Audio PC

Depending where you live and what tools you have, are you handy man?
In the US, isolate the circuit by turning off the circuit breaker (make sure nobody can turn it on while you work).
Confirm that you have isolated the circuit, there are AC pens that light up, like the Southwire one I have, or a multimeter to measure the potential volts between the contacts, do measure on and off to ensure you’re getting contact with conductors. The guy in the video uses a doo-dad hahahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwClKlh_G8

If you’re stateside, get a hospital grade outlet at the very least.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGG_pYJdar4


What is best? there are many better options
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVBHXSJNTaQ

I am hoping that there is going to be released an operating system written specifically for a music server PC that offers a suite of tools to make it as good as possible. I am still waiting, it may exist already and I have to discover it.

Yes, there is.  Euphony Stylus, which is more of a Linux operating system that has been pre-tuned to work best in most systems.  It contains it's own music player or you can install Roon Core, HQPlayer, NetworkAudio HQP endpoint, Squeezelite LMS endpoint, or Airplay audio server.

https://euphony-audio.com/euphony-stylus-operating-system/

Alternatively, you can get Arch linux and start digging into all the configuration.  This can ultimately get you better than Euphany, but it requires tons of time and experimentation as well as Linux knowledge.

@auxinput - thanks, I'll be looking into that.
+1 brov

@rixthetrick - here's a really long thread talking about Euphony and AudioLinux:

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/55873-shootout-at-the-linux-corral-audiolinux-vs-euphony/

One quote that stood out to me:

" A Euphony Stylus license may seem expensive, but I get such good sound, as well as great support and troubleshooting from Arthur, and the Euphony engineering team makes incremental updates regularly. "

@auxinput, thanks yeah I'm looking at the threads.
I contacted memory player recently about their software - wow very expensive, much more than Euphony Stylus.

Have you personally used either?