I have just received the latest version of Superkomputer. It is a huge device, housed in a Level 7 chassis with a thick front panel and a heatsink on top. My Antipodes looks like a toy next to the Superkomputer.
The specs are from the site:
-Processor is the Intel i7 Skylake
-The motherboard is DDR4/Skylake type
-The RAM is 32 GB of PRO series DDR4
-The system drive boot is from SUPER-SSD - the fastest memory on Earth
-The music storage is a four-dock bay with external access to 4 SSD drives of up to 8TB of SSD. We provide 1TB of Samsung Pro SSD for starters
-The USB output is from highest spec audiophile SotM card USB3
-There is an option for battery power from car battery
-An optional provision for tube SPDIF output versus solid state in the Komputer
-Software is embedded linux with ROON plus HQplayer
So far it is too early to say, the device is still burning in, and I need to play more with different HQplayer settings, but PCM converted to DSD, including Tidal, sounds really nice, much better than Tidal sound on the Antipodes. Unfortunately, Amanero supports only up to DSD128 on Linux, so this is the maximum I could test on my Lampi L4 and a borrowed GG. Now I am listening to PCM stream converted to DSD128 using poly-sinc-shrt filter on the latest R2R Golden Gate and it sounds very smooth and musical.
Some pictures:
The specs are from the site:
-Processor is the Intel i7 Skylake
-The motherboard is DDR4/Skylake type
-The RAM is 32 GB of PRO series DDR4
-The system drive boot is from SUPER-SSD - the fastest memory on Earth
-The music storage is a four-dock bay with external access to 4 SSD drives of up to 8TB of SSD. We provide 1TB of Samsung Pro SSD for starters
-The USB output is from highest spec audiophile SotM card USB3
-There is an option for battery power from car battery
-An optional provision for tube SPDIF output versus solid state in the Komputer
-Software is embedded linux with ROON plus HQplayer
So far it is too early to say, the device is still burning in, and I need to play more with different HQplayer settings, but PCM converted to DSD, including Tidal, sounds really nice, much better than Tidal sound on the Antipodes. Unfortunately, Amanero supports only up to DSD128 on Linux, so this is the maximum I could test on my Lampi L4 and a borrowed GG. Now I am listening to PCM stream converted to DSD128 using poly-sinc-shrt filter on the latest R2R Golden Gate and it sounds very smooth and musical.
Some pictures: