Sound quality differences in streamers

mdalton,

Value is determined by the individual. One can argue that spending X amount for any component is dumb. I say, spend whatever you can easily afford to yield the sound you want!

verdantaudio,

I'm not a dealer, just an end-user. I've owned several Antipodes Audio music servers. I've compared Antipodes to other music servers and have preferred Antipodes to Aurender, Innuos, and several others. I have the Oladra now and it's my last music server. 

mdalton,

Again, value is determined by every individual. If you don't think you need to spend  "x" amount for a streamer/server, it's pretty simple...don't. I never said, that you or anyone had to spend a certain amount of money to get to a certain level of performance, so I hope your not directing your comments to me. I simply don't believe in judging people for how they spend "their own money".

You must be directing your comments to someone else. I’ve never said Antipodes was better than any other music server. I always use " preferred" when I compare components. I never used the words "more accurate" either. I’ve never sad anything that you have posted. 

I don’t follow reviewers. I determine how much I’m willing to spend for a component  and I get a home audition when possible. If my wife and I determine a component to be a good value, I purchase it.

I’m not saying there are night and day differences between streamers or any components. In my experience, easily discernable differences are hard to ignore. In my opinion, high-end audio is about hearing small differences, that so may of us are willing to spend significant money for. How much one is willing to spend for incremental improvements is different for each of us. That’s where I am with speakers now. I’ve heard several speakers/system that I prefer to mine, but I’m not willing to spend the money to purchase a new system or new speakers.