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-               Below is a list of devices that support the FLAC format.  So far we only have hands-on experience with the Sonos and Squeezebox; see <a href="#review">reviews</a> below.  Manufacturers, if you would like your product reviewed here, please <a href="mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net">contact us</a>.<br />
+               Below are some devices that support the FLAC format.  For the ones we have hands-on experience with, there is a linked review (<a href="#review">see all reviews</a>).  Manufacturers, if you would like your product reviewed here, please <a href="mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net">contact us</a>.<br />
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-               <b>Home stereo:</b>
-               <ul>
-                       <li>Arcus' <a href="http://www.pontis.de/EN/1643/ProduktearcusPremiumDAR300.php">DAR300</a> Premium Digital Recorder</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.avegasystems.com/">Avega Systems'</a> wireless Oyster loudspeakers</li>
-                       <li>Digital Techniques' <a href="http://www.digitaltechniques.com/Products.html">Blackbird Digital Music Players</a></li>
-                       <li>Escient's <a href="http://www.escient.com/">FireBall servers (E2-40/160/300, DVDM-300, SE-D1)</a>, networked home stereo components with hard-drives</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hifidelio/hifidelio.html">Hifidelio</a>, a wireless home stereo component</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.imuse.us/">iMuse</a> audio/video media servers</li>
-                       <li>Meda Systems' Bravo servers</li>
-                       <li>The <a href="http://www.mediareadyinc.com/products_MRMC.php">MediaREADY MC</a> media center</li>
-                       <li>The <a href="http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=19&amp;cat=Sources&amp;prodid=1113&amp;product=MS300">MS300 Music Server</a> by McIntosh Laboratory (<a href="http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/..\data\brochures\ms300techsheet.pdf">brochure</a>)</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.olive.us/">Olive</a>'s Opus, Symphony, and Musica wireless digital music centers</li>
-                       <!--
-                       <li><a href="http://www.phatnoise.com/products/homeplayer/index.php">PhatNoise Home Digital Media Player</a></li>
-                       -->
-                       <li>Pixel Magic's <a href="http://www.pixelmagicsystems.com/products/media_players/hd_mediabox.htm">HD MediaBox</a></li>
-                       <li>Neodigits' <a href="http://www.neodigits.com/new/body/products/Xline/x5000.asp">Helios X5000</a> HD network media player</li>
-                       <li>Netgear <a href="http://www.netgear.com/Products/Entertainment/DigitalMediaPlayers/EVA8000.aspx">EVA8000</a> HD digital media player</li>
-                       <!--
-                       <li><a href="http://www.mock.com/receiver/">Rio Reciever</a> and Dell Digital Audio Receiver via <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rioplay/">RioPlay</a>, <a href="http://www.reza.net/rio/rrr.html">RRR</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/triot/">tRio</a>, or <a href="http://www.xplhal.com/xplrionet.htm">xPLRio.net</a> clients</li>
-                       -->
-                       <li><a href="http://www.request.com/">ReQuest</a> music servers</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/features.php">Roku Photobridge HD</a> via <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.ie/p.mc.quillan/FLAC_V0.7.zip">plugin</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.rokulabs.com/">Roku Soundbridge(*)</a></li>
-                       <li>Slim Devices' <a href="http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html">Transporter</a> and <a href="http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html">Squeezebox</a> networked audio players (<a href="#review_squeezebox2">review</a>)</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.sonos.com/">Sonos Digital Music System</a> (<a href="#review_sonos">review</a>)</li>
-                       <li>The <a href="http://sooloos.com/www/home.html">Sooloos</a> music system</li>
-                       <li>Turtle Beach's <a href="http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/audiotron/producthome.asp">AudioTron(*)</a> via Bery Rinaldo's <a href="http://file-ext-map.sourceforge.net/">Samba VFS Module</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.z500series.com/">Zensonic Z500 Networked DVD Media Player</a></li>
-                       <li>Ziova's <a href="http://www.ziova.com/cs510.php">CS510</a> and <a href="http://www.ziova.com/cs505.php">CS505</a> network media players</li>
-                       <li>(*) <i>device decodes FLAC to WAVE/PCM on server-side</i></li>
-                       <li>(**) <i>device decodes FLAC to MP3 on server-side</i></li>
-               </ul>
-               <b>Car stereo:</b>
-               <ul>
-                       <!--
-                       <li><a href="http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/kenwood_music_keg.php">Kenwood Music Keg</a></li>
-                       -->
-                       <li><a href="http://www.phatnoise.com/">PhatBox</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.cdd.ru/">URAL ConceRt CDD</a></li>
-                       <!--
-                       <li>Volvo's <a href="http://www.volvocars.com/DigitalJukebox/product_information/">Digital Jukebox</a></li>
-                       -->
-               </ul>
-               <b>Portable/Handheld:</b>
-               <ul>
-                       <li>Bluedot's <a href="http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/bluedot_pmp_runs_linux_loves.php">BMP-1430</a></li>
-                       <li>COWON's <a href="http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/cowon/a2/">iAUDIO A2</a>, <a href="http://www.cowonglobal.com/product/product_F2_feature.php">iAUDIO F2</a>, <a href="http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/u3/">iAUDIO U3</a>, <a href="http://www.jetaudio.com/products/iaudio/m3/">iAUDIO M3</a>, <a href="http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/m5/">iAUDIO M5</a>, <a href="http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/t2/">iAUDIO T2</a>, and <a href="http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/">iAUDIO X5</a></li>
-                       <li>Digital Cube's <a href="http://dapreview.net/comment.php?comment.news.3815">i-Station mini DX</a></li>
-                       <!--
-                       <li>Green Apple's portable media player: <a href="http://www.apod.com.cn/show_products.asp?photoID=437">AP3000</a></li>
-                       -->
-                       <li>iPod via the <a href="http://www.rockbox.org/">Rockbox</a> firmware replacement</li>
-                       <li>iRiver iHP-120/iHP-140/H320/H340 via the <a href="http://www.rockbox.org/">Rockbox</a> firmware replacement</li>
-                       <li><a href="http://gaming.engadget.com/2006/01/22/iwod-g10-pmp-with-nes-emulator/">Iwod G10</a></li>
-                       <li>KNC <a href="http://www.knc-cn.com/news_show.asp?newsid=1269">HR-2800</a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.knc-cn.com/news_show.asp%3Fnewsid%3D1269&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsite:www.knc-cn.com%2Bflac%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DTJI%26sa%3DG">(google english translation)</a> <a href="http://www.losslessaudioblog.com/2006/10/16/knc-hr-2800-budget-pmp-w-flac/">(article)</a></li>
-                       <li>Meizu <a href="http://www.miniplayer.info/miniplayer_specifications.asp">M6 Miniplayer</a></li>
-                       <li>Onda <a href="http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/09/onda-vx737-gaming-pmp.php">VX737</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=220&amp;cat=53">Rio Karma</a><!-- and Rio Chroma--></li>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/teclast-tl29-pmp-pretty-face-pure-of-heart-198859.php">Teclast TL-29</a></li>
-                       <li>TrekStor's <a href="http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66">Vibez</a></li>
-               </ul>
-               <b>Other</b>
-               <ul>
-                       <li><a href="http://www.numark.com/">Numark</a>'s DJ equipment like the HDX and CDX turntables with integrated hard drive and CD player, and the HDMIX mixer</li>
-                       <li>The <a href="http://www.discmakers.com/duplicators/products/automated/pico.asp">Pico CD/DVD Duplicator</a></li>
-               </ul>
+               <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+                       <tr align="left" valign="middle"><td colspan="3"><b>Home stereo:</b></td/></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html"><img src="images/hw/SB_Hero_Black_325x182.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html"><img src="images/hw/transporter_hero_grey_325x208.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.sonos.com/"><img src="images/hw/sonos_family_RGB_325x200.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Squeezebox<br />(<a href="#review_squeezebox">our review</a>)</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Transporter<br />(review coming soon)</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Sonos<br />(<a href="#review_sonos">our review</a>)</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.escient.com/"><img src="images/hw/escient_ProductLine_325x163.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hifidelio/hifidelio.html"><img src="images/hw/hifidelio_bl_front_Z_RGB_325x163.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.olive.us/"><img src="images/hw/musica_artwork_325x90.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Escient</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Hifidelio</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Olive</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.pontis.de/EN/1643/ProduktearcusPremiumDAR300.php"><img src="images/hw/arcus_325x135.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.digitaltechniques.com/Products.html"><img src="images/hw/Blackbird_Front_low3_325x87.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=19&amp;cat=Sources&amp;prodid=1113&amp;product=MS300"><img src="images/hw/MS300frontsmall_270x108.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Arcus DAR300</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Blackbird</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">McIntosh MS300</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.neodigits.com/new/body/products/Xline/x5000.asp"><img src="images/hw/neodigits_x5000_325x124.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.netgear.com/Products/Entertainment/DigitalMediaPlayers/EVA8000.aspx"><img src="images/hw/enus_3-4lft-hires_product_eva8000_325x127.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.request.com/"><img src="images/hw/request_n_front_325x103.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Helios X5000</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Netgear EVA8000</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">ReQuest</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.mediareadyinc.com/products_MRMC.php"><img src="images/hw/mediaready_prodmain_MRMCa_325x232.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.z500series.com/"><img src="images/hw/Z500_front_325x94.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.ziova.com/cs510.php"><img src="images/hw/cs505_front_lrg_325x113.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">MediaREADY MC</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Zensonic Z500</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Ziova</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://sooloos.com/www/home.html"><img src="images/hw/Sooloos-ControlOne_325x328.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.pixelmagicsystems.com/products/media_players/hd_mediabox.htm"><img src="images/hw/MediaBox_Frt_170x325.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Sooloos</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">HD MediaBox</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr><td colspan="3">
+                               <br />
+                               <b>Other home stereo:</b>
+                               <ul>
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.avegasystems.com/">Avega Systems'</a> wireless Oyster loudspeakers</li>
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.imuse.us/">iMuse</a> audio/video media servers</li>
+                                       <li>Meda Systems' Bravo servers</li>
+                                       <!--
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.phatnoise.com/products/homeplayer/index.php">PhatNoise Home Digital Media Player</a></li>
+                                       -->
+                                       <!--
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.mock.com/receiver/">Rio Reciever</a> and Dell Digital Audio Receiver via <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rioplay/">RioPlay</a>, <a href="http://www.reza.net/rio/rrr.html">RRR</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/triot/">tRio</a>, or <a href="http://www.xplhal.com/xplrionet.htm">xPLRio.net</a> clients</li>
+                                       -->
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/features.php">Roku Photobridge HD</a> via <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.ie/p.mc.quillan/FLAC_V0.7.zip">plugin</a></li>
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.rokulabs.com/">Roku Soundbridge(*)</a></li>
+                                       <li>Turtle Beach's <a href="http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/audiotron/producthome.asp">AudioTron(*)</a> via Bery Rinaldo's <a href="http://file-ext-map.sourceforge.net/">Samba VFS Module</a></li>
+                                       <li>(*) <i>device decodes FLAC to WAVE/PCM on server-side</i></li>
+                                       <li>(**) <i>device decodes FLAC to MP3 on server-side</i></li>
+                               </ul>
+                       </td></tr>
+
+                       <tr><td colspan="3">
+                               <br />
+                               <b>Car stereo:</b>
+                               <ul>
+                                       <!--
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/kenwood_music_keg.php">Kenwood Music Keg</a></li>
+                                       -->
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.phatnoise.com/">PhatBox</a></li>
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.cdd.ru/">URAL ConceRt CDD</a></li>
+                                       <!--
+                                       <li>Volvo's <a href="http://www.volvocars.com/DigitalJukebox/product_information/">Digital Jukebox</a></li>
+                                       -->
+                               </ul>
+                       </td></tr>
+               
+                       <tr align="left" valign="middle"><td colspan="3"><b>Portable/Handheld:</b></td/></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/"><img src="images/hw/a2_01_325x252.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://dapreview.net/comment.php?comment.news.3815"><img src="images/hw/i-station-mini-dx_325x237.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://gaming.engadget.com/2006/01/22/iwod-g10-pmp-with-nes-emulator/"><img src="images/hw/iwod-g10_325x257.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Cowon iAUDIO</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">i-Station mini DX</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Iwod G10</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.losslessaudioblog.com/2006/10/16/knc-hr-2800-budget-pmp-w-flac/"><img src="images/hw/knc_hr-2800_325x209.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.miniplayer.info/miniplayer_specifications.asp"><img src="images/hw/meizu_m6_325x206.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/09/onda-vx737-gaming-pmp.php"><img src="images/hw/onda-vx737_325x240.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">KNC HR-2800</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Meizu M6 Miniplayer</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Onda VX737</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=220&amp;cat=53"><img src="images/hw/rio_karma_279x254.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/teclast-tl29-pmp-pretty-face-pure-of-heart-198859.php"><img src="images/hw/teclast-tl29_325x244.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66"><img src="images/hw/vibez_nofm_combi_black_b_325x220.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Rio Karma</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Teclast TL-29</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white">TrekStor Vibez</td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr bgcolor="black"><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td><td><img src="images/1x1.gif" /></td></tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/bluedot_pmp_runs_linux_loves.php"><img src="images/hw/bmp-1430_325x241.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr align="center" valign="middle">
+                               <td bgcolor="white">Bluedot BMP-1430</td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"></td>
+                               <td bgcolor="white"></td>
+                       </tr>
+                       <tr><td colspan="3">
+                               <br />
+                               <b>Other Portable/Handheld:</b>
+                               <ul>
+                                       <!--
+                                       <li>Green Apple's portable media player: <a href="http://www.apod.com.cn/show_products.asp?photoID=437">AP3000</a></li>
+                                       -->
+                                       <li>iPod via the <a href="http://www.rockbox.org/">Rockbox</a> firmware replacement</li>
+                                       <li>iRiver iHP-120/iHP-140/H320/H340 via the <a href="http://www.rockbox.org/">Rockbox</a> firmware replacement</li>
+                               </ul>
+                       </td></tr>
+                       <tr><td colspan="3">
+                               <br />
+                               <b>Other:</b>
+                               <ul>
+                                       <li><a href="http://www.numark.com/">Numark</a>'s DJ equipment like the HDX and CDX turntables with integrated hard drive and CD player, and the HDMIX mixer</li>
+                                       <li>The <a href="http://www.discmakers.com/duplicators/products/automated/pico.asp">Pico CD/DVD Duplicator</a></li>
+                               </ul>
+                       </td></tr>
+               </table>
                <a name="review"><b>Reviews:</b></a><br />
                The main purpose of these reviews is to give an idea of how well particular devices support FLAC.  Other subjective comments here are based on our general impressions and are not meant to be thorough or authoritative.  We only review devices we have tested directly ourselves.<br />
                <br />
                <a name="review_sonos" /><a href="http://www.sonos.com/"><b>Sonos</b></a>: A very slick networked audio system.  Each ZonePlayer connects to an amplifier or speakers, accessing music over the network.  ZonePlayers are controlled by a wireless remote with color LCD and clickwheel; they can network together wired or wireless and play in sync or independently.  FLAC support is excellent; nearly the full <a href="format.html#subset">subset</a> (i.e. mono and stereo files, sample rates from 16kHz-48kHz, 16-bits per sample) including all standard encoding modes are supported.  Also supported: gapless playback, FLAC tags, and ReplayGain.<br />
                <br />
-               <a name="review_squeezebox2" /><a href="http://www.slimdevices.com/"><b>Squeezebox2</b></a>: A fantastic networked audio player with analog and digital outputs for connecting to an amplifier/receiver.  Has an easy-to-read vacuum fluorescent display, wired or wireless networking, multi-room synchronization, and a bunch of other features.  The server-side software, SlimServer, is open-source, runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc. and has an active community.  FLAC support is excellent; nearly the full <a href="format.html#subset">subset</a> (i.e. mono and stereo files, sample rates from 8kHz-48kHz, 16- and 24-bits per sample) including all standard encoding modes are supported.  Also supported: gapless playback, FLAC tags, automatic transcoding on the server of many audio formats to FLAC for transmission to the box, and external cuesheet support (internal cuesheet support is in the works).<br />
+               <a name="review_squeezebox" /><a href="http://www.slimdevices.com/"><b>Squeezebox</b></a>: A fantastic networked audio player with analog and digital outputs for connecting to an amplifier/receiver.  Has an easy-to-read vacuum fluorescent display, wired or wireless networking, multi-room synchronization, and a bunch of other features.  The server-side software, SlimServer, is open-source, runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc. and has an active community.  FLAC support is excellent; nearly the full <a href="format.html#subset">subset</a> (i.e. mono and stereo files, sample rates from 8kHz-48kHz, 16- and 24-bits per sample) including all standard encoding modes are supported.  Also supported: gapless playback, FLAC tags, automatic transcoding on the server of many audio formats to FLAC for transmission to the box, and external cuesheet support (internal cuesheet support is in the works).<br />
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                <table width="100%" border="1">
                        <tr align="center"><th></th><th>Compression<br />modes</th><th>Channels</th><th>Sample<br />rates</th><th>Sample<br />resolution</th><th>Gapless</th><th>FLAC tags</th><th>Cover art</th><th>ReplayGain</th><th>Cuesheets</th></tr>