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  Diamond
Music Server Un-bound

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

What the Diamond Does:
AES/EBU digital output with lowest Jitter of any
Server.
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.


HD Track for 24 bit 96 KSPS Downloads to your Music Vault

The  Diamond includes a Professional AES/EBU Digital Output.,
The Diamond can be configured to have a separate Right and Left AES/EBU digital output and 2 stereo
AES/EBU Digital Outputs.
The Music Vault Diamond will store all your digital music and then play it back bit perfect.
The Diamond is an upgrade from the Music Vault 24-192.
It has 2 Gig of on board RAM, faster Processor and 1.5 Tera byte of storage and 1.5Tera byte of auto back
up.

This is the best sounding Digital Server regardless of price.
The Music Vault Diamond will output the native resolution of the music stored on it or we can make it up
sample everything to 24 bit 192 KSPS.

The Music Vault Diamond has been optimized to sound as good as possible, it is as good or better than any
digital source you can buy.

Remote Control is done with the included Net-book.

It is one of the few servers that can actually play back music at its native sample rate into your high end DAC.

The Diamond will play back any music format including Apple Lossless, FLAC and WAVE.



The Diamond is $4499.  

The Latest High Resolution Audiophile Downloads from David Chesky will only playback at the 24 bit 192
KSPS digital output on a tiny number of Music Servers, the Music Vault was designed to play this Music
Back Flawlessly either providing the 24 Bit 192 KSPS digital out to your Dac or though its Analog Out into
your front end.

04.15.2009
For Immediate Release

Chesky Records 192 kHz/24-bit WAV 1-to-1 Masters

Chesky Records introduces the 192 kHz/24-bit series. These are not limited editions but one-to-one copies
of our master 192 kHz/24-bit tapes. These are standard 192 kHz/24-bit WAV files that you can burn onto
your computer's hard drive and then play back on any device that will support 192 kHz/24-bit. These discs
will NOT play on DVD-audio players, CD players, and SACD players. These discs contain up to 4.7 GB of
music each on a Gold DVD-R.

This is a major breakthrough for us in sound quality. The one-to-one masters off a good computer system
sound more like analog than any other digital source we have used. You will hear more air, tonal purity,
resolution, and a much richer, deeper, and wider sound-stage.
David Chesky
Music Vault II Owners Manual.
Please Read the Manual to get most
of your questions answered.

Music Vault II is Compatible with
Macintosh Computers as well as PCs
If you have your music on a USB
drive formated by a Macintosh see
this software to transfer it to your
Music Vault. click here
09-17-09: Curriemt11
After spending the past few days with the Music Vault Diamond (feeding the Berkeley Alpha), I can say
without reservation that it exceeds my already high expectations. I will never voluntarily return to a standard
transport. I am not sure what magic is being wrought, but standard Redbook CDs that I thought virtually
unlistenable are now tolerable, while well engineered ones are just stunning.

I do not have the words to describe how high resolution files sound on this system. The Reference
Recordings HRX Rachmaninoff sounds closer to real than anything I've ever experienced.
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