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RE: Cost/price of a "generic" Audiostream Syrah-like server

There seems to be at least 2 approaches.

First are those with genuine hardware and software expertise, who try to arrive at a nicely made package costing $1000 to say $8000. A user is locked into a dedicated system for his/her purposes but will know that some kind of holistic approach has been taken by the propreiters. The Plyback Designs rig falls into this category.

Second, there are those who try to conduct software 'optimisation' of nuc type of computers in fairly cheaply made 'low end China type' cases. They seem to be selling these for $1000 to $2000. We are talking of the approach of using a Convent Garden PC or laptop, with 3 to 4 different kinds of OS modification audio suites to make the device 'sound good'. There will be little or no improvement on the hardware side except by way of claims of resonance control or whatever that cannot be challenged.

Most inmates with any kind of scientific or engineering education and training should know that, with the latter approach, there is no clarity of what is going on with the operating system or how this may be modfied. The user is unkikely to learn anything by using this approach and will be locked into a cycle of paying more for any 'software upgrades'.

In a free world the inmate chooses but unfortunately not all will be informed.!

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