Re: Inexpensive Flac player for separates system?

Josh Coalson <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:35:57 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.compression.flac.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
--- On Thu, 1/14/10, Nicholas Bower <[email protected]> wrote:
> - Low power consuption (eg just few Watts - it's just a decoder anyway).
...
> Squeezebox doesn't count for me - requires PC to be on, thus breaking
> rule 3 above as a few-hundred Watt music player system (pretty
> irresponsible solution if you ask me in these times).

FWIW it depends on how big your collection is, but the fit-pc + ssd
I use for squeezecenter uses < 2W measured at the wall with a
kill-a-watt.  it's smaller than my 8-port switch and uses less
power.