Squeezebox Classic - Do you like it?

Puerto, have you confirmed that Red wine makes a battery power supply for the sb3? They don't advertise one on their website, etc.

Red Wine can still provide a battery system I believe. I am not sure if they will do a 5 volt system that is native to the stock and the Bolder Cable mods.

I did read in a review about Squeezebox that Red Wine manufactured a battery power supply that would work with SB. I'll have to see if I can find it and post it here for you.

Let me ask one more question here: If one gives up the convenience of wireless would a simple USB 2.0 or Toslink direct from the computer to the processor do the job? The Toslink connection is digital if I'm not mistaken. If so, one would be going "around "the computer soundcard with pure digital out. Then, you could let your Processor or external DAC do all the DAC work. I know this off the thread but some of you may know the answer or already tried that.

Puerto,

Yes, you can run toslink directly from the computer to your processor. Also, if your processor/DAC has a usb input, then you can run a USB cable from your computer to it. The advantage of the Squeezebox is that you can put the computer, with its noisy fans, in a different room from the sound system. OF course, if you have a truly silent PC/Laptop then disregard the previous comment.

Thanks Prpixel: My processor does not have USB "in" so it would have to be Toslink. I have been told by a knowledgeable individual that there are no surround sound pre-amps on the market today that employ quality DAC systems which leads me to believe that the better option might be something like the Benchmark USB DAC 1 in between the computer and the processor. Just when I thought it was all figured out!!