Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy

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. 

I would be more interested in this if he knew that the bill on his hat goes in front.

@jond,

Taiko Extreme has set the standards for others to follow. I am patiently waiting for Taiko Mini Extreme to come out later this year.