for sale Audiophile Optimizer Holiday Special announcement

[mav52]

I'm just about ready to throw a dummy spit and ditch OSX for playback once and for all.. and the great things I'm reading in this thread are *nearly* pushing me over to the dark side: hahaha

 

First some background. I got rid of itunes as my media library a few years back after the itunes 11 debacle.. man I hate the itunes GUI now..

 

Then I went down the uPnP Minimserver route with an Oppo 105, only to be thwarted 50 meters from the finishing line when I discovered the Oppo wasn't (really) a uPnP player.. well not for DSD and gapless anyway..it was really a wolf in sheep's clothing..

 

Recently Ive got an e28 multichannel DAC and I can't be happy enough (with the hardware implementation that is);;

 

Trouble is the OSX software side..

 

Sure I've got it playing near perfect with A+... if it wasn't for the well know dropout's because my MAc's USB isn't powered enough.. not the mention you really need to use itunes to get the most of A+.. and I hate itunes..

 

Then thanks to TedB and the gang I discovered the wonders of JRiver library management. Trouble is with the e28 ATM JRIvr for OSX doesn't quite cut it.. (they are apparently going to start working on the bugs according to George from exasound)..

 

Does this quest sound familiar..??

 

GANG! Now the penny has dropped! Why don't I just move to a Zuma like CAPS with this WIn 2012 Server and Audiophile optimizer?.. Can you hold my hand with this process? hahahaha.. I'm going to need it.. Would a "Haswell" Gigabit Brix with i7 and 16GB RAM cut it?..something like this: GIGABYTE Updates BRIX Ultra Compact PC with 4th Generation Intel® Core How much SSD memory would I need? Cheers...

 

Wap..

 

Right behind ya Wap, I was on the DARKSIDE then when the machine died I went to the other side hearing all the goods, but never owning a Apple computer product, getting support is hard to find, but the DARKSIDE is looking better AGAIN, at least I know where stuff is and how to change/adjust it...

 

 

Oh ps, when I saw your uPnP thingy yet again this is for you