ipod question (1 Viewer)

[Mike Maslo]

can somome please help me out, i really wanna buy this thing, but i'm a little confused about a few things. i want to use this device for the sole purpose of listening to my itunes library on my comp through my home stereo. do u need a wireless network in your home for this to work? i have standard dsl hooked up to my comp, i have no wireless network. would this product work for me in the way i want to use it without a wireless router? thank you for taking the time to read, please email me at teddyhart23 AT hotmail.com if you can help.

regards

Mary Anne Maslo

 

[Mike Wilk]

Not sure I fully understand your question but here are few things.

- I don't think you would need an iPod But, the iPod comes with a standard mini-headphone jack. A local radio shack-type store will carry a converter that goes from mini-RCA to stereo phono that will plug into any stereo receiver.

- That same converter, with a long enough cable, can take the sound from your computer's soundcard and send it to your stereo.

- I've seen ad copy for a plug goes into the bottom socket on the iPod that normally recharges the battery while connecting your iPod to your music library on the computer. This after-market device is "said" to output better fidelity sound than the headphone jack. No personal experience with product.

Hope that helps.

 

[Andrew Pratt]

If all you want to do is listen to your iTunes library on your home stereo you do not need an iPod. What you need is either a Roku SoundBridge or a SqueezeBox. I have a Soundbridge installed that talks to my iTunes server (presently running on my laptop) and serves up any song I want to the in-wall speakers installed in my livingroom. I wrote up a thread on the install process for mine if you want to learn more about the SoundBridges. That review is available here and there's another here and yet another here.

 

[Phil_L]

Even if you just want to listen to your ITunes library at home, and IPod might be a good purchase. It will give you the option of taking your music with you, in the car, the gym, etc.

I just broke down and traded in my old Mini-Disc player for a Nano. I use it mostly at the gym but just bought a very cheap mini to mini cable that I used to listen to the IPod through my Bose wave radio in the bedroom.

I like Andrew's idea, however, of using a music server set-up. But my wireless network is rather unreliable in this old, solid as a rock, brick house. Also, I would probably not have the first clue as to how to set it all up.

 

[Andrew Pratt]

Phil its actually very easy to install and you don't have to go wireless if you don't want. I have mine running in wired mode since my notebooks firewall/antivirus software doesn't play well with iTunes. That should change once I get the iTunes server up and running but that's a different story.