23-Mar-2015, 11:44
(22-Mar-2015, 23:56)PhilP Wrote: Well, you can already buy a 512GB SD card from Sandisk which can hold 1000+ albums of 16 bit uncompressed FLAC and the 1TB version is apparently not far off.
It has always baffled me why it is "necessary" to spend thousands of pounds/dollars getting music files from a storage device to a DAC or Devialet. It's surely an extremely straightforward task - isn't it?
Perhaps a simple solution like the one you describe is the way forward - solid state, batteries etc. The main downside would seem to be the UI - it would be nice to able to make use of tags, display cover art etc. Maybe some clever person will write some s/w to do that...
I totally agree with you. But I'm sure they are people who just want the highest priced gears in their system and believing that anything priced lower than 1000 is not audiophile-grade equipment. Well, to each its own. Who knows, if I strike a multi-million lottery, I may just buy the most expensive system, too.
For now, I'm satisfied with my PC, Sonos and Bluesound as sources.
Before: Le200, KEF LS50, AQ Type4, NUC 5i5RYH/8GB/128GB M.2SSD, Roon, Win8.1/AIR2.1.3/RoonBridge, MM/AIR3/RoonBridge, QNAP TS-212P 5TB NAS, AQ NRG-X3
Now: KEF LS50W, NUC5i5RYH/8GB/128GB M.2SSD, Roon, QNAP TS-212P 5TB NAS,iFi iSilencer3.0+DC iPurifier+iPurifier2, Sonos ZP80+SPDIF iPurifier
Location: Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Now: KEF LS50W, NUC5i5RYH/8GB/128GB M.2SSD, Roon, QNAP TS-212P 5TB NAS,iFi iSilencer3.0+DC iPurifier+iPurifier2, Sonos ZP80+SPDIF iPurifier
Location: Cyberjaya, Malaysia
