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Rackmountable internet streaming receivers

FTL_Ian

FTL_Ian

What are competitors to Barix's Extreamer line?

The receiver should, like the Barix, be able to connect to another like unit or connect to any old mp3 shoutcast stream.

Thanks!
 
Good luck in your search, I haven't found anything but have been using some old Roku soundbridge units for 24/7 feeds without a problem.

I've started buying up old Pentium II/III laptops at state surplus for $20 each, and using a $20 disk on module from ebay, you can basically have a no-moving-parts reciever (except for the fan). Use RX as the software (RX is from the guy who makes Sonos and MBL4 software processors), but it isn't on his website anymore.
 
Are the Roku soundbridge units discontinued? They look neat.

You can use a Netbook to receive a Widows Media Encoder stream. I played with Ustream.tv as an audio link today. It worked well except for some network congestion.
 
It seems like they are since you can't find much info on the Roku site anymore. I thought their boombox internet radio was cool, must have ate batteries though (plus cost $400). Roku over-engineered their stuff with expensive hardware and that made their devices expensive and no one bought them. I myself won't pay more than $60 for an internet radio player/
 
I just dont see the point in wifi radio players,, especially for 150-200 bucks a pop,,, why not buy a netbook for a bit more and have net radio and the who internet as well.. I guess the conveniance of storing presets and easily flipping through them.
 
Another option I considered, but never tried was to remaster one of those live linux CD distros. Ubuntu allows you to reconfigure theirs, and the most convenient part of the live CD is you can just send someone a disc and tell them to just use an old PC.

I'm sure someone who knows linux well enough could easily reconfigure it, all you really would have to do is strip off the GUI so it doesn't boot, and the use the startup script to pass the URL of the stream to a command line player set on "repeat" mode.
 
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