Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy

@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.

My music server is a broken down DELL computer that I took from the trash heap of an old employer. I figure a audiophile music server is a much quieter machine than mine. However, I use Fibre Optical cable from my network switch to my Sonore OpticalRendu then USB to my DAC.

I cannot figure out how this is not as good or maybe even better than any audiophile music server.