I'm thinking of adding a Netgear MP101 to my stereo, but wondered if anyone had any experience of one, or any alternatives to this one.
It has to be wireless, not require a tv and look reasonable sat with my stereo.
This what the mp101 says

NETGEAR's MP101 digital music player connects your existing home stereo to your home computer network, so you can listen to your MP3 and WMF digital music files with the great sound quality of your stereo speakers. Easy-to-install, the MP101's software automatically finds all your music files by title, artist, album, genre or playlist on any networked PC or laptop. The software then collects them into one complete database.

Some customer reviews on Amazon, even one from some guy in Sheffield :o .
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00022V2BC/ref%3Dnosim/lordpercycom-21/026-8201540-5274833

It's very good, but there are a number of others, including some that can handle DivX so you also can stream video straight from your PC to your TV.

PCW magazine did a review of the major ones about 3 or 4 months ago. It may be on their website, or as a PDF on their cover DVDs.

given that i want to listen to music and not connect it to a tv divx won't be much use.

The reviews don't sell the product, I think i'll hold off buying it for now.

Cyclone, just get a 3.5mm audio jack to twin phono lead from maplins... one end connects to your sound cards audio-out, the phono's connect to your stereo's video/aux input ;)

Thats what I do in my room anyways... guess it depends on the distance between your PC and stereo... although if you use a laptop thats a doddle :) then you just load-up Winamp or Windows Media Player... and bobs yer uncle!

Originally posted by xafier
Cyclone, just get a 3.5mm audio jack to twin phono lead from maplins... one end connects to your sound cards audio-out, the phono's connect to your stereo's video/aux input ;)

Thats what I do in my room anyways... guess it depends on the distance between your PC and stereo... although if you use a laptop thats a doddle :) then you just load-up Winamp or Windows Media Player... and bobs yer uncle!

I have a pc in the dining room and one in the study, the stereo i wanted to connect is in the attic room and my laptop travels back and forth with me, so i'm not faffing about getting that out every time i want some music in the attic.

I bought a USB transmitter from Ebay not so long ago. It plugs into your PC and transmits sound from your PC on the FM frequency around 87.5Mhz (just below Radio 2).

It doesn't allow you to select your music like the Netgear device would, but at £20 is a nice little device to stream out a preprogrammed playlist or an internet radio station.

There's a few currently listed to allow you to plug one into yor Ipod so you can listen to your music on your car stereo without the hassle of wiring.

BTW: FM transmitters are illegal to operate!

alchresearch that sounds like a wickid little device, might see if I can find one myself... whats the quality like on it?

and I wouldn't think it was illegal if you was broadcasting on an area like 100m or something, its not like you'd be running a pirate radio station on a USB port device ;)

it is illegal, but you aren't likely to be busted for it.

I'd rather have full control from the stereo.

I already use a pair of wireless speakers in the dining room, which has the same effect but doesn't need a stereo.
The quality is never going to be as good though when you're using a low res analogue transmission as opposed to a high bandwidth digital one.