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There seems to be tons of good music out there, it's just hard for me
to keep up, now that I'm older, have a family, etc. I'm hearing a lot
of good, interesting stuff using the iTunes radio tuner and web sites
like www.live365.com and www.radioio.com. All of these are fine places
to start.

That's how I'm discovering most new music these days - I generally keep
a stream going when I'm at work and note any bands that catch my
attention.


I'm vaguely thinking of getting a Roku (rokulabs.com, I think) home
radio that would let me listen to webcasts without the need for a
computer. The Roku tuner would go on the shelf with my home audio gear.

I'm doing that with a Squeezebox. I do often just tune it to web casts,
but it's also handy to have access to your entire digital music
collection on your home stereo - and it's a lot more convenient that
directly connecting a computer up.

For one thing, it's wireless, but also the remote alows you to navigate
your music (or webcast stations) very effectively without going near the
computer. I think both the sqeezebox and Roku are pretty close in
features. They differ slightly in implementation, but when I was looking
into it they were a real toss-up.

I almost went with Airport express for remote music streaming, but the
Roku and Squeezebox both offer some conveniences above and beyond imo.

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Bill