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Streamers, servers, players - woefully overpriced??

Look at the insides of these devices. They have very standard parts, power supply may be abit refined but still basic stuff.  All this for questionable SQ benefits.  We are still in the digital domain.  
Dacs and amps are considerably more complex and may justify some higher pricing.

why is streamer area so hyped and overpriced?  All to buy a pretty box?  And I do want improved SQ but it is tough to see it.
emergingsoul
ejr1953
915 posts
 
I agree, somewhat.

I enjoy using a Roon Nucleus Plus server.  I could have gotta a maxed out Intel NUC and installed the Roon software and probably saved some coin.  But I didn't want to mess with that.  As well, the Roon version of that seems really upgraded, and the USB ports are "dead quiet".  So, I probably did spend more than I could have, building a server myself, but ended up with more time to enjoy the music.
ddude003
161 posts
 
in_shore, I was being facetious... Anyone, can build a server or streamer on their kitchen table in a few hours... Anything from $99.00 on up... Its just a bunch of parts tossed into a box isn’t it... ;^)
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in_shore
596 posts
 
Yup 👍 
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arafiq
1,681 posts
 
My experience with Small Green Computers has been just the opposite. I was getting some issues while running Qobuz on Sonore opticalRendu, so I contacted them. I got a reply from Andrew and Jesus within a couple of hours. We  exchanged 7-8 emails on the issue. The issue was eventually resolved -- turned out to be a problem with my internet connection.
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