Jim Smith, the author of "Get Better Sound" a book and DVDs that I recommend to read because it has a lot of tips, exactly 202 tips, for installing and voicing the system and room (hey Scroobius, maybe there you could find the solution to your L shape room!) send by email new tips in what he calls "Quarter Notes" to the ones who bought his book. In the last one, Vol. 3 #2, he talks about a little filter that, in his opinion, helps to reduce RF contamination from the computer to the digital devices connected to the system.
This is his opinion about it:
"It’s a simple (but excellently engineered) power supply filter for computers. It was originally designed to prevent grunge from infecting the performance of ham radio stations.
I got it, put it on another circuit, and was amazed to hear my system improve so much. When things sound louder, even voices, that’s usually a sure sign that you just reduced background noise. Reduce background noise and you increase the effect of musical dynamics. Increase musical dynamics and increase your musical involvement."

The price: $106

Here is the link to the mentioned filter: http://arraysolutions.com/Products/nqnaclinefilter.htm

If there is any one that knows such a device please let us know.

Juan

Hi Jarek,

I´m testing your 24/192 way of ripping and although I don´t have yet any conclusion about sound I experienced the same breaks in music at SFS430, not in between tracks but in the tracks, not always but once in a while.
If I change to SFS120 then there is not breaks but the sound changes and it´s not so smooth as it is at SFS430.

Anyway, as I have an i7, 6 cores processor with hyperthreading activated and XX seeing 12 cores (6 + 6) and have the same promblem as you I don´t think that the problem is in your processor, that should be fast enough. Maybe it is in the dBpoweramp software when it is upsampling to 24/192.

Juan

Sorry, it is 430.

Thanks, Juan

Yes, I do, I leave the Panel turned on overnight and I still feel improvements in sound from time to time. About if it sounds better after 30 minutes or not I really don´t know...


"DAC needs" is always in 32bits, I don´t use any preamp at all and I´m aware of it.

Juan

What I can say so far is that setting 32/768 in DAC Is doesn´t sound  worse than setting it at 24/768. Does it sound  better?, I don´t know...it couldn´t be possible but I´m not sure. Placebo?

Thank you Peter, now I´m testing what Jarek said but it´s hard mostly because I think that my Nos1 USB is still breaking in and the changes I feel could be just a matter of this process.

Juan

Hi Peter,

I posted a question for Jarek in the forum and I can see it, maybe you can´t. It is:


Yes I have the 32 bits clicked in At>16bits the DAC needs, but what I ask is: what is the correct dac setting in XX (DAC Settings) 24bits 768.0KHz or 32bits 768.0KHz?.
I always used 24bits 768kHz and fx x 16 Arc Predict but if I understand well Jarek is using 32bits 768kHz (in XX DAC Settings).

Also what must be the Panel Sample Rate 352.000kHz or 384.000kHz?

Thanks, Juan

Hi Peter,

As I´m ripping now my cds with different settings and while I wait for Jarek answer, could you tell me please what Panel setting for Sample Rate should be used, 352.000kHz or 384.000kHz? and  if we are ripping at 24/192 which one must be the XX setting, 24/768kHz or 32/768kHz?

Thanks, Juan

Hi Jarek, I don´t understand well why you say that you play it at 32/768kHz but in your settings you have 24/768kHz.

What should be the panel setting for Sample Rate, 352.000kHz or 384.000kHz?.

Regards, Juan

Ok, I don´t want to go out of the topic but let me expand it further. Let´s see my personal situation while I´m listening music, maybe it is similar to some others.

- I have turned on my laptop most of the time, it can be connected via cable or Wi-Fi but usually I have it Wi-Fi connected.

- I have my iPhone connected all the time, I can have it with 3G but I have it most of the time with Wi-Fi.

- The music PC is connected to Internet with cable when I use the partition where dBpoweramp or EAC and Accuraterip are used. The partition where XXHighEnd resides is not connected to Internet at all. So when I´m listening music the music PC is not connected to Internet, this PC has not Wi-Fi anyway.

Do you think that the laptop and the iPhone connected via Wi-Fi to the router are affecting the music PC?


Great!, will be nice to have that remote but are you thinking also in a way to control the computer while we are out of home? or to connect the members on this forum in a way that we can see other´s computer the way Team Viewer does?.

Juan

Even in case that this software couldn´t be used as remote control due to wi-fi issues, improper 3G configuration or because of a majority of services that need to be on, could be of interest to use it as a net to look and correct directly the problems between XXHighEnd users.

Would be fine however, if someone could test if 3G is working fine with XXHighEnd with this software. I guess that, as pedal said, if XXHigEnd can be controlled from any part of the world from his phone it implies that 3G is working fine, in such a case there is no wi-fi affecting a music computer so far away. If to work correctly needs other services running on all the time it´s other important issue, of course.

Juan

Hi Peter, I´ve been reading about software for remote control and found this software called Team Viewer: http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

Maybe it could be of some utility to control XXHighEnd from other/s computer, an iPhone/iPad or any other android phone or tablet.

These are the advantages:

- As I said you can control remotely your music PC from any other of your computer, tablet or phone via internet.

- Can be used with 3G

- Would allow to be connected to a net where anyone in the net could provide direct support to each other. So i.e. Peter could see directly in my music computer where are my log files  . Or could see if my XXHighEnd configuration is the correct one.

- It is free for private use


Here they are some more links:

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/help/firststeps.aspx

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/products/remotecontrol.aspx

Juan

Ok, I understand, I´ll post the log files in case it happens again. Thanks

Sorry, I don´t understand what you mean

Thanks Peter. Well, today I played around 10 albums and everything was fine. I haven´t mixed different versions for sure because I´m using the last one since it appeared but I overwrote a couple of times this last version and installed the drivers three or four times when I had to reboot, unplug, etc the computer due to the problems I mentioned with the missing hdd in the bios.

If it happens again I´ll look for those log files (although I did it before once, now I don´t remember where they are, I´ll ask in such a case).

Juan