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A Music Server is one of the great inventions of our
century.  Imagine the convenience of having all your
music stored on your Music Server,  Now imagine
creating play lists of songs for your every mood.  The
perfect songs for cleaning the house, meditation,
reading, eating, studying or romance.  

It is clear that a music server is in the cards for every
music loving audiophile amongst us but which one?

Please scroll down to learn about the different kinds of
music servers there are and which of the Music Vaults
is the right choice for you.
                                                         Music Vault Resellers:
Fidelis AV in NH,  Icon Sound & Image in OH,   AV Solutions in CA.,  KOSMIC Audio in WA.,  AudioKinesis in ID.    
                                                                              Sound Science in CO,

Let's assume you already have a stereo that you are happy with and you are ready to think about which music server is just right for you.  
The first question I would ask you is does your stereo have only analog inputs at this time or do you have a digital input on your preamp
or do you have a DAC (digital to analog converter) already?

If you are amongst the people that have a exclusively analog playback system you are going to need to choose between a server with
analog outputs or adding a Digital to Analog Converter to your Stereo.  If you choose a server with analog outputs this server will hook up
just like a CD player or Tuner to your system, it will probably need Internet access too, either wireless or wired besides a pair of analog
outputs for your preamp or integrated amplifier. Music Servers also come with Digital outputs so you would pair the digital output with
your choice in Digital to Analog Converters.

Network Music Players are devices that hook up to your home network and the Internet through your home network but don't include
storage but can play music from the Internet or stored on a home computer or Music Server like the Music Vaults. Traditionally these
networked players are devices for playing compressed music and a few of them would play higher resolution material but were mostly
limited to 24 bit 48K and a few were 96K.  These have traditionally been Ethernet only devices.  Sound Science has introduced the first
Network Music Player that includes CD Playback, USB Playback along with the ability to playback high resolution material up to and
including 24 bit 192k.  It is essentially the Music Vault 24-192 with out copious amounts of on board storage.


The Music Vault II series of Music Servers are players that were designed to complete the Logitech family of Network Music Players.
They come with the Logitech software Pre-installed on them.  The Music Vault II like all of the Music Vaults will auto rip your CDs to the
Music Folder and automatically collect the Album Artwork.  They come with different amounts of storage.  The introductory size will store
approximately 1600 Cds in a lossless compressed format.  The Music Vault II series are Ethernet and USB output devices so they work
with USB DACs and Ethernet Networked Players like the Squeezebox family from Logitech, the Sonos Family of Players, Apples
networked players etc.  All of the Music Vault Series of Music Servers always make a duplicate of any music ripped on it or copied to it.
This is a unique feature at this time to the Music Vault family of Servers.

The Music Vault 24-192 series of Music Servers was one of the first Music Servers to be able to output the native sample rate of the Music
stored on it.  This is really a critical feature of an Audiophile Music Server.  When you have acquired a high quality great sounding DAC
you want it to do any  "up sampling" or signal processing.  When Music Servers only output a fixed sample rate regardless of what that
sample rate  is, it is almost a guarantee that the bits representing your music have been changed for the worse. The Music Vault
preserves the original bits.
The Music Vault 24-192 will also record and digitize your analog sources, as it has analog inputs and output.  The 24-192 series have
very good line level analog outputs as well as superb SPDIF digital output.  This is really the Swiss Army Knife of  Music Servers.  You
can also think of it as your digital Tape recorder but with random access to anything stored on it, as apposed to serial searching on a
conventional Tape Recorder. The Sound Quality of the Music Vault 24-192 will surpass the overwhelming majority of CD Players out
there and provide the convenience of Play lists and the archival of both your analog and digital Music.

The Music Vault One is very similar to the Music Vault 24-192 but has a more sophisticated Digital to Analog Converter on board.
The Analog output of the Music Vault One is as good or better as that of Stand Alone DACs that cost up to $2,000.  In addition like the
Music Vault 24-192 it can record your analog sources.

The Music Vault Diamond Music Servers are AES/EBU Digital out. The Diamond family of Servers has the lowest jitter output of any
Server available.  The standard diamond comes with two 1.5 TB drives, one for Storage and one for Duplication. It is in 17" by 17" by 6"
enclosure your choice of Black or Silver.  My Diamond customers will tell you how CDs they found un-listen-able before are transformed
in to a more enjoyable experience and how true high resolution material from Reference Recordings or Chesky is the closest thing to
being at the live performance they have ever heard.  We can populate the Diamond with up to 6 TB of storage and 6 additional TB of
duplication, we call this one the Music Vault Diamond Black Star.

Warranty: All Music Vaults are warranted against defects for a period of 24 months from the purchase date.
Should the Music Vault need to be returned to Sound Science the customer is responsible for shipping the unit back to Sound
Science.
When the Music Vault is repaired Sound Science will ship the Music Vault back to the customer.

Sound Science guarantees your Music Vault will work, shipping is a dangerous act and if your unit is damaged during shipment
from us to you, we will repair or replace your Music Vault at our discretion.

The Music Vault you purchased was hand assembled and tested, refunds are not offered on any Music Vault purchased from Sound
Science.