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Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy

Not sure if anyone caught this, but it's quite the take down of some of the very expensive server/streamer stuff out there. It seems logical to me -- especially when he prices out what some of the internal components are -- but this is above my pay grade so I cannot confirm. It's here: https://youtu.be/MMSC9-qQ_K4

Wonder if others agree or disagree with the basic takedown.
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@lalitk Holy crap that Taiko looks like one of the best built audio devices I've ever seen. And 700,000 microfarads of capacitance for a streamer/server??!!  Honestly just based on build quality that looks like its well worth the $26K they're asking. No comment on it otherwise for obvious reasons.
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Points taken. He’s talking about units with $5k worth of parts that get fancy chassis that then charge $20-$30k.
If you think a $5k parts cost and a $20K retail don't add up I would caution you not to get into business. Parts cost plus labor plus profit margin plus dealer markup you can get there pretty quickly. And that doesn't take into account other costs such as rent, employee salaries and benefits, not to mention R&D costs.

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+1 @hilde45 And seriously you can't be a critic of the audio industry and be in that industry selling stuff. You have zero credibility that way regardless of your intent and honesty.
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