Good advise from @tomcy6 and @auxinput.
If you’re not opposed to buying used, look for Aurender N100H on used market around $1500. Before stepping up to N10, I spent some time with N100 and it is one of the best sounding server under $3K. In addition to superlative SQ, the setup simplicity and app experience far outweighs any pc setup, IMHO.
Many of us here who have upgraded to dedicated audio server would never go back to mini pc or green computer based setup.
If you’re not opposed to buying used, look for Aurender N100H on used market around $1500. Before stepping up to N10, I spent some time with N100 and it is one of the best sounding server under $3K. In addition to superlative SQ, the setup simplicity and app experience far outweighs any pc setup, IMHO.
Many of us here who have upgraded to dedicated audio server would never go back to mini pc or green computer based setup.