Archimago wrote: > Okay. Fine. I have seen the light! > > $12,500.01 it is. > > Not a penny less! And to optimize the performance of this server > machine, it'll have a 8GB vintage 10-year-old flash drive (because those > were the quietest drives of course!). 2X DVD burner circa 2001 approved > by some-elderly-tube-gear-maker-in-Japan, probably made by Creative. And > I'll settle on a 1TB drive with no upgrades available. I know, 256GB > would have been better (with less electrical noise of course) and > probably would be fine for those who only listen to a few audiophile > albums like 'Kind Of Blue', Diana Krall discography, 'Jazz In The > Pawnshop'... > > On the software side, it'll just have to be stripped to the bone with > our Linux install. Might need to wrestle a little to get everything to > fit on 8GB flash (Vortexbox, LMS, caches...). Of course no other > packages or extraneous background daemons; that would just destroy the > sound quality. > > Dual-core Atom for netbooks would be good enough, anything faster would > also damage the sound. And of course 2GB RAM is plenty. > > Add aeronautical milled aluminum fascia. > > Clearly: The. Ultimate. Serving. Machine. > > Enjoy! > > :-)
A nice start and here are some suggestions to enhance the audiophile street cred: heavy duty audiophile grade power supply, preferably in a separate box SSD drives - no moving parts Micro SD card slot that will only work with Sony Premium Sound micro sd cards Built in DSD capable DAC with tubed output stage No wireless adapter, only Ethernet, which of course will only work with Audioquest Ethernet cables Silver solder and pure oxygen free copper wire throughout And for a mere $5,000 extra a Sony Premium Sound micro sd card preloaded with 32bit/384kHz Super High Resolution versions of the last 10 HP Super Disc lists. I hope you like my suggestions. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103488 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
