OFF-TOPIC: STEREO (Was: Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Alternative)

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Will DeHaan wrote:

> A good sound card in a RaQ 3 with a pair of cheapy 40GB drives makes a
> great console MP3 player.  It'll fit right between your DVD player and
> receiver.  Anyone experimented with /etc/lcd.d ?  You can customize the
> LCD console menus to act as an MP3 appliance.  No remote control
> though...

My latest stereo receiver, just out of warranty (of course) just went
south (only weird low-frequency chirps come out of the speakers when
attempting to listen to FM), and I'm seriously considering creating a
stereo system out of entirely "NT" (new technology) parts:

A clone PC, a DVD player, a CDROMRW, about 40 - 80 GB of hard disk, a
great sound card, an FM tuner board, a TV-tuner board, a video-out
graphics card, a wireless kb, laser-mouse-pointer, and a good speaker
system.  Portable (Walkman-style) tape, too, plugged into the sound
card.

All parts replaceable when they break.

Anyone done that?

Jeff
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