Re:What do you need it for? (Score 1)

You do not need a web interface to use the slimp3 or squeezebox. It allows you to control the unit using a web browser but the hand held remote allows you to control the unit as well. Connecting a good stereo to a computer will quickly demonstrate what background noise sounds like. The slimp3 is all digital and completely silent on it's own, something no computer can compete with (unless it has digital out and you have a digital processor)