Music Server with no DAC?

"And on that note NuForce has a history of relatively frequent upgrades compared to other companies, so perhaps they will do it sometime relatively soon "

I have corresponded extensively with NuForce on this topic (i.e. output of 176 and 192 kHz signals) and they told me that they will develop their stand-alone DAC and something else but in their plans they will not change their music server. Its too bad because otherwise I would consider it...

Rafael

Why not use the Logitech Duet and output that into a high end DAC. That way you get the convenience of accessing all you music via the remote.

I'm settling on J River (program you add to your computer) with IPhone as remote. Although I do like Media Monkey as well. Basically free, and has same functionality as all of these $300 - $2000 devices.

After lots of poking at things and thinking about it, if you have a computer in a closet near the living room, or out in the open (and we do), I don't see what any of these programs offer over J River or Media Monkey. Total cost: $50 or so... Of course, you need NAS or DAS commodity storage, but that is soo cheap these days, 500 GB is $150 or less, and many of the 'devices' don't come with storage either (and I don't think they should as that limits expandability - or if they do, they should be expandable).

I actually just use my laptop, my laptop docking station has spdif out and my dac re-clocks, so it all works quite well. The NAS is attached to the docking station, so its all very simple and basically free. So I'm off the music server completely now...