Lampizator Music KOMPUTER or MusicVault or MemoryPlayer64???


Looking for good advice and pros/cons, listening experiences, etc...with any or all of the above computer-based audio ripping/server based platforms.  Important things for me are balanced outputs, clock input, ability to rip both RBCD (CD, XRCD, XRCD2, XRCD24) and SACD (native, not the RBCD layer) and if possible the 2-channel DVD-Audio disc content I have.  Need large in-box as well as network attached storage potential with some form of redundancy (think high-availability/fault-tolerance), use of RAID or some other approach (local cloud).  Thanks in advance for the help!
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Reading about dsd super komputer. Don't get it. What does dsd have to do with a komputer(computer)? All bits. Suggesting bits handled differently? Someone who knows please explain. Great looking though. Without options sell $7700us. Built mine with more memory and jcat but same motherboard, processor and Linux v3.0. Cost about 1/2 the price. Mine as well as my older server both do dsd as well. 
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Juan, I may have miss spoke. When I said build, I did not mean me doing the actual building. Endpcnoise did both of mine. I was not criticizing either. It is a well designed and great looking computer and of course they need to make a profit. Just that there are ways to What I don't understand is the dsd part. All computers, with enough memory can hold and distribute dsd files. The trick is to do so with as little effect on the transfer as possible. It is the dac and the balance of a system that makes the music file sound great. A quiet(silent) music server just gets out of the way. I am sure your "Toshiba Laptop" would sound great feeding an excellent audio system. There are other issues with laptops being used as servers. But we get off topic. My question was about the name. What makes it a "DSD Komputer"? Riddle me that.
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Juan, thanks for the link. I have read Lukasz thoughts many times. He is the reason I am using Linux. Reading his view got me to research Linux and its advantages. I chose audiophile Linux v3.0. I was going to buy one of his dacs but I moved away from tubes. Not the sound but the energy efficiency, heat, hums and burn outs. Stayed with SS. Emm labs da2. Quite happy. As far as the dsd komputer name, I was being facetious. As far as the design making a huge difference in sound, I too chose the best parts and as it turned out the same case, streacom FC10. 
Zephyr24069, my system will play native DSD. The issue with that, for me, is there is almost no native I wish to listen to. Organ music just not my idea of good listening. Almost all dsd that I do wish to hear is in pcm. In that respect I do not hear a difference, for the better or worse, between formats. But then at 60 my ears may not be as good as yours.
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Juan, I have not heard the lampizator. I had considered ordering one for a while. But I decided to stay away from tubes. I was always SS. From reading hear on audiogon I decided to trie tubes. This is 7yrs ago or so. I bought really high-end stuff. Prefer not to name names. Had humming and other noise issues from day one. The Manufacture (owner) was at my home more then once. Also there was the heat and energy issues(not cost but waste). Then there is resale. Tube electrics go for pennies on a $ used. I had the dcs debussy and then the Emm labs dac 2x. I was very happy with both. Now with the da2 I am thrilled. My final choice. To me tubes are for audiophiles who wish to tinker. I just want to turn it on and it works perfectly every time. If I wish to tinker I listen to vinyl. I do have a yipsilon VPS-100 phono stage. It has tubes. I am Happy with it. But that's that.
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Juan, I am sure the lampizator is a great dac. Also sure from what I have read that they are on the cutting edge and build a quality product. I considered their komputer. Though I realized there, I believed, with a little work I could do the same or very close for a lot  less money. As I said they are the reason I went Linux. So I am NOT knocking them in any way. I Have never  seen or heard just read audiophiles reviews like yours. All seem to love them. Leaving me with no doubt. All the best
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