------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Does a dedicated PC/music server sound better than a PC used for other duties? - Yes it does. - No it doesn't make any difference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
To get the discussion back on topic... I am using a very small fanless box running Linux (SlimCD from Michael Herger) based on a mini-ITX board. My music sits on an external 750 Gbyte Seagate FreeAgent Pro HDD. This equipment sits in a corner next to my Netgear router. The music server has been running without being touched for the better part of a year now. It is silent and trouble free. I rip music using my laptop and then drag the FLAC files over to it. I cannot imagine going back. It is indeed a utility like central air. Actually it is a toaster. It does not matter what happens on other computers in the house, whether they go down, get upgraded, get yanked out, whatever. The music server is a constant. Every morning I make toast, and listen to music. A music server is a no-brainer unless you have a machine that will not interrupt Beethoven. A strong machine that never goes down, never gets mucked up, never gets tasked heavily with doing something else, never gets knocked off the network or moved, one that is never used for "experiments," ... Not a chance of that happening in my life :) -Ron -- Ron F. *Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 -> CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU *Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A -> Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers *Headphone rig:* Headroom Max -> Sennheiser 650s *Music Server:* Nano-ITX computer running SlimCD + 750 GByte HDD -> Netgear wireless router *Other stuff:* NAD C542 CDP, NAD 6300 Tape, Monster 5100 Power conditioner, Outlaw Audio cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron F.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5616 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
