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Scooter,

The High Quality Music Servers in addition combined with CD player functionally is not as simple and straight forward task as you think. The subject of high-end computer audio is very popular nowadays but I think it understood very wrongly. I made a number of statement about it at my site and I made a remark about it at the site you refer. The article was “The misguided “success” of Computer Audio” and it was posted here:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/node/766

Unfortunately people do not “get” it and keep like zombies to BS themselves about the imaginary convenience, and keep uploading to their music server the 16bit pre-caned muse from CDs…

Technically to build a Music Server is very simple, even with regular commercial parts, so the technicality of it is not the problem – what you will be getting row music is the problem.  The Music Servers today are like very high quality reel-to-reel mashies – what will you get the new recordings in tape?

Anyhow, I do not know about Mac and Apple – I afraid them and cannot even use mouse with those machines. Regarding the hardware I do not think it is a problem nowadays. At the site you refer and at dozens others you might found many recommendations. I do not read that site. I had one interaction with the site owner a few days back where we had a conversation about new Berkeley DAC (look at the comments) at:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/audiophile_reference_music_servers_osx_windows?page=9

From the way how the guy behaved with respect to his own listening assessments and the level of his thinking about audio indicated to me that he is an idiot.  I was told that he is a reviewer for Tone magazine – well it should be a synonym with world “Idiot”. 

Anyhow, also be advised that among perhaps 20 Music Server based  CD transports I was not able to find even one that even remotely close in sound of my  dedicated 16 bit transport. (I have no idea way)

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