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  1. Yeah, I'm the person responsible for our 12m to 6a music. I'm also responsible for getting sponsors for the station, writing checks and sweeping floors . There's not a lot of money in it but we get free music every day. Thanks for checking out our small homemade site for our small hometown station. But small ain't always bad. You have answered two of the main questions I had: 1. An Airport Express setup wouldn't necessarily slow down my wireless network, unless I'm going to the internet for music and 2. An Airport Express setup would allow (overall) more flexibility than some other options I'm considering and it would save me a couple hundred dollars as a bonus. Eloise was kind enough to answer the other question on using an iTouch as a iTunes remote for my PC iTunes setup. HughesNet is OK for what it is. We're signed up with the "middle speed" service of their three speed options available but it's still rather expensive, especially compared to my AT&T service here at the station. The only other thing I could do to speed things up is to hardwire the study and listening room. Thanks to you and Eloise for taking the time to respond in the detail you did.
  2. Thank you so much, Eloise! Your comments answers quite a few of my questions. My Hughesnet setup begins with the internet receiver in the garage wired to my linksys router. From there we use two linksys boosters...one placed in the livingroom (approx. 40 ft from the router) and the other placed in the study (another 30 ft away from the first booster). I pick up the wireless signal on my PC in the study from the linksys "stick" in the USB port. Not the best setup for music or video streaming but it's what I have to work with and it works pretty good most of the time, unless of course there's several computers trying to do the same thing at one time. That was the reason for the question about an Airport Express or a Squeezebox latching on to my current wireless network. Thanks again!
  3. "Long time listener...first time caller." I've done quite a bit of serching here before posting, so apologies to all here if these questions have been addressed. I want to use my current XP computer, located in the study, to stream music to my listening room which is just off from the study. I've thought about purchasing a Squeezebox but I have a few questions first. And if I sound like a complete digital audio noob it's because I am. But I'm a quick learner. We have a wireless internet system in our home using Hughesnet (we live in the country with no hope of landline DSL soon). Hughesnet is our only choice for "fast" internet. It's not fast but it is faster than dialup. When we're using more than one computer at a time to access the internet, it seems to slow down the wireless connection on both computers. Which leads me to my questions: 1. Will a Squeezebox use my existing network and slow down my wireless network even more? I can see me trying to listen to music in one room when my wife can't surf in the livingroom with her laptop. Would Airport Express use my existing network as well? 2. Assuming either one would not slow down my wireless network, why not just use a computer/Airport Express/DAC/amplifier setup? Wouldn't that allow anything my computer is playing (be it iTunes, internet radio, raw files, etc.) to be heard with decent quality through my audio system? Wouldn't I have more flexibility with an Airport Express? 3. Couldn't I use my iTouch (with the appropriate app) to control say, iTunes, on my XP computer from my chair in the listening room? That would seem to be as good a remote as one that comes with a Duet. After reading so many posts, there always seems to be a few new questions that come to mind. I want to try to use what I have now (PC computer) to test the digital server waters without adding another computer. Thanks for reading this far and I really appreciate the knowledge this Forum has supplied me.
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