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Benchmark DAC1USB vs PRE1 vs Transporter
Saunderse wrote: "Forget the transport with the volume control. I guarantee you, that the pot in the transport, is in the signal path and is probably of very poor quality."This is incorrect, both the SB3 and Transporter use digital voume control; ... 
Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ?
Cytocyle - while my day of reckoning with a large music library (~1,200 CDs) on a ReadyNAS NV+ is still a few weeks away, the information contained in the "Artwork Setup" section of Slimserver's help section suggests that memory is the issue, not ... 
Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ?
CK - I don't use itunes, so please take my $0.02 about this with a grain of salt. Basically, my understanding from what I have read on the SD forum is that folks have developed add-on programs that allow SlimServer to "capture" whatever is playing... 
Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ?
While cludgy and not "mac-easy", there are apparently workarounds to using itunes on Slim Devices. See the forum on the Slim Devices website and search for "using itunes".Also, Slim Devices has a new control device, "Jive", coming out soon (report... 
Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ?
Tboooe is correct and his recommendation on the Infrant (now NetGear) ReadyNAS NV+ is what I bought. Speaking of "business use", I also configured my NV+ with the more robust "enterprise" hard drives versus "consumer" models since the enterprise u... 
Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ?
Thanks for the kind comments, CK. I agree that it is a very cost-effective route, even when adding $2k for the pending ModWright tube output stage upgrade. You are correct about still being able to use USB on a running computer. One of the advanta... 
Music Server vs. PC vs. Transport vs. ?
Chris, I dove into the computer/internet-based music world recently and beliieve my experience can possibly provide some more insight for you. I basically had the same criteria as you did, including multi-room access, one-spot storage of music, hi...