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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: PCIe USB 3.0 host card
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on: March 24, 2012, 10:46:23 am
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What a hard work in front of you, so many things involved and questions to answer...
Just for curiosity, have you tried to connect the NOS1 from the USB 3.0 port in the PC with the standard USB 2.0 cable?. As you know Iīm unable to use the USB 3.0 cable but still the sound is great and there isnīt any crack at all.
Best regards, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: PCIe USB 3.0 host card
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on: March 20, 2012, 03:32:07 pm
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Interesting to see that Praphan seems to have had minimal benefit using mobo USB3 ports (if I am correct) on a high spec PC but Paul also on mobo USB 3 (again if I am correct) and is getting heavenly results . Cheers Nick. Maybe the people with older mobo can get a more important jump in sound quality, relatively speaking, using a PCIe USB card, but the ones with more modern mobos with native USB 3.0 ports, as myself, get a very notable improvement in sound quality, even as in my case are only able to use the USB 3.0 port with an USB 2.0 cable. As I said in other post I can perceive a fuller sound, I mean the sound is filling up the room in a bigger way and it is done with a great sense of continuity and without empty spaces in the imaginary soundstage. Also the sound is very relaxed like someone else said (Paul I think) and it is more evident than ever that the standing waves have less presence, if any. In few words, the sound is bigger, more relaxed and cleaner. And it is noticeable. Best regards, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: PCIe USB 3.0 host card
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on: March 20, 2012, 09:36:56 am
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Hi Peter,
Something like a USB 3.0 monitor? I never saw that before, Iīll try to find it. When I reinstalled the OS I tried to connect the NOS1 even before I installed the XXHighEnd and I couldnīt find the NOS1, nor after XXHighEnd was installed.
As the use of the USB 3.0 port is a clear improvement I wonder if wouldnīt be necessary an upgrade in the NOS1 to make it able to take the full advantage of USB 3.0.
Best regards, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: PCIe USB 3.0 host card
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on: March 20, 2012, 01:34:40 am
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Hi Nick,
Thanks for your links, your USB 3.0 cable looks great. Today Iīve reinstalled the OS with the hope of fixing it up to use my USB 3.0 cable/adaptor. No way, I donīt know why but with this cable in either USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 ports itīs impossible to find the NOS1. And I donīt think it is a problem of my cable but who knows, could you install yours with no problem?.
Best regards, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: PCIe USB 3.0 host card
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on: March 17, 2012, 10:45:47 am
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Hi Nick,
Thanks for answering my question. Please post some images or links.
Today Iīm going to reinstall all the OS in my music Pc and thus eliminate the partition I have in the main hdd. I want to keep things as simple as possible and btw see if I can solve the problem with my USB 3.0 connection.
Well another issue arises, if the USB 3.0 makes a difference in the sound quality why not could have an influence also the different kind of USB cables, as Joachim (Christoffe) said?
Best regards, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: PCIe USB 3.0 host card
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on: March 14, 2012, 09:29:50 am
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(in the same USB 3.0 port) the sound device (Phasure dac) disappears and it is impossible to install the driver again, Hi Juan - I think you should say here that the NOS1 just can't be found. I mean, when on a same port the driver has been installed once (in your case via a USB2 cable), that stays. So "won't install again" can not be in order (unless you explicitly uninstalled it of course). Peter Hi Peter, Ok, the NOS1 canīt be found. I unplugged the USB 3.0 cable, turned the NOS1 off, plugged it again etc. and no way to find the NOS1. I did it in all the possible ways... When I use a USB 2.0 cable in place the USB 3.0 cable the NOS 1 is there since the first moment. FYI (mainly Juan) :
Signal is to be connected, signal ground is to be connected, shield is to be connected. +5V is allowed to stay out, but preferred to stay in (ESD protection stuff).
Don't mess with the shield; Don't connect it differently from how it is in USB2. Notice though that I never looked at the topology of USB3. Don't connect ground to the shield and think to be done with it. Check the DC Offset to be sure that is not mangled with. Don't use USB hubs for this connection, although I can inagine that USB3 can handle it.
Peter
I use only one a standard USB 3.0 cable as it is sold in the store with no modification at all and an adaptor. Is there any other thing I can do to "find" the NOS1 when I use the USB 3.0 cable?. Best regards, Juan
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