the best, cost-no-object, music streamer?

The list of contenders for "best streamer / server" keeps growing, which just underscores this is an emerging new segment with lots of new products hitting the market.

The trigger is really the coming of age of computer audio, to the point where die hard audiophile disc spinners are ready to jump ship.

Let me add to the list of high end streamers the audio research media bridge.

http://www.stereophile.com/content/audio-research-reference-dac-digital-media-bridge

Sosnos is great fun, but doesn't support hi-res files.

The original question was:

Am no techie, but seems ability to play 24/192, FLAC, apple app compatibility is a must.

Apologies.

Been busy at work can only return now to this thread.

I came across an exhibition displaying dCs Puccini CDP/SACD coupled with its U clock unit. Amazing sound through B&W 800D with Classe monoblocks. I played a Adele red book Skyfall, the music is soo well defined. In other system the music sounds blurry (more noise that is hard to be called music) as if it was not well recorded. I think i know now what jitter does to your music.

I saw also soolos/meridian; seems nice, interface is very good but am not that impressed with the sound coupled with Naim system. Maybe the configuration was too warm for my taste.

Guys, I appreciate your inputs. Will also take a look at Weiss, Ayon, Linn, Aurender and Logitech as i can dealers around. (I live in Jakarta, Indonesia)

Enjoy your music.

If you don't want to deal with network issues, have a look at the new Bryston BDP-2 digital player. Not only will it stream from a server over the network but it also supports USB devices and the new BDP-2 also supports an internal 2.5-inch hard drive. I've got one on order and will be installing an Intel solid state hard drive (no moving parts) inside my BDP-2.

Thanks Agiaccio. Dont think i will be playing via network.

seem's i've decided to take the Mac Mini route. still keepin' my MC48 with built in DAC. if finances allow, i'll aim one day to own dSC Debussy DAC or better; or newer version of Debussy as Debussy was launched early 2010.

I heard the dCS Puccini CD Player and matching U-Clock. Amazing sound. jaw dropping. the Scarlatti stacked of 4 doesnt sound that much difference (costing more than 3 times the Puccini !!!)

With the Puccinis; red-book CD music such as Adele's Skyfall soundtrack sounds very detailed yet musical. definitely a huge orchestra of musician is involved; it's like i can hear individual groups of musicians are playing. while on another system (i was in an audio exhibition); the same CD sounds more like a noise on a system with Goldmund CD Player (US$ 5000).

The Puccinis could set me back US$23,000. So I think the Debussy may be the middle ground here while achieving archived music stored in my new Mac Mini with 6TB HDD via thunderbolt.

thanks everyone!

let's enjoy the music :-)