On 5 Dec 2006 23:34:11 -0800, miso@sushi.com wrote in
<1165390451.247864.243630@16g2000cwy.googlegroups. com>:

>Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> deano@yesits.freeserve.co.uk hath wroth:
>>
>> >As a follow up to a previous thread/post...
>>
>> Which you didn't bother identifying so I have no clue to what you're
>> referring.
>>
>> >Is there an amp on the market, that can connect to my Vigor router, via
>> >one of its ethernet ports, and feed audio from my wireless laptop?
>>
>> Yes. These are essentially computahs that will decode streaming audio
>> from the internet or from your computer. Some will also do video. For
>> example:
>> http://www.slimdevices.com
>> The "tuner" can be fed from wired ethernet or wireless. You can also
>> build your own out of a small form factor PC such as EPIA or mini-ITX
>> with 5.1 audio.
>
>Slimdevices seems to be the top end. Fry's is now selling
>http://www.rokulabs.com/
>Slimdevices has the advantage of being the only player with FLAC
>support.

Apple Airport Express uses ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), which is
roughly comparable to FLAC.

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