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<p><strong>April 12, 2013 -</strong> Baetis Audio, maker of the Baetis Revolution™ media server, is proud to celebrate the completion of its first full year in business.* As always, we keep improving our servers.* Our upgrade policy is the most liberal in the industry.* Right now, our clients who purchased the Revolution last year are sending their units in for upgrades to the power supply (now the lowest ripple/noise measurement among all switch-mode supplies), additional RAM, and (for our very first units) installation of the Pulse™ isolation transformer and special wiring for our industry-leading BNC-SPDIF connection directly off the motherboard.*</p>
<p>Some customers are having the chassis re-machined to take the new Neutrik TrueOne™ power connector so that the server can use a) the latest LiFePO4 battery-based power supplies, along with b) the new Snake River Audio DC cabling.</p>
<p>Upgrades are done by our staff at true cost – the customer pays for shipping both ways, labor, and cost of materials.* Period.* This upgrade policy allows us to make our servers effectively technology-proof.* No more having to trade in your high-end component every 2 or 3 years for the latest version.</p>
<p>So, what are our latest improvements?* First, all of our Revolution servers now come with 16G of the very best RAM.** We have auditioned many models and brands of RAM and we believe ours make a difference in audio quality.** The higher <em>amount</em> of the RAM, however, is not for better audio but for somewhat better video – providing more of a shared memory for the integrated video circuitry in the Intel™ Core ix CPUs and motherboards we use.* Additionally, we believe that somewhat greater RAM helps with the speed of ripping Blu-ray discs (which is the only way you can get native 32-bit music in the form of large data files from Blu-ray concerts).* That’s right, the Baetis Revolution is not your typical music server -- it does much, much more, including playing native DSD files, ripping and playing of Blu-ray discs, and playing anything\everything that can be accessed by the Internet.</p>
<p>Second, we now provide a 2T USB3.0 external hard drive with our server --* this is the quietest HD we have yet found.* We do NOT believe in placing hard drives inside the server; these drives simply generate and absorb EMI.* Technology improvements over our first year of business have made the sound of the Baetis Revolution even better than before – and we have won many A/B comparisons with other servers.***</p>
<p>But improvement comes at a price and, so we have had to raise our prices significantly.* Please visit our website – <a href="http://www.baetisaudio.com/">www.baetisaudio.com</a> –* to learn why we think our servers are the best.* Our page titled “Our Pricing Policy” explains everything – our philosophy is to build the best and to keep prices at much lower multiples of true cost than other high-end manufacturers.* We also take pride in our customer service – see our Reviews page.</p>
<p>We offer a very big “thank you” to all of our loyal clients for their support over this past year.** We believe that digital audio (and video) will continue to soar in the years ahead.*</p>
[Source: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/baeties-celebrates-its-first-year-in-business/]
<p>Some customers are having the chassis re-machined to take the new Neutrik TrueOne™ power connector so that the server can use a) the latest LiFePO4 battery-based power supplies, along with b) the new Snake River Audio DC cabling.</p>
<p>Upgrades are done by our staff at true cost – the customer pays for shipping both ways, labor, and cost of materials.* Period.* This upgrade policy allows us to make our servers effectively technology-proof.* No more having to trade in your high-end component every 2 or 3 years for the latest version.</p>
<p>So, what are our latest improvements?* First, all of our Revolution servers now come with 16G of the very best RAM.** We have auditioned many models and brands of RAM and we believe ours make a difference in audio quality.** The higher <em>amount</em> of the RAM, however, is not for better audio but for somewhat better video – providing more of a shared memory for the integrated video circuitry in the Intel™ Core ix CPUs and motherboards we use.* Additionally, we believe that somewhat greater RAM helps with the speed of ripping Blu-ray discs (which is the only way you can get native 32-bit music in the form of large data files from Blu-ray concerts).* That’s right, the Baetis Revolution is not your typical music server -- it does much, much more, including playing native DSD files, ripping and playing of Blu-ray discs, and playing anything\everything that can be accessed by the Internet.</p>
<p>Second, we now provide a 2T USB3.0 external hard drive with our server --* this is the quietest HD we have yet found.* We do NOT believe in placing hard drives inside the server; these drives simply generate and absorb EMI.* Technology improvements over our first year of business have made the sound of the Baetis Revolution even better than before – and we have won many A/B comparisons with other servers.***</p>
<p>But improvement comes at a price and, so we have had to raise our prices significantly.* Please visit our website – <a href="http://www.baetisaudio.com/">www.baetisaudio.com</a> –* to learn why we think our servers are the best.* Our page titled “Our Pricing Policy” explains everything – our philosophy is to build the best and to keep prices at much lower multiples of true cost than other high-end manufacturers.* We also take pride in our customer service – see our Reviews page.</p>
<p>We offer a very big “thank you” to all of our loyal clients for their support over this past year.** We believe that digital audio (and video) will continue to soar in the years ahead.*</p>
[Source: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/baeties-celebrates-its-first-year-in-business/]