letterman

Congratulations on a fantastic build, SK8. Can you give us details on the Ram you used?

I began my streaming journey with a Microrendu, using HQPlayer. Upsampling to DSD512 was very pleasing to my ear and a T+A Dac 8 DSD fits the bill admirably. I then fell into the rabbit hole of fibre optic connections and, as much as I enjoyed my microRendu, I craved for more. The opticalRendu seemed to be the perfect solution and, it was. It fulfilled my objective of establishing a full fibre network and there was a bonus; it lifted my system to a new level of enjoyment. Am I out of the rabbit hole? Of course not. But some of the bunnies have settled – HQPlayer is staying, the opticalRendu is staying and I could dream of a T+A DAC200, but am content with my T+A Dac 8 DSD. I am aware of “paid” reviews being sought by Sonore, but my comments above are an honest reflection of my journey to a better sounding system.

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I'm starting to collect bits for the upcoming build and wanted to check if it will be around the ASUS WS C621E Sage Extreme Power Intel® Xeon® Processor Workstation Motherboard?

Thanks for your comments, Nenon. I read your earlier comments re the sound quality of the Xeon Silver 4114 CPUs. I'm following this thread with great interest. Thanks for your efforts.

My wish list for this server build is to be able to upsample to DSD512 using HQ Player to a T+A Dac8 DSD. Will this be possible, and if so, how far into the complex range of HQ Player options could it go? Also, what CPU options are on the drawing board and are there any hot contenders?

My two 350W PSUs arrived yesterday without warning. Tracking info turned up this morning. Units were very well packed. Thanks. Ben for your hard work in pulling this group buy together

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Hi Ben PM sent.