Waay off topic Q about "music systems"

[OakLeaf]

Hey, Oakleaf! have you tried your Squeezebox 3.0 without the PC turned on?

I hadn't tried it before, but I had to know. Working fine

Not sure if you can add stations to the station list, though, or if you're limited to the ones they provide in the "SqueezeNetwork." I think when DH streams WBAI, he does it via his computer.

ETA: just downloaded the new software and firmware, and yes, you can edit the station list.

[Irulan]

maybe I'm missing something but what about surfing Shoutcast for classical, and using a simple free media player like winamp? It's all free, no subscrition or software fees.

I listen to internet radio, non commerical, non stop. I search for music genre via shoutcast, test a few search results out and voila, music to my taste as much as I want it. I have it set up both on a regular pc with speakers and a decent sound card, and also on another computer with an optical sound cable that goes into the home theatre.

http://shoutcast.com/ I've found all sorts of cool stuff - the powerdown bulgarian down tempo station; radio paradise, african stuff... the classical search brings up tons of options.

[SadieKate]

Finding classical music via the internet is no problem at all.

I'd rather not run any software or media player off my work computer, not to mention I can't change the sound card in the computer, and I don't want any cables and speakers on my desk for multiple reasons - clutter and sound quality both.

[SadieKate]

maybe I'm missing something but what about surfing Shoutcast for classical, and using a simple free media player like winamp? It's all free, no subscrition or software fees.

Like Pandora and probably other similar sites are blocked by my employer?

[Irulan]

Like Pandora and probably other similar sites are blocked by my employer?

shout cast is not file sharing, it's just catalog of internet radio links based on genre.