OLIVE sucks...

I like'm too. I had a trip to Israel and they're free with any meal you purchase. I like them with pits different colors big and small -- more better. They're super good there as nowhere else.

Kgturner, good one!

I'm here all weekend! Tip your waitress and bartender.

I currently own the 04HD for the past several years with no problems. But my concern if it should fail there is no where it can be repaired. I believe the Olive saves the music and metadata in it's own format so I would need to rip my cds again.

So I'm looking for a new music server that can rip cds and hold at least 1 TB of music. Most of my digital music is ripped cds and some ripped from dvds with a few hirez downloads. I have an outboard dac so I'm not concerned about the quality of the dac in the server.

I have read that sound quality from music servers with cd rippers are not all the same. My budget is $3k whether new or used. Any recommendations are highly appreciated.

Ronrags

Bryston BDP-1/2 with a computer and dB Poweramp. You can have any size drive connected to the Bryston via USB.

The CDs I have ripped with this system sound better than any stand alone CD player I have ever owned. Made some of my first pressing 80's CDs actually listenable.