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Android Tablets - Plausible to use asMusic Server?

I have been contemplating purchasing a tablet recently but have not seen much discussion about using one as a music server. I know next to nothing about these things (both regarding purchasing a tablet and also about setting up a music server). I would be curious for those in the know to weigh in with opinions about whether this a viable option in setting up a PC based sound system. I assuming that I am asking, in a way, for an alternative to the Mac Mini. Am I on the right track? I have been eyeing the Sqeezebox Touch but am wondering if the tablets a viable alternative?

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I see tablets as currently being used to CONTROL a music server, but not be the music server itself. For most of us, we will require much more storage space and more processing power for ripping CD's and distributing music data to (potentially) multiple destinations, and handling streaming audio from the Internet.

As the technology matures and the tablets get more and more powerful, then it may become possible to use the tablet itself as a music server, but I don't think we're really there yet for high-end audio data.

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