Nothing surprising in this video for me. I did, on the same link, look at his video on I2S and external clocks, which made sense to me also, especially if you have a DAC with an asychronous input.
Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy
Not sure if anyone caught this, but it's quite the take down of some of the very expensive server/streamer stuff out there. It seems logical to me -- especially when he prices out what some of the internal components are -- but this is above my pay grade so I cannot confirm. It's here: https://youtu.be/MMSC9-qQ_K4
Wonder if others agree or disagree with the basic takedown.
Wonder if others agree or disagree with the basic takedown.
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My take on value components: 1. If one assumes parts quality is associated with sound quality. I want high quality parts vs. lower quality parts. 2. Engineering expertise, how those parts are put together. This is more difficult to ascertain, one has to acquire knowledge in order to make value judgement. I assume this judgement may be theoretical, perhaps many roads to highest sound quality. Costs here may vary widely, R&D. 3. Business model, lower profit per unit manufactured. Is direct sales model most efficient, could be. Small manufacturer vs. large? Are any economies of scale at work here? 4. Subjective sound quality. I would have to hear all streamers, servers in my system to judge sq. And so, best value would be highest parts quality, best engineering, low profit business model and best sq in my system. Obviously I'll never know if any component I purchase is best value. And so we're left to subjective estimations of value, right back to square one. |
A few comments about this video . It is true that servers are computers and most of the time are built with parts that you can buy of the shelf except for company like aurender,melco,auralic.... This is just a fraction of the cost .Very good power supply are expensive and computer audio requires some very specific and very good psu . Another big cost is the development cost for a well tuned software. What makes very good digital front end is these three points : the right pc parts ,excellent psu , well tuned software . with that you can achieve really magical level of sound quality that I felt was impossible to reach with digital audio . In my own diy efforts server-player , I have about 5k invested in parts only ... I get excellent sq but at a cost . |
Its a fact sir. Oh no, you didn’t spend $1000 on a USB cable did you? |
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