jwilson56
Senior Member
Many of the solutions mentioned are all line level devices and would still require amplifiers. These would still need to be turned on and off if you want to save power. Does a hardware Squeezebox have amplifiers built in? Not sure on that one. Personally I like quality music and prefer the 100 watts per channel from a decent receiver into some nice speakers. I am not into elevator quality or level of sound.
As for power status I also have a receiver that doesn't have a switched outlet and for that I use a current sensing switch on the AC cord.
It will be interesting to see what comes down the road but for now I have yet to see a cheap networked receiver out there and multizone equipment is priced out of site.
As for power status I also have a receiver that doesn't have a switched outlet and for that I use a current sensing switch on the AC cord.
It will be interesting to see what comes down the road but for now I have yet to see a cheap networked receiver out there and multizone equipment is priced out of site.