Audio streaming . Let me tell that besides knowing it runs "on line" I ignore most about it thus my eventually nonsensical questions.
Wikipedia cannot explain all this and googling brings too much advertising.
For your reference, I have never used iphones, ipads, tablets, androids and the like. My Nextel and my mobile are used just for SMS and phone calls.
a) Lately I started to listen music the day long but wondering if keeping a PC involved isn't excessive just for that. Is the buffer implemented on RAM or in the HDD? This last seems to be working often for minute periods. Increasing RAM would reduce the activity? WINXP's tasks manager shows what seems little activity there.
b) What would be the cheapest solution to have a dedicated "receiver" for the music? I Googled for AV receivers but they seem to require something else in between. Bluetooth is frequently mentioned.
c) Could I buy one that I could plug directly to my ADSL? Prices seem suprisingly high, at least for me.
Ah, while video could be involved, it is not my current interest. I do not even watch TV at all.
Brief and to the point answers will be much appreciated.
Wikipedia cannot explain all this and googling brings too much advertising.
For your reference, I have never used iphones, ipads, tablets, androids and the like. My Nextel and my mobile are used just for SMS and phone calls.
a) Lately I started to listen music the day long but wondering if keeping a PC involved isn't excessive just for that. Is the buffer implemented on RAM or in the HDD? This last seems to be working often for minute periods. Increasing RAM would reduce the activity? WINXP's tasks manager shows what seems little activity there.
b) What would be the cheapest solution to have a dedicated "receiver" for the music? I Googled for AV receivers but they seem to require something else in between. Bluetooth is frequently mentioned.
c) Could I buy one that I could plug directly to my ADSL? Prices seem suprisingly high, at least for me.
Ah, while video could be involved, it is not my current interest. I do not even watch TV at all.
Brief and to the point answers will be much appreciated.