I'm here at the CES show in Vegas. One of the most exciting products I've seen is from Outlaw Audio - the ULTIMATE tuner! It tunes over 1700 plus (and rapidly growing) stations off of the internet .... from all over the world ... id'ed by country, gendre, call letters .... crystal clear digital signals ... got WQXR FM (Classical Radio Station of NY Times)fron NYC here in Vegas ...sounded great! What a great idea!!!!!And of course, typical Outlaw high quality and internet direct low price of $299!!!

Soundog! Good man, keep the info flowing our way. It wouldn't be called the "IR1000" would it? (Hoping to confirm a guess I made this morning.) Any other noteworthy news, Outlaw or otherwise?

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Gonk

Interesting. Seems these would be pictures of it, incorrectly labelled on the web page:

http://www.gspr.com/Images/IR1000_front_300.jpg
http://www.gspr.com/Images/IR1000_rear_300.jpg

I have a couple new product suggestions:
1. Wireless version of this tuner(using 802.11b)
2. Low-Cost Wireless MP3 component that would stream MP3 or WMA files from your computer hard drive.

I hate having wires running all over the place, especially since I'm an apartment dweller and can't run them through the walls!

[This message has been edited by kenty (edited January 09, 2002).]

I agree. It's bad enough that I have speaker wires running across the hallway and a cable TV cable running from the TV to the computer "room". Start running ethernet to the A/V rack and things will become scary.

What I'd really like to see (and I don't think it will be Outlaw who will do this: not their specialty) would be an 802.11b "bridge" type device. There'd be a pair of devices that you would plug an ethernet cable into, and they'd talk. So far all the 802.11b solutions I've seen consist of a "base station" and then PCMCIA cards that go into the PCs. This does me no good because I have multiple desktops in one location, and the cable TV coming out of the wall in another. I'd rather not put an 802.11b endpoint in each PC; I'd rather have an endpoint that I can connect a cable and a hub to. Would solve IR1000 wireless problems, too.

hehehe, I've got both a phone jack and network drop right behind where my HT equipment will go in the new house! Cool!

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email: pat@sklenar.info ---===--- home page: Grumpy's Lair

Matthew,
I'm looking for the same thing. The problem is you've got an extra $100-$200 in turning a hardwired ethernet unit into wireless. I saw in one of the pictures that MP3 support is a possibility in the future. In my opinion, MP3 support, Internet Radio, and wireless in the $300-$400 range would be a home run.

I see someone else found the pics of the IR1000. Interesting looking product. If it had MP3 support, it'd be even more interesting. The 802.11 would be extremely nice.

Matthew, the 802.11 "bridge" you're describing sounds almost like wireless 2-piece hub -- which would likely be a tall order. Why not just hang the wireless base station on your hub and get PCI or PCMCIA wireless network cards for any computers that stray too far from the hub (which is what I've done with my fiancee's notebook)? One base will serve multiple clients (including devices like an 802.11b radio tuner), and the computers close to the hub would remain connected with cat5. (In other words, I think I've missed something in what you're looking for... )

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Gonk

- You lucky (soon to be) new-house homeowner. Some of us with older houses are lucky to have power behind our HT equipment. Good planning ahead on your part, by the way.

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Gonk

It would be nice to have everything hardwired, however if I was going to build a house right now I don't think I go through the expense of running CAT-5 cable everywhere. I'm sure most people feel the same way...wireless is the future, I just hope the outlaws jump on the bus!