Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy

@rego I’m not the one making the assertion. I’m reporting it. Your debate is with @mikepowellaudio 
I trust you understand that. Perhaps he’ll engage your points. Ok?

mike powell ocd guy is, as i said earlier --

knowledgeable,
heart in right place,
been in the game for some time,
has opinions,
tries hard to figure stuff out, not afraid to communicate what he knows/believes...

glad he posted, even if it was all one run-on sentence lol

@hilde45, you are making the assertion 'Takedown'.
The Title of this post is " Takedown of pricey servers, streamers " with OCD Guy thrown in ...
The title of OCD Guys Rambling Video is " Music Server, Music Streamer,
Music Computer ..... Whats the Deal? "
Just OCD Guys poor choice of an example ...
As I noted in my first post-I Disagree ... Not a Takedown.
What I understand is your phraseology echoing OCD Guys examples adds to a rambling rant.
The OCD Guy even says "Trust Me".
And why would anyone do that if you don't have to?
OCD Guy does not use the term Dedicated Audio Streamer and dances around the fact that Dedicated Audio Products are more expensive than
a comparable 'High Quality PC".
Cost (high cost specifically) is one of your additions.
The reason SGM Extreme is expensive is because the product is low volume production of exceptional quality.
The reason that ASUS products are expensive and affordable is because of high volume mass production of exceptional quality.
Personally I would not turn to OCD Guy for a Review of the SGM Extreme and I do not want to argue with him about any thing at all.

@artizen65, I am not making an argument for horsepower, that's just how SGM Extreme designers did it. 





 

@rego I see your point. I should have titled my post something more neutral, like, "OCD Guy claims to be doing a ’takedown’ of pricey servers." I put my post in a short, headline type style but I was hoping just to generate a conversation with this somewhat hyped phrasing. That’s why my OP also said, "Wonder if others agree or disagree with the basic takedown." But you're right -- I could have put things less tendentiously.

Glad to hear your view and your reasons. Maybe he'll reply, but whatever. Peace.

I’ve been using Amazon Fire tablets for streaming audio for a few years now. My Amazon Fire HD10 and Fire7 sound great with the outboard dacs and headphone amps that I use them with. As such, I see no need to upgrade to a more expensive server, when these inexpensive computers work so well, and also offer many other functions.