uberwaltz:
ULTIMATELY, there can only be one!
One big box with a single input (network at ridiculous speed) and two outputs (HDMI and speaker connectors).
In the box will be an operating system, a software media center (like Roon or JRiver), a software preamp with sophisticated room correction, all leading to a powerful class D amplifier. May or may not have internal SSD memory for storing purchased downloads. The MQA crowd would like to keep all copy protected...
All controls are handled with ergonomic friendliness through the HDMI monitor/TV. And all will be turned on with ease by a single voice command.
Perhaps the power supply is a very big wall wart.
Will and when it be built? Who knows...
...BUT IF IT IS, it will be BLACK.
ULTIMATELY, there can only be one!
One big box with a single input (network at ridiculous speed) and two outputs (HDMI and speaker connectors).
In the box will be an operating system, a software media center (like Roon or JRiver), a software preamp with sophisticated room correction, all leading to a powerful class D amplifier. May or may not have internal SSD memory for storing purchased downloads. The MQA crowd would like to keep all copy protected...
All controls are handled with ergonomic friendliness through the HDMI monitor/TV. And all will be turned on with ease by a single voice command.
Perhaps the power supply is a very big wall wart.
Will and when it be built? Who knows...
...BUT IF IT IS, it will be BLACK.