Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread pkfox
sachadog wrote: Hi If you are UK based, have a look at Tranquilpc. website. They manufacture fanless small home servers and fit drives to your requirements. I use a T7 Home Server running Microsoft Windows Home Server Version 1. It has been updated by Tranquil and has performed extremely

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread pkfox
RonM wrote: I have a Fit-PC2, and have been using it exclusively as a music server for almost three years. It's on 24/7 except when I go on holiday or the power goes off. It feeds a Transporter via ethernet, as well as 2 Booms and a Duet via wifi, in various places at various times. It's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread pkfox
JJZolx wrote: How much storage space do you need? I ask because if you get a tiny nettop type system then you may be forced to use an external hard drive (or drives). That's not a terrible thing, but the extra cabling and wall wart can be messy and it somewhat defeats the purpose of using

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread pkfox
mlsstl wrote: Yes, no problem to install the hardware -- I think it was 4 screws to take the cover off. The RAM chips can only pop into their slots one way and it was a couple of more screws to mount the drive plus plugging in the cables. I used an external USB CD/DVD drive for the OS

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread pkfox
Pneumonic wrote: These days you can grab name brand netbooks for under $200 that are not only whisper quiet and non obtrusive but which also easily run LMS. I use a couple of Acer's in dedicated applications and couldn't be happier. Would they house a 1 Tb drive though ? I want everything

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread pkfox
mlsstl wrote: Yes, no problem to install the hardware -- I think it was 4 screws to take the cover off. The RAM chips can only pop into their slots one way and it was a couple of more screws to mount the drive plus plugging in the cables. I used an external USB CD/DVD drive for the OS

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread adamdea
Triode wrote: Yes... I'm baffled by my posts here :), but its why I wanted to split this discussion from the thread on the Touch forum which is about functionality not subjective impressions of sound quality. I can believe EDO impacts sounds quality, but didn't want to claim it initially

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread Soundman
SBGK wrote: shame you can't hear the difference youself triode, otherwise we wouldn't be having these navel gazing discussions. ... is anyone reporting that 0.6 and 0.7 sound the same ? no, I wonder why. ... I did not post here for a long time because the threads often degenerate into

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread SBGK
Soundman wrote: I did not post here for a long time because the threads often degenerate into useless discussions, based on subjective impressions and claims, that very often are not supported by facts. This 0.6/0.7-discussion is a very good example... Since you claim that noone reports

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter

2012-06-14 Thread Pneumonic
pkfox wrote: Would they house a 1 Tb drive though ? I want everything in one box. Yes, many netbooks employ 2.5 drives. Not sure how many come with 1 TB though. You'd likely have to buy a 1 TB drive separate and install after the fact.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread Phil Leigh
I feel so sorry for Triode. He is trying his best to advance the state of the art. I suggest he stops asking for opinions and instead uses some proper tools like ADM. Put some science back into the process. There are NO golden ears here. Our great advances In technology were NOT made by people

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread magiccarpetride
Triode wrote: Yes... I'm baffled by my posts here :), but its why I wanted to split this discussion from the thread on the Touch forum which is about functionality not subjective impressions of sound quality. I can believe EDO impacts sounds quality, but didn't want to claim it initially

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread Triode
adamdea wrote: Leaving that to one side, have you been able to make any measurements of the S/PDIF out which could demonstrate and quantify the effect of the EDO changes (and other mods). I was surprised to read on a PFM thread a post from John Westlake saying that the S/PDIF out of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as server (digital outs)- a few basic questions

2012-06-14 Thread jh901
I'd like to get some help understanding how various digital inputs are designed so as to reduce jitter, etc. The Cary 306 has a clock buffer that reclocks the incoming PCM signal (assume coax or AES). The receiver is a Cirrus Logic CS8416. There is no RAM buffer as there is when a disc is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread Triode
SBGK wrote: I am still interested in understanding why the usb irq is being called 2000 times a second, is this something that can be reduced or is it dependent on the usb device used ? I don't think it can be helping sound quality. Not having interrupts would have a dramatic impact on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as server (digital outs)- a few basic questions

2012-06-14 Thread netchord
I recall a thread where Sean addressed this issue, saying the digital XLR output on the Transporter was an afterthought, and not particularly well implemented (paraphrasing from memory). IIRC, he said the BNC output was the best sounding, a true 75 OHM connection; if the CAry supports BNC i

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lyngdorf: Digital Analogue / Analogue Digital

2012-06-14 Thread reverendo
Just found this topic. I know it's a little old, but still thought that I might get some help here. I'm thinking of using my SB Touch with Welborne PSU with a Lyngdorf TDAI 2200 with RP. My speakers are the KEF Reference 201.2 books. Since I normally have to move a lot I thought that it would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-14 Thread Audio Bling
Phil Leigh wrote: I feel so sorry for Triode. [..] This sub-forum was hijacked by charlatans and fools a long time back. [..] Phil +1 Toxic is how I would describe this (sub-) forum.. Audio Bling's Profile: