Music server

There's this now from Wyred4sound: http://www.wyred4sound.com/webapps/p/74030/117839/620191

I have no idea what it sounds like but if their past products are any indication of their sound, then this might be a winner. I'm going to wait and see. There's a bit of a dust up over the sound of FLAC vs. WAV and this converts all ripped CDs to FLAC. It will all depend on the implementation. I can't wait to read the reviews.

Disappointing to hear of your experience with the OLive product, a few bugs yet in there system perhaps. Your quest continues. Please post your final choice.

Thanks for the link Nonoise, the Wyred music server looks promising. Hopefully it will have great sound and be dependable.

Anybody has experience with Sono CONNECT (player) pairing with TiVX S1 HD (server)?

The VortexBox 1Tb NAS (server) also looks promising since it has a built-in CD ripper that makes life easier. In Amazon, somebody use this to replace his Mark Levinson 31.5 transport. I mean, is it really that good? (the reviewer did not mention what media player he used)

I still prefer the player having digital out (at least SPDIF, preferrably AES/EBU) so audiophile quality outboard D/A could do the job.

I second the Vortexbox Appliance. Cheap, fairly easy to use, and intended for novice users. I have owned the 1TB model since the summer. Playback has been flawless. A software upgrade did not go well, and I will soon be reinstalling the software, and restoring my music files from my backup USB drive. Wish me luck. But even with all of this, the Vortexbox in conjunction with a SBT has made my transition to a server-based music library fairly easy, and the sound is outstanding. Great info on the VortexBox forums: www.vortexbox.org