Which room is your Rio Receiver in?

Living Room / Study

How do you use it?

To play music

Do you run it from an amplifier?

In Living room yes,

Describe what its hooked to (speakers, amp, etc.)?

Living Room : Yamaha DSP-A1, KEF THX 5 speaker setup, however for audio, just running two fronts and sub

Study : Decent shelf speakers

Where's the server?

Study

Is there server "always on"?

Yes

If so, is that because of Rio Receiver or another reason as well?

File/Print sharing too.

Is the server your main computer or a dedicated server? (Do you check e-mail and use word on it, or do you have a different computer for that?)

Dedicated, except for one Game I play sometimes

What OS is it being served from?

WIn 2000 Server

Do you use the HPNA or Ethernet 10/100?

100 for one, the other is on Ethernet Wireless ( Orincoc Wireless Gateway gives a NAT bridge from Ethernet to the Wireless side, then Lucent/Orincoc PCMCIA/PCI wireless cards are used in Laptops etc . For the Empeg and DAR I have ethernet patch cable from the ethernet port on Empeg/DAR to a Lucent Box that you install a Wireless PCMCIA card into, making the DAR/Empeg a wireless client)

Would you have preferred a different network connection?

No

Did you have a network in place before the Rio Receiver?

Yes, Ethernet and Wireless

How many tracks do you have?

~15,000

What format/bitrate are most of your tracks?

MP3 VBR, High.

What do you use to create your tracks?

Audiograbber, with LAME encoder

How do you organize your tracks?

\artist\album\trackname-number. . .

What do you use to organize your tracks? (ID3 tags, playlists, etc.)

ID tags, as thats what DAR, Empeg, and iGo use.

Are you picky about them? (I don't know how to ask this, but I try to make sure the artists, titles, etc. are correct. I know other people who don't bother editing whatever CDDB gave them, right or wrong.)

No, had a month of encoding 1000+ CD's decided just to get it over and done quickly and one day will sort out tags. CDDB gave me at least atrist / track name / album - I hope !

How do you normally select / play the tracks on your RIO? (Pick a song? Pick a Genre? Pick a Playlist?, Repeat, Continue?etc.)

Album

How do you WISH you could play the tracks on your RIO?

Album, but with tracks in correct order

Do you play your collection of tracks through other devices? (Computer at home, computer at work, etc.)

Empeg car player every day

i2GO portable MP3 player when away from home

Very rare, but sometimes on Laptop when away from home.


If so, which one(s)?

Empeg mk2
i2Go Portable MP3 player
IBM Thinkpad 600X
IBM Thinkpad T21

How do you select / play the tracks from other software/devices? (Like if you play them from your computer)

Album

Do you have other related devices? (Portable MP3 players, Replay TVs, RioCars, etc.)

Empeg mk2
i2Go

Are computers/electronics/audio equipment a profession or hobby?

Profession in Computer things, not a developer or anything to do with music though


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