computer-based system Chris discovered audiophiles everywhere were struggling to find answers about music servers and the technology in general. Thus, Chris started Computer Audiophile to fill this large knowledge gap in the audiophile community and show people that music servers can equal or better the current state-of-the-art in any playback medium. The site brings together Chris' extensive background in Information Technology and his passion for music. Chris has over a decade of experience designing, configuring, and managing global IT networks. From desktop hardware and software to network disk / storage to switches, routers, and firewalls. Chris has experience with all of them. He has also designed and built many music servers from absolutely silent Windows based servers to high power Macintosh based music servers. Chris has also used a majority of the "canned" music servers on the market and has very good knowledge of the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and inner-workings of many of the servers.