stop-spinning;636534 Wrote: > So, in summary, a Netbook running J. River media software using a remote > control J River UI from a phone, shut the netbook lid to keep things > tidy on the shelf (it'll still work) - start the music from your phone > - with the netbook connected to an async DAC, should work out well and > should (in theory) sound better than an SB Touch. > > Going furher on from this I read that people dumb down their computers > to minimise the processing overheads (no anti-virus etc) so as to not > cause fluctuations in the sound quality. I will probably tweak the > computer (in my case netbook) to see if this really does help. But I > would make this easy on myself and create a snapshot of a fully running > system first - then snapshot the dumbed down configuration - and flick > between snapshots in case I actually want to pick up the netbook and > use it as a computer. All good fun I guess....
There is no theory that says this will sound better. Simply using any old async USB DAC does not guarantee success - nor is the USB interface intrinsically superior to s/pdif or toslink. It's ALL down to specific implementation details. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88181 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
