Roku SoundBridge vs. SqueezBox3

All,

Thankyou for your responses. Even the Terrat who missed that I was connectiong via ethernet (cable) to the soundbridge.

I have had the soundbridge for 2 days now on loan from my favorite dealer. It works with MusicMatch 8.2 if you are using mp3 files but not .wav files.

I uploaded windows media connect and now it will stream .wav files. But there is a problem with .wav files in thay are not tagged with Artist or Album so the only way to search or browse is by song. This is not optimum.

My first impressions taking the spdif out to a DAC is that it is at least as good as my transport. One one track the sound stage seemed to be wider with more localization of the instruments. As far as tone quality I will not say that there is any difference at this point but it is so close that I need to do more listening.

Michael

May i suggest Sonos (www.sonos.com). It is self amplified, does not need a pc to be, comes with a great controller with a large color screen, and most importantly is very reliable.

I was just checking out the sonos, and it does need a PC. I would also not view the self amplified part as an advantage, but that's just me.

Randy

Artizen65, I think ethernet is definitely the way to go. I think both the Soundbridge and the SqueezBox would be great products if they excluded WI-FI. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the WI-FI is always transmitting regardless of which connection you use. My frustration lies in the fact that these companies are trying to appeal to the mass market, rather than making a top notch product. BTW Does anyone know where to find "Audiophile" grade tinfoil hats?

You an take the wifi card out of the Roku and just run wired ethernet.