Nice to know.  I have the Geek Out 1000 but have only hooked it up to the Mac so far.

Audio watermarking is also supported under Blu-Ray movies and has caused some unhappiness for movie buffs too.

See "Cinavia"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia

I thought the card was a bargain compared to the price of their cables.  350 euro for a SATA or LAN cable?  What do you suppose those cost to make?  Maybe the cables are priced that way to make the card look like a deal...

Thought this might be of interest to some due to the amount of discussion over USB cards lately.  Never purchased their software but my brother did and sent me this pre-order info.  Just don't get Peter started on where they got their software ideas! 

http://jplay.eu/jcat-preorder/

Hi Peter,
I assume one is the BD Design gainclones.  What's the other?

Matt

Okay yes, circular room.  In reality, 24 foot diameter with perhaps 15' ceiling peak in the center.  Feels bigger though..

Speakers are placed to either side of 12 o'clock.  Doors at 3 and 9 o'clock.  Always sounds better with both doors open, FWIW.  Room is mostly "invisible" at bass frequencies.  A wee "peek" of the ocean and the best night sky I've ever seen.

This room could take the S5's but if I have to move?  Thats the question.  I want something usable in a variety of room sizes for that reason.

How long did your various IPL builds take?  The construction is a big question at this stage.

Peter,
  The Orelino's are ready perhaps, but the other?

Paul,
  Quite right about the massive cost difference between these IPL's and those Orelino's.  I think I need to save more money if I go Peter/Bert's method.  Just in case something unexpected were to happen.  In the meantime, I do need something better and these IPL's are under strong consideration.  I live in the States (California) so an audition may be somewhat difficult for the IPL's.

Am surprised to learn that the waveguide version is for lower powered amps.  Sensitivity is only 1db higher (92 vs 91) and power handling is actually much higher (500 watts vs 200 watts).  Did he really say the regular S5's sound better?

S5's could definitely do well for my present location.  How is the SQ as you walk around the room?  In practice, I'm rarely in the sweet spot.

Any update on the S5's?  I am in need of some affordable speakers to tide me over while Peter and Bert finalize their design.  I was considering the waveguide S5's.  I have a friend with a wood shop too, but not sure if he would let me use it yet.  I think I would prefer wood cabinets over MDF though.

I like this idea.  Does the construction of this mains extension matter much, or could it be any outlet box with the ground wire cut?

This is always a bummer. I've had this happen with emails (some of which took hours to write and perfect).  The only good thing is that, sometimes, version 2 turns out even better.  Takes a few beers to ease the frustration though!

Matt

Oh and hello Mark as well! Nice to see another local here.  I grew up and lived in Santa Cruz area until I moved to Big Sur a couple years ago.  I still visit often, usually several times a month.  Might be a good thing to know another NOS1 owner so nearby.  Mine isn't completed yet, but once things get settled it might be nice to compare notes.

Regards,
Matt

Hey Peter, great to see you are vacationing in the area.  I got to help  prep cars for the Gooding auction this week, which was lots of fun since normally you cannot get close or touch anything.  Some very unique and irrereplaceable cars in that lot, although even the streets contain a lot of rare machinery right now, as I'm sure you've noticed. Sadly I will be working the rest of the week in Big Sur.  Do you plan on making it down there?

Matt
(Ferrari NOS1)

I live only 3 hours from San Francisco but I work those days.  What a huge bummer!

Matt

I took the last part to suggest that the audio-engine-pc thing and DAC would/could be combined into one piece of hardware.  Which makes tons of sense to me, if the goal is to have a user friendly piece that can achieve NOS1 SQ from any type of music library.  I could be way off base though..

And of course, there are other variations that I believe Peter intends to tackle one day.  ADC and 8-channel NOS1 (active crossovers in the PC Peter style), as well as a few other related things.  If only we could clone the poor bloke!  I don't know if he even sleeps.

In our little niche, he's Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak all rolled into one.

I had read some of this power supply talk yesterday, then this morning I ran across this 'audiophile' computer power supply and thought someone on here maybe crazy enough to try it.  A little expensive since its audiophile... 750-770 USD

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=118599.msg1246358;topicseen#new

Matt