DCtoDaylight;246621 Wrote: > While some may be making statements "quickly, in passing" the thing that > I thought bold was that, in this particular article, the idea that music > read from a hard disk was better, was one of 5 reasons to consider > owning a music server, headlined in Bold type, and stated as a fact, > not an opinion. There was later some discussion as to why this may be, > and comments that the DAC's in the review systems weren't up to par with > the best standalone units, but the overall view was very positive to the > idea. > > As to the idea of selling an overpriced bit of hardware, well yes, the > QSONIX box at at $8800, and the SOOLOOS at $10650, for a slick looking > computer with a Terabyte of hard disk space and some pretty software is > a bit steep, but they do also discuss what can be done if you want to > roll your own.... > > Cheers, Dave
This particular article in TAS did mention some blunt & bold statements as you state, probably more than I've read before in a pub like this. Those Qsonix boxes just look (to me :)) like a frivolous waste of money considering what we can do with Slim stuff for instance and a cheap PC. But there is a x-section of high-enders which have little technical knowledge/patience to sting together a Slimserver based setup. At the same time, many of these same folks(TAS readership) may have expendable income which allows them to dump $20K or so on some basic technology that most of us use here for free or darn close to free, relatively speaking. -- jt25741 SB3->AR Masters Coax -> PS Audio DLIII -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio P-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio W-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference Hi-Mid,PS Audio Xstream Plus Low-> Magnepan 3.6R ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jt25741's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40707 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
