Buggy Zotac

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  1. murphythecat

    murphythecat GRU-powered uniformed trumpkin

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    Anyone heard the Buggy Zotac?

    a reviewer compares it to his aurender and find it just as good for 5 time less money: http://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/euphony-buggyzotac/

    conclusion:
    "I would hesitate to pronounce the Buggy/Zotac/P8 combination to be better than the 5 times more expensive Aurender N10, but in my main setup the Aurender definitely does get challenged very seriously. In this context the Buggy/Zotac/P8 combination offers more articulate, and more powerful bass, along with a dynamically more enthusiastic presentation overall. For these aspects I actually prefer the Euphony combo over the Aurender. On sound quality alone the Euphony offer already seems to be super value for money but when also taking its many options into consideration (such as running Roonserver and perfect Roon streaming via RAAT) I must conclude that the Buggy/Zotac/P8 combination not only sounds brilliant but also offers tremendous value for the money."


    http://euphony-audio.com/recommended-hardware/
     
  2. Lasollor

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    Why is there a close up picture of its ugly feet but none which shows the back panel?
    It only has USB out?
    The article says it is just a Zotac CI523 Nano, with an SSD preinstalled with a proprietary software for 1400 euro and you need a 700 euro power supply to make it sound good?...uhm...no thanks.

    By the way I use a Zotac MI542 i5/16GB memory/256SSD (which I bought used for less than 300 usd) as a Roon server and a Raspberry PI with 502DAC (BNC or XLR out) as a Roon endpoint. I'd bet it sounds better than any proprietary software with USB out.
     
  3. Grahad2

    Grahad2 Red eyes from too much anime

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    Pretty sure no engineer has touched this if they think the feet help dissipate heat.
     

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