For a critical service like DNS, I decided to set it up bare metal on a Raspberry Pi 2 (even a Pi Zero should work). It’s been working fine for years, I just update it from time to time. That way I can mess with my homelab without worrying about DNS issues.
GGUF quants are already out: https://huggingface.co/bartowski/Qwen_QwQ-32B-GGUF
I read your blog post. I was interested until I saw the price on the EU store :(
Not an audiophile but I’ve been using Eltax Monitor III speakers with a SMSL Q5 Pro amp for years. I believe it’s a nice 2.0 setup for around 250€.
There is https://comeup.com/en/ (based in France)