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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: How to build the Ultimate PC? (December 2010)
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on: March 12, 2011, 01:08:54 am
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I thought about the Velociraptor 10.000rpm but I wanted a silent pc as much as possible and the 10.000rpm are more noisy than the 7.200rpm. Still could be an alternative to consider. As I can see in the forum there are different opinions about where the OS and XXHigEnd should be installed and it seems to me that nothing is still definitive. So maybe I´ll get also a Velociraptor in the next future depending on the experiences of other people.
Peter or someone else asked about the different models:
Model # Interface FormFactor RPM Capacity Cache
WD6000HLHX SATA 6 Gb/s 3.5 Inch 10,000 600 GB 32 MB WD4500HLHX SATA 6 Gb/s 3.5 Inch 10,000 450 GB 32 MB WD6000BLHX SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5 Inch 10,000 600 GB 32 MB WD4500BLHX SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5 Inch 10,000 450 GB 32 MB WD3000HLFS SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch 10,000 300 GB 16 MB WD1500HLFS SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch 10,000 150 GB 16 MB WD3000BLFS SATA 3 Gb/s 2.5 Inch 10,000 300 GB 16 MB WD1500BLFS SATA 3 Gb/s 2.5 Inch 10,000 150 GB 16 MB
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: How to build the Ultimate PC? (December 2010)
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on: March 11, 2011, 06:24:34 pm
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2 juanpmar : And I also want to ask what processor is preferable for building an audio pc .......should it be the dual core or the quad core of the same price range? Anyone?
I think quad core is better. Just now I´m finishing the configuration of my new dedicated computer to play with the Phasure NOS1 dac. I´ve tried to follow the Peter´s computer as a guide as much as possible. I´d appreciate any sudgestion before I order it next week: - Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bits - OEM - Processor: Intel Core i7 870 - Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E Deluxe - Memory: PATRIOT Viper Xtreme Series - 16GB (4x4) DDR3-1600Mhz 8-9-8-24 - CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 - HHD: 2 units of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, 1.5TB Maestro SATA - 32MB Buffer - SSD: Patriot SSD Inferno 120GB 2,5" SATA - Power S.: Corsair CMPSU-AX750 - 750W - Video Card: Asus GeForce ENGT240 SILENT/DI/1GD3/A (no fan) - DVD LG 22X OEM SATA - Case: SilverStone Fortress FT02R (three 180mm fans and one 12mm fan)
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / Re: How to build the Ultimate PC? (December 2010)
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on: March 11, 2011, 01:20:12 am
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Peter, Build a new computer for Z3/Vista 64 bit/RAMdisk « Reply #15 on: October 31, 2010, 12:24:23 pm »
Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor connection
Just the notice that either can have a cable length of 10 meters (also VGA but use a better cable). So, generally it won't be a problem to have the PC near the stereo or in a (more silencing) cabinet somewhere, while you control all from this 10 meters distance. Also notice that keyboard and mouse can have 15 meters easily (just use extension cables), while with VGA I don't know. But, for VGA extension solutions exist over CAT5 and in the end you'll always get were you want.
Could someone tell me if the Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor connection must be made with a cable or could be made wireless?. Is the wireless connection creating some kind of harmful interference?
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: Two months now since the first Phasure NOS1 Dac was delivered
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on: February 23, 2011, 03:33:29 pm
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Don't try this (to get more bass) with a bass knob, or by tuning your xover. That won't work at all, because things will be out of balance or the xover doesn't work as intended (it won't "connect").
Of course this isn't a matter of the NOS1 outputting more bass. Here too, as Mani says : all is still in balance.
I agree with you, although I can work out with my speakers bass knob the real issue is to find the right balance, otherwise the bass could be overwhelming, loosing the qualities of a real bass: tight, as deep as it should be and tuneful, that means balanced with the rest of the frequencies. The standing waves being absent is a bonus, but a measurement within itself may you want to check it. I do. When standing waves are suddenly there I don't care anymore whether I like the music; something just *will* be wrong. Btw, I'm the only one on the globe telling this. But the NOS1 itself is proof of my thinking (and what I strive for, if you want). Lastly, but it may sound commercially, it may come extra special to you when I keep on telling/advising that this just works *without* any pre-amp. And not only that (which is difficult to achieve), but also that it does NOT work *with* pre-amp.
I´ve experienced it with the standing waves, they disappeared when playing with the XXHigEnd, it´s a weird phenomenon but the truth is that the bass become clearer and there isn´t boom at all. It could appear thinner at first but in fact is more tuneful.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: Two months now since the first Phasure NOS1 Dac was delivered
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on: February 20, 2011, 01:33:01 pm
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Thanks Gerard, I read all the post about the Phasure NOS1 and I see beautiful words about it but I also see, mostly from Peter, that the sound evolves with the time. This evolution comes from the ultra detailed of the first days to the "balanced" sound after one month or so.
I´d like to know more about the experiences from the owners that have it for more than one month. How is it evolved and how do you feel now compared to the dac you had before. The judgements from the first days are very often enthusiastic, what do you think now with your ears more used to the Phasure?. Is it the sound more emotional, more analytical or both?, etc.
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