Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy


Not sure if anyone caught this, but it's quite the take down of some of the very expensive server/streamer stuff out there. It seems logical to me -- especially when he prices out what some of the internal components are -- but this is above my pay grade so I cannot confirm. It's here: https://youtu.be/MMSC9-qQ_K4

Wonder if others agree or disagree with the basic takedown.
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Showing 3 responses by daleberlin

I agree with him about Servers and Streamers. Just so the cpu can handle the load, the bit stream entering a DAC is identical regardless of cost. The feature I would be willing to pay extra for, and can be expensive, is the User Interface or Human Interface software/hardware.

I disagree that he can tell the difference between a FLAC and WAVE file. A decompressed FLAC is identical bit for bit to the original WAVE file. Only the meta data is different. If a lossless compression does not expand into an exact copy of the original, restoring a computer backup would never work.



tatyana69
223 posts
02-12-2021 2:08pm

daleberlin
16 posts02-12-2021 1:54pm

"I disagree that he can tell the difference between a FLAC and WAVE file. A decompressed FLAC is identical bit for bit to the original WAVE file. "


You know so little

Its a fact sir. Oh no, you didn’t spend $1000 on a USB cable did you?
Exactly audio2design.  What is so hard to understand?  If bitstream A is identical to bitstream B, they will sound identical.