RichardSantiago
Member of the Trade: Audiologica UK
First impressions (assuming it arrived)?
Haha guessing you liked it.
I think I'll wait for few more months before buying one. I like to see if the owners start offloading their other DACs. That's a good indication that it isn't FOTM. It's happened with one guy from SNA.
You aren't helping me you know .
Just kidding.
The fact not many have come up for sale show that they are that good. (Bill sold his Metrum!)
I understand the appeal of an Olive or Aurender or Bladelius. You just load your files and go, there's no need to worry about shutting off unnecessary services or whether you're using the right type of output mode. The downside is that they cost 3X as much as a home built PC server, and (at least according to Computer Audiophile) don't sound as good.
A product like the Auraliti PK-90 USB meets the consumer in the middle. The hardware and software work is all done for you, but the value is still there, and you can control it without the need for a monitor as with the expensive one piece servers.