26-Feb-2015, 14:28
What I find interesting in this discussion is that we are definitely seeing more streamers coming out that incorporate an element of storage, for e.g. the Aurenders, Aria, Melco, Antipodes etc.
Storage is evidently a key part of streaming as is the network to deliver the music data to the streamer/DAC.
What we are beginning to see is more attention being paid to networking setups to supposedly minimise electrical noise, for e.g. the use of a Teddy Pardo power supply with a NAS, the move to fanless NAS drives (for e.g. QNAP HS 210) and the use of SSD instead of HDD... I myself have been amazed by SQ improvements when upgrading routers and isolating/grounding a NAS...
So with these all-in-one boxes you are effectively addressing all these areas, you're not just removing your computer from the audio chain but also your network, switch etc. Interesting!
Guillaume
Storage is evidently a key part of streaming as is the network to deliver the music data to the streamer/DAC.
What we are beginning to see is more attention being paid to networking setups to supposedly minimise electrical noise, for e.g. the use of a Teddy Pardo power supply with a NAS, the move to fanless NAS drives (for e.g. QNAP HS 210) and the use of SSD instead of HDD... I myself have been amazed by SQ improvements when upgrading routers and isolating/grounding a NAS...
So with these all-in-one boxes you are effectively addressing all these areas, you're not just removing your computer from the audio chain but also your network, switch etc. Interesting!
Guillaume
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