What makes Blue Smoke Entertainment Systems different?

At Blue Smoke Entertainment Systems, we approached the development of a music server with a different design philosophy than other manufacturers.  This philosophy has enabled us to truly outperform other digital front-end products on the market, and has allowed us to offer the discerning audiophile a new level of sound reproduction previously unheard of at such a reasonable price.

So what is our design philosophy?

For one, we did not start off with the concept that "digital was bad" and  needed to be fixed. We started from the perception that the digital data on the CD was good, and was simply not being reproduced properly by, what are at their very heart, analog technologies. We also set out to produce a no-compromise system which caters to the unique needs of a digital signal, providing as clean and clear a digital audio path as possible. At Blue Smoke, we understand digital, what makes it work, and what can kill the signal. Through the Black Box, we ensure that the signal is as the recording engineer intended it to be heard, without the signal-loss and distortion common in even the current generation of audiophile front-ends.


Additionally, we rejected the traditional approach of creating a "closed-system." While this benefits the manufacturer, it never benefits the customer. The Black Box is a truly open system and can be extended in ways not possible with competing systems. The Black Box also handles digital audio differently than other systems, relying on high-end, high-quality processing components as opposed to inexpensive discrete audio chipsets. The difference when the sound hits your ears is immediately apparent.