Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread Mnyb
garym wrote: > But this is not how the feeding of a SB player from a server actually > works. The suggestion that reducing the workload of a PC running as LMS > server can affect the SB player is equivalent to saying the following: > If I can increase the efficiency of a fueling station on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread garym
Deaf Cat wrote: > > I don't see why reducing the actual work load of the pc running SS, > shouldn't also make a difference in sound repro. > But this is not how the feeding of a SB player from a server actually works. The suggestion that reducing the workload of a PC running as LMS server is e

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread w3wilkes
Here's one way of describing why reducing tasks on the PC won't have any effect on the music. The way Squeeze works is in effect copying a file from one computer to another either over Ethernet or wifi. If the number of tasks running at either end had a effect on the file our copies of spreadsheet

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread Deaf Cat
Mnyb wrote: > > Do you still have your squeezebox ? > Yes SB2 kitchen and a Touch lounge. I found Soundcheck's TT improved things, (reducing workload of the touch). I don't see why reducing the actual work load of the pc running SS, shouldn't also make a difference in sound repro. Just wond

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread Archimago
Wow, looks like you need to also buy a copy of Windows Server 2012 to get this to work (assuming you're not running it already). Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. Archimago's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread jimbobvfr400
For me I always think if it takes a good 5 minutes of reading to even work out what the product is (it is some sort of software isn't it?) then that's a pretty good indication to call B.S. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone used this... AudiophileOptimizer

2013-11-27 Thread Julf
Deaf Cat wrote: > Seems to get rather good results reading about it on various forums So do the CD marker pens, magic crystals and $5000 ethernet cables. :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid