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Limited right now, just put the damn computer on the rack, best anyways.

Posted by Gordon Rankin (M) on April 18, 2007 at 06:50:02

In Reply to: USB is a tough one posted by Chicago_phile on April 17, 2007 at 12:34:53:

Chicago,

The Belkin wireless USB hub is a joke. Initially said to be totally compatible with everything without drivers. The end product now 4x the price is limited to about 25 devices. Not Audio compatible at all and no support for Apple products.

None of the Apple products have USB output, though I have yanked the audio board off the Airport Espress and hardwired a usb cable to the header and it worked pretty good. Better ounce the power supply was made with a linear unit. That switching unit really kills that product.

There is the opticis.com 30m USB extendor but that requires a power supply from someone else as the one shipping with it is crap.

The new Icron WiRanger is due out in early May. I talked to the engineer who would not state total audio compatibility in the first release of software. I talked to his boss this morning and asked if standard red book 44.1/16 would be supported and expect a call back today. Seems there is some flow control problem with any of the ISO protocols (Async, Sync & Adpative) so this maybe a bust till they get the bugs out of it.

What I tell people to do is just pick up a cheap Apple computer. Put that on your rack with a large hard drive and be done with it.

REMEMBER... all these cheap devices are not going to sound as good as a computer with real memory and stuff. So just belly up and be done with it.

Thanks
Gordon
J. Gordon Rankin

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