Julf wrote: > Just remember that a "review" on computeraudiophile.com is... well... a > "review". :)
True but when reading a "review" in any and all audiophile publications, be they print or online, one can very easily ignore all the subjective opinions regarding sound quality and just focus on the other issues discussed and described, such as useability, features, physical dimensions, etc. So for example in the case of the SOtM sMS-100 Mini Server "review" one learns that this little device appears to be a $450 Squeezebox compatible "receiver" without an internal DAC, without any digital outputs other than USB and without wi-fi streaming - basically it's an Ethernet to USB digital audio converter which can use LMS. All the sound quality mumbo jumbo can be safely and completely ignored. But remember that it does have one big advantage over the Squeezebox line of audio streaming devices - the SOtM sMS-100 Mini Server is still in production whereas all of the various Squeezebox devices are no longer being made. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101924 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
