Any thoughts?
Does having an SSD drive improve things in the music server, or is it just a marketing gimmick?
Seems like one still needs a NAS even if one gets a music aerver, as reference-level servers such as Antipodes, Innous, Aurender, etc., have fairly small drives? Most serious digital people have huge music collections. And if one has DSD files or digitized vinyl, it is so easy to exceed 10 TB. So one has to move files back and forth, between the server and a NAS - a pain in the a$$ that the Music Server was supposed to solve.
Also, music servers seem to favor USB implementations, which require one start hunting for a USB cable, which is as fun as a dentist visit with no anesthesia, at least to me... Furthermore, many reference DAC manufacturers recommend AES or SPDIF ... Risky to go against what the guys who built a product recommend.
Why not just go with a quality, reference-level network bridge?
What are the trade-offs?
Thank you
Does having an SSD drive improve things in the music server, or is it just a marketing gimmick?
Seems like one still needs a NAS even if one gets a music aerver, as reference-level servers such as Antipodes, Innous, Aurender, etc., have fairly small drives? Most serious digital people have huge music collections. And if one has DSD files or digitized vinyl, it is so easy to exceed 10 TB. So one has to move files back and forth, between the server and a NAS - a pain in the a$$ that the Music Server was supposed to solve.
Also, music servers seem to favor USB implementations, which require one start hunting for a USB cable, which is as fun as a dentist visit with no anesthesia, at least to me... Furthermore, many reference DAC manufacturers recommend AES or SPDIF ... Risky to go against what the guys who built a product recommend.
Why not just go with a quality, reference-level network bridge?
What are the trade-offs?
Thank you