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Ultimate Audio Playback / Music Storage and convenient playback / Re: Help with Remote Control and music server.
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on: May 01, 2017, 07:00:23 pm
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I have a second pc which i do not use and can make it a music server with one 8 TB HDD... Good choice. I'd recommend that you get hold of a second HDD and keep a backup of your 8TB HDD on the server also. The HDDs in my server all spin down after literally a few seconds of inactivity and remain that way until accessed again. The Win10 OS is on a separate SSD. When using XX in Unattended and 'copy to XX file', all the files are transferred to RAM in the audio PC and the HDDs in the server spin down. I reckon it's a really neat solution, and should increase the longevity of the HDDs. Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Music Storage and convenient playback / Re: Help with Remote Control and music server.
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on: May 01, 2017, 11:46:30 am
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Gerard, my strong recommendation is to go for your option 2. This will totally isolate your audio PC from the internet. You will then need to set up an RDC connection from the server to the audio PC - simple to do. And then connect to the server remotely in whichever way works for you.
I used to use a Synology NAS and switched to a server PC a while ago. It's a much neater solution IMO. But one thing I found was that everything works 'better' if both the server and audio PC use Win10.
Sorry, don't have time to go further right now, but ask any questions and I'll answer in a short while.
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: B'ASS Current Amplifier
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on: April 29, 2017, 07:41:17 pm
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When you'd normalise the volume of an album of concern (via XXHighEnd), you can look in the XXAnalysis.dat file which resides in the folder where the track files are to see the max level - 32767 is maximum. 6dB less is half of that (3dB is 25% less. I've been using TT DR Meter to check RMS and peak levels, but I'll use XX too from now on. Actually, looking at a drum kit track, I can see exactly what you mean. Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: B'ASS Current Amplifier
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on: April 29, 2017, 10:15:46 am
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I was going to mention this, but thought it might just complicate things.
Yes, it seemed to me that the sound changed between XX set to 0dB and any other volume setting. 0dB sounded 'thicker', with a loss of sparkle in the sound. And my feeling was that this had nothing to do with clipping or headroom, because the material I was using had an RMS level of -20dB or so. I also felt that it was an 'issue' with XX and not the NOS1 (either of them).
In any event, this is no longer relevant in my office system because I have removed the preamp and tend to playback on XX/HQP at around -30dB. But in my main system, I'm tending to playback on XX at between -6dB and -1.5dB. I avoid playing back at 0dB for the reason cited above (even if the RMS level of the material is low).
Does that make sense?
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: B'ASS Current Amplifier
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on: April 29, 2017, 09:38:17 am
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OK.
With only 1dB of headroom, would you recommend not playing back at 0dB attenuation in XX?
From the top of my head, I can think of only a handful of 24 bit (mostly classical) albums that I have that I'd ideally like to play back with more volume than 0dB currently gives me. So this really isn't much of an issue at all... but would have been nice.
Thanks for looking into it anyway.
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: B'ASS Current Amplifier
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on: April 23, 2017, 12:55:54 pm
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Hi Coen, I sent Reinhard Thöress (designer/manufacturer of my amps) the specs of my horns, and he recommended going for the 4 Ohm taps. I think he felt 109dB/W was plenty to be playing with, but perhaps I should have made it clear that the NOS1 output is slightly less than most other DACs. The taps are hard-wired inside the amps, though can be changed. So it's good to know that if I really need more gain, I could change to the 8 or 16 Ohm taps.
Thanks for pointing this out.
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: G3
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on: April 22, 2017, 09:01:06 pm
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The design ... The output level is now 1dB more. Peter, I've just bought a new pair of tube amps which I'm quite prepared to say are the best sounding amps I've ever owned. However, they have very low gain. With my B75 connected directly to them, I'm playing music anywhere between -6dB and -1.5dB, and that's with my 109dB/W horns. I have a few tracks that I'm currently not getting as loud as I'd like. The extra 1dB you mentioned will be very welcome, but an extra 6dB would be ideal in my case. Is there any chance this might at all be possible (obviously without a total redesign of any boards or anything like that)? Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: B'ASS First Review HERE AT LAST!!!
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on: April 19, 2017, 08:17:23 pm
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Peter, I may have missed it, but do you recommend against using an Intona with the Phisolator? If so, will the Phisolator truly galvanically isolate the NOS1 from the audio PC? This is very important to me because I run the audio PC and the NOS1/amps off two separate AC mains circuits.
Mani.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: B'ASS First Review HERE AT LAST!!!
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on: April 19, 2017, 08:37:46 am
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YES I can hardly believe it, my B'ASS upgraded DAC (actually B'ASS + Phisolator + "secret" upgrade i.e. the full G3 upgrade) arrived back today. Hey Paul, that's fantastic! I can't imagine how dynamic your system must sound now - it was already capable of bringing the house down before the upgrade. Make sure you look after your ears ;-) Thanks for sharing. Mani.
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