How to stream music from XP to HT receiver?

MattN03
MattN03 Posts: 558
edited February 2006 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
What are my options for streaming music wirelessly from my harddrive (XP Home OS) to a H/K AVR 635 receiver? Their within 20' of each other. Any suggestions?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    Wirelessly, directly the receiver? FM modulation maybe. :)

    Actually they make networked music hubs that hook into the reciever. Here's a page listing some - unfortunately it only lists the manufacturer websites, which you then have to search to find the actual item. Look to be around 200 bucks in most cases.
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  • MattN03
    MattN03 Posts: 558
    edited February 2006
    Oops, well I guess I actually meant streaming to a wireless hub I can connect to the receiver ;)
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2006
    I've used a Linksys wireless Home Media device which has Music and or Pictures from my XP home desktop computer. I can say it works fine happy with it.

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  • peteran
    peteran Posts: 141
    edited February 2006
    You can also check out Philips Streamium line.

    http://www.store.philips.com
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2006
    I use my XBOX 360 to stream audio from my main PC to HT, via XBOX 360 output. It works great, and SQ is very good.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited February 2006
    http://www.slimdevices.com/

    This thing is suppose to be the ****, I have no experience with it.
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited February 2006
    In getting a little further away from the original discussion some of the Onkyo receivers hook up to pc's via cat-5 cable. No wireless (interference issues) to deal with. Just a direct network connection to the receiver from your pc.

    I've got... let's just I have many many gigs of music on a hardrive. The convenience is brilliant. Of course there are better ways to hear muic but again the convenience of having that much muic at the click of a button is cool.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited February 2006
    Gotta love that Limewire.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,197
    edited February 2006
    Check out SqueezeBox II

    http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html

    H9

    My brother has one and it works very very well. He uses an outboard DAC insteda of the one built in, but it works very well.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • andersonbc
    andersonbc Posts: 9
    edited February 2006
    I have the AirTunes (http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/airtunes.html) and I love it. The downside is that you have to use iTunes (not a downside for me because I already use iTunes). You can also broadcast to multiple AirTunes if you like to fill the whole house with music. They run about $130.

    PS. You don't need an Apple computer to use these. I'm using a Dell Laptop running iTunes (with the music shared off of another computer).
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