A low cost router that can do all the above After considering various high cost alternatives (in terms of hardware cost), I think I have found pretty much the perfect option. The other requirement is that I should be able to control the music in various ways, primarily through the Phones and PC's ate home. So I have also been fascinated with the idea of streaming my own English collection randomly, possibly because there is not a single FM radio station in Bangalore that is dedicated to English music. The charm never works with a music collection where we tend to play the same songs we like over and over again. Secondly, the charm of a radio station is the unpredictability of what plays next. I need clients everywhere that can browse network shares and play the music. Even if I used a small NAS box to save power, it still does not allow me to play the music anywhere I want. And then the cost of dedicating a 24/7 hardware to host files is also not a great idea. A dedicated NAS machine was not a good option simply because electricity is precious and expensive in India. I have been considering hosting all my music collection in a central place in the house to reduce redundancy with the many gadgets we use now a days.
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