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I owned one of the first productions units of the AudioRequest ARQ-1 audio server. Ultimately as my digital collection grew I went to a server-based system with unlimited storage, the $200 Squeezebox from slimdevices.com. I must say the Squeezebox is the best audio device I've ever bought. With lossless files it sounds exactly the same as my $3500 CD transport.

I have a "music room" where I listen to music. I don't mind changing records or SACD/CDs, so I have no need for a music server.

I spend toooooooo much time figuring out where the "#@$!

If you thank a computer virus is a pain with data, wait to you see what one can do to your music collection.

There is something enjoyable and warm and fuzzy about playing music software from a CD player, turntable, tape deck, etc. Besides, with many high end pieces coming with remote controls more and more, we need to get up off of our lazy asses and at least play disc jockey. I enjoy having my music on a shelf, thumbing through it. I like looking at booklet inserts to discs and reading album covers. Why the hell is the size of album notes getting propotionately smaller relative to my bifocal prescription increase?

How much of the music will we hear?

I got three, built off Red Hat Linux and XT Pro... heck, I built my first one off an NT box some six years ago. Now all I need is some ten terabites of storage with dual homed GigE interfaces for under USD1K and I'm done.

I'll probably still use my comp. for a music server, and whip out the albums for high-end listning, but it would be nice if the high-end would recognise what most likely will be the next format in music, instead of trying to sell us on expensive gear that costs more than the total cost of all the software available for that player...

Stereophile has finally gotten to the very core of audiophile music reproduction! You should see and hear my high-end hard-disc-based boombox. The state of the art Burr-Brown 1 bit cd section is especially transparent, and will transport you to musical waves of rapture.

It just needs to be able to pick and place vinyl on my Basis Debut, carefully, via voice command. Not too much to ask for?

Many years from now, I'll worry about it, when the price is cheap and the sound is good. For now I'll continue to get my lazy butt out of my chair and put the next CD on.

System needs to support uncompressed CD and SACD material.

is it too much to ask to have the best content, when I want it, wherever I want it?

Why? I have LPs and CDs and I am perfectly content with listening to them one at a time. I have satellite radio for those occasions where I want music and no hassle of changing the CD or flipping the LP. Why have compressed music?

not at all.

Would have one if the music industry would not stop us from using music we buy legally in ways that we want to.

Why isn't Stereophile covering this stuff?

Most of the interest in "jukeboxes" of all sorts, computer based or whatever, appears to be from people who have lost interest in unified and extended musical works. If you like listening to albums as opposed to singles, or symphonies as opposed to soundbites, the task of placing a disk in a player is rather inconsequential.

This is the product of the future!

This can never be an audiophile product! First CDs, then hard disks, now mp3s. What a joke! What the hell is happening to our music? Doesn't anyone care about quality anymore? You lazy bastards! Vinyl rules!

There needs to be a music service that lets us listen free or small monthly fee in lo-res, with the ability to purchase high-rez recordings, better than CD quality for our downloading pleasure.

I have heard the VRS Audio System, and I believe it to be the best playback I have ever heard. I will be buying one. This is definately the future for media content. Let me assure you that you can't get better, it just does not exist!

sure I'm interested.With the new 64bit chips out, 24/192 lossless should be a breeze. with

I use an iPod whenever i

In addition to more information on audiophile music server products, I'd especially like to see more articles regarding computer sound cards; there must be a few devices that make all those ones and zeros sound better than the standard OEM fare.

I like picking out my LPs by hand.

I look at a computer at work all day. Keep those evil things away from my music!

May consider it when a high-resolution format will be easily available.

I think this would be a great addition to a quality system if implemented properly, i.e. quality sound and ease of use.

I already have a wireless hub and wireless laptop that I can (and often do) connect to my stereo system. Thus, I have no need for a separate "music server" product.