Description
This is our flagship music server in our latest range of AAMS Extreme. Like in automobile branding, the “RS” stands for ‘Racing Specs’ indicating enhanced performance capabilities, and in our case, enhanced computing capability, which allows it to run software like Roon. The short name is AARS abbreviated from AAMS XT RS.
“ROON” is a registered trademark owned by Roon Labs LLC.
This is a headless Windows machine which does not require login. After the rear power switched is ON, the motherboard goes into standby mode. Press the front power button once to start the server and the front power LED goes white. If USB DAC is connected, you will hear Windows startup sound indicating the boot is almost completed.
To turn off the server, press the power button twice (in succession). Windows shutdown will start and in about 30 seconds, the front power LED goes off indicating a successful shutdown. We recommend leaving the rear power switch on unless AARS is not going to be used for an extended period of time.
For installing USB DAC drivers and / or copying music files into AARS, Remote Desktop connection is required.
AARS requires good ventilation as the case temperature can rise up to 20 ° C relative to the room temperature. If the audio room temperature is higher than 30 ° C, air conditioner must be used. It is recommended to put AARS at the top of the shelf / audio rack. Do not put AARS inside a closed cabinet as there is no fan inside AARS – it is a fanless case.
HQPlayer should not be installed into AARS. HQPlayer is very CPU intensive and will cause the case to be very hot, affecting AARS reliability. When CPU is being pushed hard, the audio quality dropped.
Pictures below show the Mundorf Silver Gold wires internal DC wiring. It also include AA USB2 Isolator with AA SiG XT USB internal cable.
We build to order. Build time is 2-3 weeks after order is confirmed, but it also depends on the number of backlogs. We will communicate with the customers on the expected delivery date. We test thoroughly before we ship to customers.
Product Specifications
Intel Core i5-12400 CPU
Advantech Industrial-grade motherboard
2 x 16GB Apacer SODIMM DDR5-4800
250GB 2.5″ SSD with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 21H2 (license sticker under the top cover)
Up to 4 TB + 4 TB internal music storage (not included in base price)
Streacom FC10 Alpha case
Custom Toroidy 300 VA power transformer
Toroidy 150 VA power transformer for 12V EPS rail
7 rails of low-noise LPSU with active rectifiers and Mundorf MLytic AG smoothing capacitors
Internal USB2 Isolator optional; connection to DAC via galvanically isolated USB2, max current 0.5A @ 5V (not included in base price)
Roon for music library management and streaming
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