My specifications for the perfect stereo have not nearly been matched by any company. Just buying one with bluetooth and USB plug and play will set me back £280. Thus I have set a task for myself: to build my own. This may take 5 years going by my track record but I see it as a feasible effort. So, what are my aims for this ultimate stereo system?
At the moment I use my PC for all of my music, whether it be listening to last.fm stations or mp3s via the highly flexible and brilliant foobar2000. I don't like having to have my pc on to listen to music, especially as it has a tendency to make fan noise, consume power and all the other failings of my four year old PC (which is standing up remarkably well).
Functions I want:
I am not asking much of myself.
At the moment I use my PC for all of my music, whether it be listening to last.fm stations or mp3s via the highly flexible and brilliant foobar2000. I don't like having to have my pc on to listen to music, especially as it has a tendency to make fan noise, consume power and all the other failings of my four year old PC (which is standing up remarkably well).
Functions I want:
- Wireless connectivity to play internet, last.fm stations and send playback statistics to the last.fm service.
- Wireless or bluetooth connectivity to quickly sync' newly downloaded files from PC to the stereo's harddrive.
- USB Plug and play for mp3 players, etc, built in ipod dock
- Bluetooth connectivity to transfer files to my phone and other devices
- DAB Digital Radio Tuner, Short range FM output
- DVD-Audio, MP3-CD, CD playback and DVD/CD burning capabilities (preferably tray-less for sexiness).
- MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG, M4A, AC3, WMA, etc.
- A bluetooth remote (possibly using Wii controller)
- Tape deck (yeah I still love that analogue fix)
- Recording functions
- LCD colour display that shows album art, artist image, now playing information and playlist info - essentially what my foobar shows (that's the costly bit and touch screen is only a dream), spectrum analyser.
- 5.1 surround sound compatibility, Bass and Treble control
- 100 GB HDD internal and support for external HDDs
- Phono and digital audio, headphone jack and microphone plugs
- Ideally all running using Foobar2000, but that needs windows et al.
I am not asking much of myself.
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