I frequently receive emails about my music servers from readers interested in taking the music server plunge. Some readers are interested in a whole thesis with pros, cons, and longitudinal studies while others are interested in one small piece such as processor speed or disk storage. While it's impossible to tell someone what will work best in their system, I can let people know exactly what I'm using and what I prefer. I've listened to countless configurations on many operating systems and hardware platforms. In addition I continue to evaluate new, old, and state-of-the-art software and hardware frequently. What follows is a list of my music servers, network configuration, remote control options, diagrams of server placement outside of my listening room etc...
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Computer Audiophile was launched November 20, 2007 by Chris Connaker. Chris is an audiophile who has loved music and high quality sound for as long as he can remember. He listens to all types of music on CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, Vinyl, high quality downloads, and digital files. While taking his music listening experience to the next level with a computer-based system Chris discovered audiophiles everywhere were struggling to find answers about music servers and the technology in general. Thus, Chris started Computer Audiophile to fill this large knowledge gap in the audiophile community and show people that music servers can equal or better the current state-of-the-art in any playback medium. The site brings together Chris' extensive background in Information Technology and his passion for music. Chris has over a decade of experience designing, configuring, and managing global IT networks. From desktop hardware and software to network disk / storage to switches, routers, and firewalls. Chris has experience with all of them. He has also designed and built many music servers from absolutely silent Windows based servers to high power Macintosh based music servers. Chris has also used a majority of the "canned" music servers on the market and has very good knowledge of the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and inner-workings of many of the servers.
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