Servers: Are we there yet?


I was shocked to discover that my brand-new high-end server is entirely dependant on a functional wireless network. If either the Ipad or the wifi are not working, the server is rendered non-functional. I spoke to the dealer and he informed me that all the servers he carries are like that. Huh?!?
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I have been lurking this thread and many others for about 4 months.  Without a large budget to work with, but wanting bit perfect server feeds to the dac, I purchased an Auraliti PK100 with power supply here on Audiogon.  I ordered a Trendnet ethernet over power line kit from Amazon, plugged one module in a wall socket in the office and connected that to my router with a cat 5 cable from Blue Jean Cables.  I plugged the other module into a wall socket in my audio room (at the other end of the house) and connected that to my PK100, then connected the PK100 to my dac via toslink, turned everything on, and presto! Using my wife's old ipad I now have a great sounding digital jukebox.  Does it sound as good as my Meridian G08 cd player?  I'm not sure, I have not done any a/b listening, not sure I will because it all sounds damn good.  I am in the process of ripping my cd collection to flac using dbpoweramp.  I agree with the statements that there is still work to be done in computer audio, but having fingertip access to any song/artist on over 1000 cds is crazy cool.   
@hcalland Im' also using Lumin T1 and A1 before. and now getting a U1 to improve the system. 
And i believe you already updated your power supply from your T1 correct? if not this is the step ONE to improve.


@ben2300 Actually I started out with a Lumin D-1, and upgraded to the A-1. It of course has the external power supply, and I used a Synology NAS. Need to choose a backup option now.  Loving the convenience and sound quality. 

I will ill be interested in your thoughts on the U-1.
jrun, Let us know how your setup sounds after you've had some time to listen to it.
For the last 18 months or so I've had an MMS-5A media server from Autonomic Controls.  It needs to be connected via a wired ethernet connection to the home network.  It also has an iPad/Android app to use content.  But it also has a Windows app, that can be used instead of the iPad/Android app.
I use iTunes to manage my library of digital content (AIFF files), and Autonomic has an app you can install on your Windows machine to "automagically" sync content to the server. It also connects to all my streaming services (Tidal, Spotify & Tunein).  It also has a wonderful app that "automagically" backs up the content to my Google Drive account.
I've been very happy with the unit.  The iPad app is not great, but it gets the job done.
The unit has a built in DAC, which I have never used, as I have an external DAC, using the coax connection (my Windows laptop uses the USB input on the DAC).