Another Rio competitor:Slim Devices new Squeezebox

Details on http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html
These guys also offers an open source server as well that claims to work with ANY player. I have downloaded it and will give it a try, just to see.

Interesting. I would have expected a bigger price drop on the Slimp3. $239 isn't much of a break. Nice devices though.

Considering I got two Rios (rebadged Dells) delivered to my door for less than $220 (US) I can't complain.

markb
I hope you've had better luck than I have using the Slim server software. I was using it to stream to a wifi enabled Dell Axim to stream to my stereo. It worked pretty nicely. I even used it to stream over the internet to a friend. It worked although it was easily confused and would play different files speeded up or slowed down. I read it was because of the files being mixed stereo and mono and that was confusing the server.

I read about the Rio receiver and ordered one. I got a rebadged Dell unit and it works like a champ although NOT with the Slim server. So far I have not been able to get any of the 3rd party stuff to work reliably with the Rio. So I am stuck with the stock Rio software that has come to an abrupt stop in development. I will check back to see how it goes with you. Please, let us know if you have success and hopefully you will have good news for us.

Mike

After reading that, I can't be bothered to try it. I use the ARM server and it works just fine for me when combined with Paul's excellent tRio client side software. I would recommend persisting with a rTio install: it is certainly worth it in the end. Have your problems not been addressed in the Forum?

M