TheProf

Hello,

I'm in the process of setting up our home stereo system, and I wanted some thoughts on a possible setup I am considering.

I have a main computer (Pentium III) with many gig of music from my CDs, etc. That is also a computer I use for browsing, etc.

In the adjacent room is the stereo system with the amp & speakers. I'd like to be able to play the songs through the stereo. Now as far as I can tell, there are 2 ways I can do this:

1) Run line-out from the computer to Aux-in on the amp.
2) Have a computer at the stereo which will pull-down the songs via the network and line-out to the amp that way

Now option 1 is technically the easiest, but most limited in terms of convience and options.

I'm leaning towards option 2, and to make it work I have an old Pentium II laptop which I can use at the stereo. I would share the songs folder on the PIII, boot up the laptop using either Linux or Win 98, and run winamp/xmms/whatever to pull down the songs across the network. For the actual LAN I can go either wired at 100 mb or wireless at 54mb (802.11g). Not sure if the wireless is enough bandwidth though.

Any thoughts on this setup? I'd appreciate all comments.

Thank you