophile.com/images/newsletter/306Bstph.html">mid-March; and mid-Aprilhttp://www.stereophile.com/images/newsletter/406Bstph.html">mid-April; eNewsletters; I urge readers to read those reports to get the full background on this impressive device. In addition, the forums and Wiki pages on the Slim">http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_overview.html">Slim Devices website offer a wealth of information on getting the most from a Squeezebox.

How to integrate a computer into a high-end audio system is a hot topic these days. I'm getting more and more e-mails from readers asking for advice, Wes Phillips wrote about transferring his LPs to audio files in his Octoberhttp://www.stereophile.com/images/newsletter/1005Astph.html">October; and Novemberhttp://www.stereophile.com/images/newsletter/1105Astph.html">November; newsletters, and a lively thread on this topic ran on the forum">http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2067&page=0… at www.stereophile.com;.

It was John Atkinson, that legendary ornithologist, who first pointed it out: "Have you noticed how frequently you see women using the iPod?"