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Secret Squirrel

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  1. A first time poster - and thanks for the review.<br /> <br /> After spending some months looking at options for improving my home audio setup, I had nearly decided on using a QNAP NAS as the hub of a digital music collection. But over the last few weeks, I started having reservations, mainly around complexity, and whether a music system really needs to be complicated to be enjoyed.<br /> <br /> My aim was to have a NAS accessible to multiple laptop/desktop clients, as well as for use as a backup. But the more I though about a solution, I realised there wasn't really a problem.<br /> <br /> Most of the time, I listen to music in one room, where the comfy couch is. It's also where I listen to vinyl and compact discs, with various pc's scattered around other parts of the house. Ideas of streaming music from multiple sources sounded ok in theory, but putting it into practice become hellishly complicated, for an IT novice.<br /> <br /> After looking at multiple NAS options, and eveny buying an Apple airport thingy that doesn't like my home network, I threw my hands in the air and gave up.<br /> <br /> As a `temporary' solution, I built an Athlon II home music PC installed Windows 7 and iTunes, ran it through a Cambridge Audio DAC, then straight into a Cambridge Audio amp. Simple, and although hardly an audophile solution, it works for me.<br /> <br /> No doubt I'll tinker with options for years to come, but I doubt QNAP's products will find their way into my house.<br /> <br /> SS
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