Popular Post BigAlMc Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 Hi Ray, Can only echo what even the esteemed audio contributors like Ted_B and Rajiv have said, a stunning bit of work and a great bit of writing. And I'm under no illusions that this took a lot of work. Not only your journey to get here which you so eloquently described. But the work to do the actual tinkering and listening evaluations. And obviously the work to craft such a great series of articles. Excellent stuff and we thank you for the contribution. Bravo! I am however going to add something which risks being misread as negative. It's not intended that way, but it's a reflection on this crazy hobby of ours. Buying a 26 grand server even for the fortunate few that could afford it is nuts. But I get it. I completely maxxed my own budget when I spent 7k on the Zenith SE a few years ago. Had anyone told me a couple years previously that i would spend that huge sum on a fecking server, I'd have laughed in their face. But nonetheless I did and I did not regret it for a second. I'm seriously toying with adding the Innuos Phoenix to it as well (partly due to Rajiv's excellent review - damn you too Austinpop!! 😉). [I should add that my signature is misleading as after a year and a half of NUC tinkering I have restored the Zenith SE to pride of place and might sell the NUCs at some point]. So, as I said, it's clearly nuts to spend that sort of money but I truly get it. The controversial bit. Spend 26k on a server and it still needs/benefits (take your pick) from all the additional tweaks/assists like EtherRegen, audiophile power cord, Sablon USB, audiophile stand etc. etc. That's kinda depressing! Don't get me wrong. I'm a firm believer that everything matters. But this hobby of ours has clearly lost the freaking plot when a 26k server needs us to spend a few more grand to make it shine!! Hope you don't take that the wrong way. Meantime I'll go back to salivating over a Phoenix and a Sablon 2020 (thanks for planting that seed by the way!) to make my SE shine ...... 🙄 Cheers, Alan ray-dude, matthias and Gavin1977 1 1 1 Synergistic Research Powercell UEF SE > Sonore OpticalModule (LPS-1.2 & DXP-1A5DSC) > EtherRegen (SR4T & DXP-1A5DSC) > (Sablon 2020 LAN) Innuos PhoenixNet > Muon Streaming System > Grimm MU1 > (Sablon 2020 AES) > Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC > PS Audio M1200 monoblocks > Focal Sopra No2 speakers Link to comment
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