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In Reply to: RE: Mercman's Playback Designs review posted by Mercman on June 18, 2016 at 06:55:45:
I'm guessing that some here may be confusing a $10,000 Laptop PC to the fact that the PC is plugged into and sitting on $10,000 worth of audiophile accessories(as was the 'appliance' you were comparing it to during the rewiew).
From where I sit, that's still an ASUS Laptop running Windows 10 and JRiver. It certainly SHOULD sound better than a $6500 streamer, especially as both seem to have been plugged into and sitting on the same $10,000 worth of audiophile accessories as your comparison of the two would indicate.
Even a $10,000 USB cable (is there such a thing?) would not change the above if you used the same cable with both systems.
I do think it important to continue to compare these new 'appliances' to box-stock computer systems like your ASUS, or to each other, as otherwise comparisons become meaningless to those majority of readers who stream from whatever computer is available.
Have you had a chance to get your hands on a uRendu? As that 'appliance' does not cost $6500, it might be an interesting comparison with your laptop and/or a stock SBT?
By the way, according to Brian Zolner of Bricansi, the above system is streaming from a stock laptop (RMAF 2015) sitting on isolation footers but powered by a specially made PS which is not in the picture.
Very good sounding room, by the way.
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- Thanks for the information, as the moderators have closed the thread below... - Ivan303 08:21:52 06/18/16 (0)
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