It has been around four to five years since I purchased the HP X510 Home Media Server, and have made several modifications to my home audio setup, since my initial posts. I will further review the Synology DiskStation DS916+ in a later post, however thought that I would share with you an update on my gear list as it stands.
2016 – Setup as follows:
Sonos – Zoned Audio
Kitchen– Play:1
Bedroom – Play:1
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Lougeroom – Sonos Play:Bar
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AppleTV 4 – 64GB
Samsung BD-F6500 BlueRay Player
Foxtel IQ 3 Set Top Boxes
Telstra (NETGEAR) Netgear AC1900 Cable Data Gateway (C6300BD)
- Telstra Air® compatible
- Cable 3.0 (HFC)
- Ethernet WAN
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac certified®
- 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch
- 2x USB
- DLNA Certified®
Synology DiskStation – DS916+
- 4-Bay Network Attached Storage DS916+
- 4 Western Digital 2 TB drives
- Synology Media Server Operating System
The usual equipment:
Foxtel IQ 3 Set Top Boxes
Tivo HD Set Top Box (Retired)
Raspberry Pi2 – RetroPie Gaming Server
2 x 2TB Western Digital External HDD hidden behind the iMac
Apple TV 3 (Bedroom) and Apple TV 4 (LoungeRoom)
Telstra (NETGEAR) Netgear AC1900 Cable Data Gateway (C6300BD)
2 x Apple AirPort Express WiFi Access Point – Bedroom Extender, and Outdoor Speakers
The component backbones:
Samsung 46″ LCD television
Sonos PlayBar Soundbar for Television
iMac 24”
Sound (other than Sonos):
2 Outdoor Audio Speakers
My Internet Service Provider is through Telstra Australia. It is a little more expensive, but I have Home Cable (Cable 3.x (HFC) and have a static IP address for the Synology, with 500 Gig available download per month @ 100G speeds. I was also hoping to cut the cable on my Foxtel Box, however as this is bundled in with my home internet connection, it has been a good set top box replacement for my Tivo that died some months back.