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Hello,

I need a home media server on which to store and play 24 bit/96 KHz digitized copies of my large vinyl record collection, my music Super Audio CDs (SACDs), High Definition CDs (HDCDs), regular ("red book") music CDs, copies of my Blu-ray movies, DVD movies, 4K videos, and (eventually when they become available) 4K movies.

Ideally, I would like hardware decoding/encoding and upgradeability.

Robustness to motion and the environment would be a big plus as I plan on using this media server on board my sailing vessel.

I would prefer purchasing a turn key media server with the necessary software installed, but am willing to entertain home build options as well.

My budget for this project would be $4K, or thereabouts.

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions/guidance.
 
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You don't really need major hardware to do what you are describing. You really just need a nas with enough and expandable storage. Your network will dictate how well you are able to stream your media. Try one like this and you should be just fine, http://www.amazon.com/Synology-Station-Network-Attached-DS1815/dp/B00P3RPMEO/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455491798&sr=1-7&keywords=nas&refinements=p_89%3ASynology. If you need more space just add the expansion and more drives. If you look at the specs you will have more than enough space and speed.
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The 'needs' needs to be reindexed.

#1 consideration - "media server on board my sailing vessel"
#2 consideration - large drive space

Any trivial PC or laptop can access multi TB of space. Movies, music, etc.
Plex, windows, whatever as the user interface.

A good i5 or i7 laptop (space considerations onboard), with a NAS box holding whatever drive sizes you require.
 
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You don't really need major hardware to do what you are describing. You really just need a nas with enough and expandable storage. Your network will dictate how well you are able to stream your media. Try one like this and you should be just fine, http://www.amazon.com/Synology-Station-Network-Attached-DS1815/dp/B00P3RPMEO/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455491798&sr=1-7&keywords=nas&refinements=p_89%3ASynology. If you need more space just add the expansion and more drives. If you look at the specs you will have more than enough space and speed.
 
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