Is a CAPS style PC still the way to go?

[Lebouwsky]

I started with a Pie, then upgraded to a hummingboard with a fairly good lps, which was a step up. This was replaced by a sotm sms200 with an uptone regen, which was a step up again, later added a better lps (sotm sps500), which improved things even more. So I moved from a nas to a dedicated server running hqplayer, feeding the sms200 as a renderer. The system improved but also expanded physicly, all these boxes and cables... I don't know

 

I figured if I continue this path I'll end up with a spagetti chain like many of us have, but it's not the route I want, so I'm now preparing for a 1 box solution like @ElviaCaprice is suggesting. To me it's the right way forward, with up to date technology, superior sound and the ease of flexibility in hardware and software, all in 1 box.

 

In the end, it is a matter of preferences, there is no "ultimate truth"