The readers of Slashdot (some of them at least) continue not to "get" the Rio Receiver. Someone posted a review on Slashdot the other day and the responses to it have been as bad as ever. Here is a typical posting:

I made a device with similar functionality... (Score:1)
by haggar on Sunday November 25, @10:23PM (#2611869)
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It's called shielded stereo cable, and it runs from my PCs soundcard, to the hi-fi system's amplifier.

Really, folks, what's the point of this box, except that it's cool to have something shiny with debian in it? I mean, who gives a [censored] when you just don't need it. The calbe costs me 5 bucks, preassembled 10-meter, 3.5 mm stereo plug to RCA. It's actually cheaper than a CAT 5 cable of the same lenght!!! And the PC has a much better "interface" to control my playing list, than this tiny little box.

If you have money to spend on little amenities, that's OK, but this is simply nonsensical.


Argghh...

It seems everyone on Slashdot lives in a 10x10 room, likes the sound of a PC fan while listening to their music and doesn't realise how poor the output from PC sound cards are !

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