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From the 6 Moons Review of the Modwright Transporter and the  Music Vault.
" Apparently, Neal's software/hardware combo to rip to his Vault's hard-drive, then streaming that data wirelessly to the
Transporter was as good as the world's best dedicated transport. This won't make me popular with Esoteric or anyone
else still committed to designing and fabricating such devices (very few are left). Yet I cannot deny my ears' evidence.
Nor am I suggesting that such results are inherent in the computer audio equation. Just running any loaded-for-bear
PC for audio purposes will likely not give equivalent results."
Introductory pricing is $1120

Also from the review in 6 moons:
"Has that time finally arrived so us old-timers must get off our resistant arses, down with the hipsters and on with da
future? Therein lies the tale. Lest you think that a music server requires a home network, think again. Neal Van Berg's
MusicVault with 500GB or 1TB of storage is a stand-alone server with CD/DVD drive that will auto rip your CDs to hard
drive as FLAC files and arrives preloaded with the latest version of Slimserver. It communicates with your Transporter
wirelessly or via hardwired Ethernet link without setup hassles. And the Music Vault isn't a space hog. It of course also
works with the Squeezebox or Roku Sound Bridge. Hip hip hurray? " and the new Duet!!!!!
More from the 6 Moons review:
While my Vault loaner admittedly is not entirely your usual computer -- everything non-essential to ripping and storing
music files has been stripped and ripped out, including loading its operating system to USB stick -- it does use an
apparently quite ordinary 52-times hi-speed CD/ROM drive. By comparison, the top-line TEAC VRDS-NEO in my NWO
clocks in at $6,000 on the OEM price sheet - with minimum order quantities of 50. It's the arguably most drastic
juxtaposition one could make. Bottom line, the NWO 3.0-GO clocks in at $30,000, the ModWrighted Transporter + 1TB
Music Vault at about $5,000, combined. (MacBooks with 1/5th the storage capacity start out at $1,100 to compare in
price to the Vault). Then consider the small print. The NWO can only play whatever disc is loaded (though it's
compatible with DVD/A + V and SACD). The Transporter/Vault combo can play up to approximately 2,200 CDs stored
as FLAC files without ever getting up (actual figure depends on lengths of individual CDs of course).
Music Vault Black Diamond
Music Server Un-bound

A Music Server is a simple idea, it is the Juke Box
brought into the 21st Century.

What the Black Diamond Does:

RIP your Records at up to 24 bits @ 96 KSPS.
Store Massive quantities of Recordings.
Data Bank for Down-Loadable music.
Play pre-configured music selections i.e. Play lists.
Internet Radio.
Duplicate your Music
Back Up your Music.
Have multiple Zones playing different music.
Grow with your storage needs.
Change the way you listen to and enjoy Music.
The Black Diamond Music Vault is a complete Music Recorder/Play Back System.
The Black Diamond includes a Professional Analog to Digital converter, called the PAD, with a built in high
quality phono preamplifier.  All you need to do is plug in your Turntable to the PAD, it converts the music
picked up by your cartridge to a 24 bit 96 KSPS Digital output.  The Black Diamond comes with the latest
version of DC7 from Diamond Cut.  This is software that works with the Music Vault to save your records as
digital files.  This is no ordinary software package, it will split the songs into individual tracks after you have
saved one side of your record as a single file.  If the record is less than perfect it has many filter settings for
removing pops and noises from your record.  If your record doesn't need any help then life is simple. The
DC7 has settings for 45s, 78s and much more. It is also perfect for archiving your tape collection to the
Music Vault.  The PAD also has standard analog inputs which is great for connecting your Classic Tape
Recorder to the system or even your SACD players analog output and archiving to the Music Vault.

We have the finest analog input of any Music Server but it wouldn't be worth much if we didn't have the finest
analog output too.

The Music Vault Black Diamond will store all your music both analog and digital and then play it back bit
perfect from one of the worlds best sounding Digital to Analog Converters.  All you need is a power amplifier
and speakers.  The Music Vault Black Diamond has its own volume control and can replace your
preamplifier completely. It has one phono input and two line level analog inputs and it has 7 additional digital
inputs available to you.  It really is a complete play back front end.  

You can add a CD Transport if you like but you really don't need one.  The Black Diamond will archive your
music and play it all back for you.  Create Play lists of your favorite music from records, CDs and hi
resolution downloads.   

Control is done from the included Acer Aspire Net book
Specs on the A to D
RCA Outputs:
3.6V RMS (10V pp)

Balanced Outputs:
7.5V RMS (20V pp)

Output Impedance:
50 ohms at 0 dB

Sampling Frequency:
1.5 MHz up to 3 MHz

Digital Filter:
16x Digital Filter  

Slew Rate:
>2500 V/Microsecond

Settling Time:
<90 Nanoseconds

Dynamic Range:
136 dB A Measured

Noise Floor:
<-145 dB

THD+N:
.002

Signal to Noise Ratio:
140 dB

Channel Separation:
>130 dB

Master Clock:
+/- 2.5 ppm jitter

Price for the complete Black Diamond System is $9,999.
With Ortofon Verto MC step up transformer $10,900
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