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I will wait a little longer. Prices will go down and capacity will go up.
Now that hi-rez files without DRM are starting to become available for download from several labels, are you ready for an audiophile music server?
Yes, I'm just waiting for some of the high-end companies to start producing them. It seems most of the units now are deficient in either D/A or usability in software, so hopefully we should be seeing some great choices in the following year.
So ready I already have one. I have over 4000 albums in 16/44.1 (CDs)-24/176 (vinyl) flac/ape/ogg q6-9/mp3 V0 files on a media server cataloged and played with MediaMonkey through a custom built WinXP silent box which has become my main source/transport device. Ultimate "couch potato" audiophile rig. And no, it has nothing to do with hi-rez music available online. I already have mine. I'm still to transcode the remaining ~3000 vinyl albums. Will I ever? So much music, so little time.
I accept the inevitable evolution of audio that this equipment will represent. I will wait a long time to purchase until I'm sure: 1) all the DRM and other music industry BS has been resolved, 2) the major audiophile equipment manufacturers will create true high-end hardware and software that improves upon what I have now, and 3) the audiophile press reviews and approves of the first generation systems.