Maybe everyone has known about this for ages—in which case please delete this—but why on earth is there such a thing as the Taiko Audio SGM Extreme? There are definitely things in our world that should be overbuilt—skyscrapers, bridges, tunnels, seawalls, homes and buildings in flood and earthquake prone areas, power grids, child safety seats, bike helmets, etc. etc.—but a music server?
For a mere €23,370.00 – €28,920.00/$28,216.00 - $34,920.00 you can have a “a State of the Art Music Server designed to deliver the most realistic sounding / live reproduction from stored music files and streaming music from Qobuz and Tidal.”
https://taikoaudio.com/taiko-2020/product/sgm-extreme-high-end-music-server/
I get that in our world there are very wealthy people for whom money is not a consideration and that there are people who make money off of them. Maybe it’s an honest living stealing from the rich and whatnot. But on a technological level, what justifies the price of this item? And how could anyone believe that a device can make Qobuz and Tidal sound like live music?
Is this just chicanery and dishonesty on the utmost level?
Of course there’s someone who bought, tested, and reviewed the piece and loves it and swears his listening life has been changed forever by it. A write-up in 5 parts no less:
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/revi...the-taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-part-1-of-5-r907/
For a mere €23,370.00 – €28,920.00/$28,216.00 - $34,920.00 you can have a “a State of the Art Music Server designed to deliver the most realistic sounding / live reproduction from stored music files and streaming music from Qobuz and Tidal.”
https://taikoaudio.com/taiko-2020/product/sgm-extreme-high-end-music-server/
I get that in our world there are very wealthy people for whom money is not a consideration and that there are people who make money off of them. Maybe it’s an honest living stealing from the rich and whatnot. But on a technological level, what justifies the price of this item? And how could anyone believe that a device can make Qobuz and Tidal sound like live music?
Is this just chicanery and dishonesty on the utmost level?
Of course there’s someone who bought, tested, and reviewed the piece and loves it and swears his listening life has been changed forever by it. A write-up in 5 parts no less:
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/revi...the-taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-part-1-of-5-r907/