Good to know that you are also into photography. Photoshop or Lightroom? Or completely different app? That water cooled server probably, has some killer spec (since it is water cooled). Have you streamed from this server? I am guessing it is not as good as the Aurender you have in the main system. Nevertheless, this seems like a fun system to me.
Thanks guys. The server is custom made. I forgot the chip (about three years old) … but it is water cooled, it has 14 tb of storage inside. I use it for photography and monitoring the market, well now that I am retired. I used to work (I was a Senior Director of IT for a global high-tech company, so that was 70+ hours a week. This system made going down and working after dinner or in the morning before work much easier.
Earlier iterations, two 32” monitors, allowed closer placement of the speakers and the soundstage was very impressive. It is actually still pretty good, given the compromises.