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[BruceE]

Is there any way to get the music from the web player to a home theater reciver without having Squeeze Box or any gaming devices.
Thanks for any info on how to do this.

BruceE

[outofcontrol]

Yes I'm doing it right now. Run a aux audio cable from your computer audio output jack to your stereo aux input jack. Pretty simple.

[kwisp]

If you have a laptop with Bluetooth, you can send the audio to a Bluetooth receiver on the home receiver. Works great!

[trachshack]

I stream Slacker on my BlackBerry and connect it via a wire to my receiver...definitely low-tech but it works.

[fiver]

It all depends on how ghetto or high tech you want to be.

Easiest way is just hook the line out from your computers sound card into your receiver. Done. Sound quality will depend on a number of factors, and this is a solution that would be unacceptable to me but you may be perfectly happy.

My setup is a little bit more complex. My chain is Computer -> M-Audio Transit -> Optical into a Maverick D1. I like to have my Audio system electrically disconnected from my audio setup which is why I don't use the USB on the D1 or use a coaxial solution. Probably a bit of anal overkill, but it makes me happy.

From the tube preamp out of the D1, the signal goes to two different places.

The first is my Denon AVR where I prefer to use Dolby PLII M with a high center width and a medium dimension. This is for in room listening.

The second is a HeadRoom Micro Amp, with the crossfeed enabled. This is for private listening. Like when my wife wants to sleep :)

[4Corners]

How about via ethernet as you would with a Squeezebox?

I have a Pioneer SC-27 with an ethernet port and can stream music fom the web. Is there any way I can listen to Slacker thru my home system as I would an intenet radio station?

[MikeV]

How about via ethernet as you would with a Squeezebox?

I have a Pioneer SC-27 with an ethernet port and can stream music fom the web. Is there any way I can listen to Slacker thru my home system as I would an intenet radio station?

Unfortunately, no. Slacker is not your traditional internet radio, where there is a constant stream of data being fed by a server. Instead, Slacker works song-by-song, downloading each song individually and playing it. Unless your Pioneer receiver supports Slacker specifically, it's not going to work. Logitech has developed a specific plugin for their software that allows their Squeezebox devices to work with it.

[4Corners]

Too bad, but thanks for the info. Maybe Pioneer will add the plug-in eventually as they now support Rhapsody and Sirius.