Is computer audio a bust?

i agree completely with audioengr. i well put together computer-based system is superb. i have had a Lumin A1 with an upgraded PSU for over a year and my system sounds much better then it did with my Meitner CDSA-SE player.The convenience is incredible. i will never go back....

Am I missing something here? Can CDPs play DXD or DSD128? If not, then what is the discussion about? If I run natively recorded hirez/DSD thru the right CA gear, then CDPs cant touch that.

For RBCD, we can have a debate, but CDPs are inherently too limited. A CDP Dac may also be compromised unless they run separate chipsets.

Plex server runs on Windows for sure. Maybe other OSs. Check the download site to see. SOme NAS might work.

Plex client apps run on Android, and IOS. Also a web app via web browser.

Requires further investigation to know what NAS devices might be supported so far.

For greater than CD resolution, computer audio may be the only viable ticket in town at this point with any stable future ahead of it.

Personally, I have not gone there to-date in that I am happy with CD resolution in most cases and the benefits I foresee do not outweigh the overhead and cost involved, though Plex might help put me there sooner rather than later. It supports very high streaming rates for HD video. NOt exactly sure yet how much of that carries over into audio libraries, but when I stream audio at the higher bitrates available, some CD level or higher, it sounds VERY GOOD!!!!

Mapman, for me the higher rates like DSD128 and DXD are unbeatable.

Sure well recorded/mastered is key, but all that being equal, the high rate files trounce RBCD. Great RBCD is divine, but there is still better, is my point.