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Offline xm41

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HTPC anyone?
« on: December 03, 2009, 10:32:10 PM »
Does anybody here use an HTPC their system?
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2009, 10:37:45 PM »
Sorry to say I do not.  HT was my first dive into audio but it seems I have more intrest in 2 channel systems now.  Not that I don't have a pretty nice HT.

Now I do know someone who has a media center.  He has terabytes of movies and music.  It is pretty cool.
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2009, 10:42:32 PM »
I am still in the dark ages on that. ;D
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2009, 10:44:04 PM »
Quote from: thuffman03 on December 03, 2009, 10:37:45 PM
Sorry to say I do not.  HT was my first dive into audio but it seems I have more intrest in 2 channel systems now.  Not that I don't have a pretty nice HT.

Now I do know someone who has a media center.  He has terabytes of movies and music.  It is pretty cool.

That may be coming down here soon.  I will add a shit load of Pink Floyd on the HD just for Dan. :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2009, 10:48:32 PM »
I do stream some music from my pc.  I don't have a big collection but I bought a Logitech Squeezebox Duet that lets me use my wireless network and play music that I have ripped or stream off the internet radio and I have an account with Rhapsody.  I found that the music from the player is pretty good but I like my tube cd player better.
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2009, 11:29:22 PM »
I've thought about it.  My main problem with the idea right now is that i've got a HUGE collection of .mp3 from when I was a kid, but it was all ripped at 128khz (because I didn't know any better at the time) so it's of little use to me.

I'm also considering just upgrading my PC to vista and then using the xbox360's windows media connection as a means to serve music off of my PC in the office room (for whatever reason, regular windows XP won't talk to the 360, it's gotta be vista or the special XP media center edition)

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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2009, 03:36:15 PM »
Quote from: OCCD on December 03, 2009, 10:42:32 PM
I am still in the dark ages on that. ;D

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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2009, 04:52:23 PM »
Don't use my PC for HT, but it is my music server.  Use iTunes, wireless router and Apple Airport Expresses to stream music wirelessly through my house.  CDs are ripped to iTunes using Apple Lossless format.
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2009, 12:00:23 AM »
God, I love 2 channel.
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2009, 02:12:01 AM »
I don't even know what that is.. I will stick with cd's and stereo..
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Re: HTPC anyone?
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2009, 09:49:38 AM »
Quote from: treitz3 on December 05, 2009, 12:00:23 AM
God, I love 2 channel.


Call me crazy... I think treitz3 is onto something here. ;D
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