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markluxton

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  1. I should have included more details in my original post. In my living room, I currently have a pretty average Pioneer 5.1 receiver and streaming media (music: wav, mp3, flac with some similar assortment of video) from my office computer to my Xbox 360. The reason I don't like this is the noise of the Xbox, its slow response time, inability to efficiently manage my media from my living room and no web browsing. (For the networking piece, I have receivers connected to computers, all of varying quality throughout the house. I don't intend to upgrade these areas as I'm not worried about quality here so much as convenience. This part of it is an easy fix on my end.) So, I'm planning to completely revamp my living room set-up and thought a computer would be the way to go. This would allow me to do all that I want through one device, add features later without having new boxes in the middle and possibly control it through an Android device. I also think it'd be a nice project to find and put together what I need to make this happen. I know there are HTPCs out there, but since I don't watch a lot of movies or tv (outside of college football and hence the desire for cable), I was hoping could find something that would allow me to watch video if I wanted, but focus instead on maximizing audio quality. (I'm carefully avoiding the word audiophile as I don't consider myself that extreme. I'd just like to listen to music through a system that can show the details. I hate losing a rhythm guitar or something in the background.) My thought would then be to build a computer, run the video to the TV and audio to a stereo amplifier. It's the building the computer part where I feel lost. I'm willing to learn, but I don't know what's out there so I don't even know what my options are. This sort of stuff is so fragmented right now, it's hard to find beginner information.
  2. I'm looking to set-up a home media network centered around my music collection, but I don't have a clue where to even begin. The main thing is being able to access my music from various rooms in the house, but I'd also like to be able to play the various TV shows and maovies I have, connect to the Internet and get rid of my cable box. I'd also prefer to do this with as few devices as possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Advice, links, etc are appreciated.
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