Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy

"It’s a box full of parts any consumer can buy off the shelf."

The trick is that many (most?) of us could buy those parts, but would not know what to do with them, even if we were provided schematics. That is why we have to pay more than what the sum of parts would cost.

Another thing is design/aesthetics of the product. Many streamers look better than home-brewed items.

How much is all that worth to anyone is another discussion.

@Hilde45


You rascal! Did you post a video somebody didn’t like, haha?


I like your vibe and enjoy your posts. Keep them coming!

I recall seeing another video from him (OCD Guy) a while ago.  At first I thought it was a parody, misnaming several components and misidentifying their purpose.  Made me laugh.

But then I figured out he wasn't kidding and was trying to make a serious video.

I'm strongly in the "don't take this guy seriously" camp.

It’s true a music server is just a computer doing a job that is not very hard.
I got mine of Amazon for about $250 plus another couple hundred for 2tb storage and backup storage. It doubles as my at home work computer. I listen to it all the time and the sound is top notch off any of my systems that use it.

@lalitk Holy crap that Taiko looks like one of the best built audio devices I've ever seen. And 700,000 microfarads of capacitance for a streamer/server??!!  Honestly just based on build quality that looks like its well worth the $26K they're asking. No comment on it otherwise for obvious reasons.