gwurb Posted August 6, 2020 Posted August 6, 2020 It is nice to see that he doesn't think that you need anything more than a standard onboard NIC, HDD, PSU, CPU, RAM, OS for a music server. He certainly choose good quality, but they are standard not custom parts. 1
frednork Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 Good to see these Audiophile style guys are catching on! https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/30376-a-novel-way-to-massively-improve-the-sq-of-computer-audio-streaming/?do=findComment&comment=1074268 1
cazzesman Posted August 20, 2020 Author Posted August 20, 2020 https://www.amazon.com/Internet-CUT-OFF-Kill-Switch/dp/B00RQVFHZ4 Simples. Regards Cazzesman
firedog Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) On 29/06/2020 at 5:31 AM, gwurb said: There are plenty of DACs that do DSD512. Even topping does it and I hear no artifacts with their DACs on a good amp. Are the artifacts coming from the amp and not the DAC but people attributing them to the DAC? I am still a bit lost as to why a whole PC is needed to decode DSD512. I don't hear the difference in audio playback between a spinning HDD and an SSD. To me I would need to see some sort of measurements to show me what LPS, SSD, different cpu, different network card, etc would provide. I can't hear differences but I am open to possibility that there may some but then show me the measurements. Maybe the measurements will show something that I can't hear. @cazzesman have you seen measurements that show a change in sound reproduction with changes in drives, network cards, cpu, or other computer components? I mean whilst using a good external DAC and a modern computer. I honestly would love to see some data as I can't hear the effects that some people talk about. He's not talking about straight playback, he's talking about using a Linux streamer and heavy duty up-sampling using HQ Player. It does take a powerful PC to fully exploit the capabilities of HQP. For some of the HQP settings you even need to add a CUDA capable video card and offload some of the processing to the video card. Edited August 23, 2020 by firedog 1
firedog Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) I built something with the same motherboard and an i7-10700K CPU. Basically the same speed as what he built. But instead of fanless or water cooled, I went with a gaming case with soundproofing on the case panels and large, slow spinning CPU and case fans. It's basically dead quiet - below the ambient noise threshold in my home - and stays cool even when doing heavy duty work. The quiet fans and the case aren't outrageous, so you can build something that will function just as well as what Chris built for much less. Doesn't look as cool, though..... Edited August 23, 2020 by firedog
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