Dutch high-end audio company Taiko Audio sells a fanless music server designed for the most dedicated audiophile. The Taiko Audio Extreme Server, which FanlessTech shared on X (formerly Twitter), is intended to store lossless audio files and stream music from services like Tidal. It starts at €28,000 or over US$29,600 with 2TB of storage. Its other specifications include two Intel Xeon Scalable 10-core CPUs and a custom, entirely passive cooling system, ensuring your listening pleasure isn’t disturbed by fan noise and airflow.
Taiko’s approach of using two processors allows the Extreme Server to use dedicated servers for specific processes—one for running the user interface (which is still based on a custom Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 operating system) and one for exclusively running the Roon music management app. According to the company, “The choice to design a dual CPU system was largely fueled by finding a way around the impact Roon’s luxury interface has on sound quality. It does enable Roon processing to become virtually inaudible, a world’s first in our experience.”
