[LAU] hifi stereo supporting linux filesystem?

[david]

Robin Gareus wrote:
> Hi Frederico,
> 
> On 10/09/2011 11:38 AM, Federico Bruni wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> it's the first time I write in this mailing list and I hope I'm not OT.
>> I'm looking for a hifi stereo system with USB support. I mean: I want to
>> be able to plug an external USB hard disk, browse the folders and choose
>> the files I want to listen to.
>>
>> I've found some products (by Cambridge Audio) that support all the
>> formats I use, i.e. Ogg and Flac.
>> But it seems that the only supported filesystem is FAT32.
>> I wonder if you know some product which support some more advanced
>> filesystem. Hopefully ext2/3/4, but even NTFS would be maybe better than
>> FAT32.
>>
>> FAT32 is slow and doesn't support some characters in the file name. I
>> know I'll have some problems copying my huge collection of files in a
>> FAT32 filesystem.
>>
>> Any hint is appreciated.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Federico
> 
> I suppose you're looking for an off-the-shelf product, however what you
> wish to accomplish is easily done by just taking an old laptop (or
> similar) with a good audio-interface and simply install GNU/Linux.

Most any netbook would do it, too, use less power, and take up less space.

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