I bought my wife a Philips Streamium SLA5520 some time ago. It's a nice little device that can cope with some DRM music and it was cheap. I have a few minor issues with it but I think they can be readily resolved
Firstly it sometimes seems a little slow connecting to the network so I am going to look at upgrading my wireless network
Secondly, it needs a PC to be turned on. My solution to this is the LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini a smart little device that should just do the job. It is accessible from Linux and it has twonky built into it which means it will serve media to both the streamium and my PSP
Finally, the room that the streamium is in is mostly used as a second office at the moment. It therefore means that the laptop is in there. When listening to music it seems to me to make sense to have computer control where available and so I am looking at this for controlling the device.
I think this combination is going to give me a genuinely flexible setup that can be upgraded in future
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