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Best Digital Music Server

I am looking for opinions of the "best" digital music server considering the following:

1) CD ripping capability/available formats
2) User Interface - I am crazy from trying to ID "Unknown Albums", dropped first tracks, missing album art, etc. on my PC.
3) HiRes (is Sony's technology -as an example - audibly different?) capability.
4) Streaming flexibility - not a big part of my listening experience, but getting bigger all the time it seems.
5) Last but not least - SOUND QUALITY.  I have a reasonably nice DAC (DA2) built into my McIntosh MC2700 PreAmp, so would prefer a '"no internal DAC" solution, but open to it if all the other rankings say buy it anyway.

Thank you in advance for your opinions!

Mark
mhwilliford

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tomic601
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i have three NAIM servers across 3 systems, 2 with Linear Power supplys, isolation, damping, etc The sound fantastic. I wish support was better but they are truthfully getting a bit long in tooth.i would not hesitate to buy the newer servers w strong local dealer support.

ask ? You can see my reference system Poverty Bay Sound in virtual systems.
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