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I've just uploaded the write-up on my new Jukebox/NAS machine at home. There are photos and costs too...

"Since ripping and centralising all our DVDs and CDs a few years ago our "Jukebox" server had grown and grown and was in need of replacement. With 5 years of digital photographs taking up 10s of gigabytes alone and ripped DVDs taking anywhere from 3gig to 9gig each!, no matter how much disk space you have it never seems quite enough.

The donated ancient motherboard and RAM that I had received three years ago had performed well. Despite being a lowly Pentium Pro 200 with 128meg, it had coped admirably with serving multiple PCs, Xboxes and other IP clients. However the drive bay configuration in the old AT rackmount case (that had been "modified" with a hacksaw to allow the ATX board to be fitted) meant there was no room left to add any more hard disks, and keeping the drives that were already in there cool was becoming a major issue too...

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Since ripping and centralising all our DVDs and CDs a few years ago our "Jukebox" server had grown and grown and was in need of replacement. With 5 years of digital photographs taking up 10s of gigabytes alone and ripped DVDs taking anywhere from 3gig to 9gig each!, no matter how much disk space you have it never seems quite enough.

The donated ancient motherboard and RAM that I had received three years ago had performed well. Despite being a lowly Pentium Pro 200 with 128meg, it had coped admirably with serving multiple PCs, Xboxes and other IP clients. However the drive bay configuration in the old AT rackmount case (that had been "modified" with a hacksaw to allow the ATX board to be fitted) meant there was no room left to add any more hard disks, and keeping the drives that were already in there cool was becoming a major issue too...

The guys over at ecoustics.com have reviewed the Sonos wireless mutliroom audio system

"Sonos miraculously simplifies whole-house audio. You don't need to be a computer expert, you don't need to be an electrician, you don't need to know someone who is either, and you don't even need to hire an installer. Plus you don't need anything pre-wired. Sounds too good be true, doesn't it? But the Sonos system was really that simple to setup and start using...

Keith Doxeys very successful KAT5 modules have been upgraded to a new "Mark2" version. High quality, affordable AV distribution has just got even easier thanks to the added functionality of the new units. Keith hopes to start shipping the KAT5 Mk2's in June 2005. Many people have already ordered the new units, and for the first time Keith has outsourced their production meaning long lead times will become a thing of the past. Read the KAT5 press release below for some of the exciting new features of the Mk2's...

We've just received this news on an interesting product that distributes audio over the homes existing mains...

The easiest and most affordable solution to multiroom audio. No drilling of walls, no spaghetti of cables, no complicated wireless network settings. Just connect a Powerline Audio device to your hi-fi or active speakers in each room, plug into a wall socket, push a button to set the channel ... and you have a house full of music...