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> > ....All I want to do is |
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> > send my laptop's audio output to an external sound card which I am |
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> > connected to wirelessly. Does anyone know of such a device? |
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> I'll bet there's Linux software to allow you to do this with an Apple |
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> Airport Express, but that might be too much (money), too. |
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That device isn't too expensive, but I don't think it is designed to |
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do what I want to do even if it did work with Linux. This article: |
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/35816.html |
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is about a programmer cracking the device and it says: |
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"Johansen's efforts will enable users to escape the exclusive lock on |
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iTunes music and stream music in AAC format (used in iTunes) from |
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other applications." |
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That sounds like the wrong kind of data is sent from the computer to |
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the Airport. I just want the raw to-be-processed-by-sound-card data |
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to be sent from the computer to the external sound card. That way I |
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can use any digital source of music I like. |
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Gentoo+VMware+Windows+Musicmatch+OnDemand is my favorite. |
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> The cheap way to to this seems to be US Robotics' SoundLink system - |
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> a Google revealed many similar devices with or without built-in |
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> speakers and around the £70 - £80 mark. |
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> http://www.usr.com/products/device/p-device-product.asp?sku=USR6003 |
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That's much more like it, but it broadcasts from the |
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computer+transmitter to the receiver by way of FM radio. That will |
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hurt sound quality. Have you seen anything like that that operates |
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via 802.11? |
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Ideally, this device would receive the to-be-processed-by-sound-card |
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data from the laptop in the digital realm. It would then convert it |
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to an analog signal and output it via standard RCA cables. It would |
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also have a digital-out option which would bypass the internal sound |
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card and connect to any standalone DAC (digital-to-analog convertor) |
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via SPDIF for even more control over the quality of the sound. There |
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are many devices just like this, except they want to play your music |
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for you. I just need something to pass the ready-to-go information |
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along. |
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- Grant |
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> Stroller. |
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