Music servers often cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. This is because they rely on specialized hardware custom designed to serve music. In spite of the high price tag usability is often poor. Yes, you can have thousands of songs stored on a hard disk and a wireless remote. But then you have yet another clunky remote control box cluttering up your coffee table or maybe you have to walk over to a special panel built into a wall. Then you have to deal with clumsy music menus on the remote.

We've made all this much cheaper and much more user friendly. Now all you need is a computer with Bluetooth and a Blackberry smartphone. Just plug your computer into your stereo and use your Blackberry as a remote control. You can search for your music either with speech or with text. Searching with speech recognition is very fast and with Bluetooth you can control everything from a distance and through walls. We think you'll find that using your Blackberry as your remote is not only much less expensive but also nicer. To find out how easy it is to get started click here.

If don't plan on using a remote control you may prefer our standalone Talkhouse Media Player, which has speech recognition optimized for use with computer microphones.

Can't decide? No problem. All talkhouse media players and servers are available for the combined price of $19.95. You can install both the server and player if you like and you won't have to enter the activation code twice.

Below are a couple of our favorite systems. Please tell us about yours.
Semi-Budget Audiophile System
Dr. Fel's Loudspeakers