Thanks Anthony. I am still struggling with some obstacles about having a NAS, but I certainly find that alternative interesting.

Alain

Hi Paul,

Maybe things will change for the better

But... Be sure that your router is not the culprit, by using a cable long enough (if possible) to create the same situation...

Alain

Hi Paul,

Can you run the same test between the 2 PCs (instead of passing through the router) ? Or have you done the same test with the same results ?

Alain

Hi Anthony,

When you used your NAS, did you need to have your drive formatted in a linux format or was it possible for you to leave it in NTFS ?

Alain

Hi Paul,

I am trying myself to wrap my head around this... Is it related to noise ? Surely, but for the explanation...

Alain
PS: I like the last answer Peter

They are beautiful... And I am sure they sound as they look !...

Peter,

Thinking about it, there are a few things that come to mind...

First, if you go on with the speaker efficiency, you will reach the threshold of pain sooner than later

Second... This is more a question than a remark, but... What is it that MS puts in their Windows that affect the sound in one direction or the other depending on the version ? I thought that they were allowing a "bypass" for things like KS ?

Finally, when I will be able to regain my whole sound system, I will try to compare again USB 2 against USB 3. I just did a DPC latency checker (thesycon) with W7 and the silverstone and there is a "burst" happening at intervals that wasn't there when using USB 2 ? Wouldn't this make USB 2 better than USB 3 ? I just remembered this lately, but it was like this some 2 years ago...

Alain

EDIT: I am seriously drifting from the thread...

Hi Juan,

Yes I received your email And you should have received my answer, unless the cold here has thicken the airwaves to a point where it will be delayed

Regards

Salut mon pote

I have to admit that I did not understand that 118 vs 115db thing, but I figured you were maybe talking about the previous pair of speakers Peter had before the Orelinos... Still I am not sure about it, but that adds me a post Unless you answer and we still have the same gap

Alain

Watch out Juan, I am just 116 posts behind you !

Alain

Jud,

Happy to be of some help

On my part, going back to W7, I forgot that my copy was already a W7 with Service Pack 1... I went through all the Windows updates, then realized it was not good... Had to redo the whole thing again... I think I have a "crossfade" memory between versions

Alain

Peter,

OT: am I ok to assume that between 2 USB ports, there should be a "master" and a "slave" ? If so, then to what level does the 2 clocks need to be tuned together (since I figure that this already  happens between them) ?

Alain

Peter,

Did you fall on the Silverstone by accident or by studying the specifications ? You could have chosen another card that would have been as good (no) ?

Alain

Hi Jud,

It seems that W8.1 would be a new "cracker" like W8 was when comparing to W7 about a year ago... Since we are still struggling with W8, I presume that W8.1 is/was not an important concern, apart from the fact that W8 versions are more complicated to find nowadays, not to say impossible...

About getting W8 again... Maybe there are still some stores that carry W8 ? I looked around but it would require that you have your product key to validate your request for W8... Maybe Microsoft support ?

Regards,

Alain

Hi Robert,

When I started playing with the ramdrive, I was using only 512MB for XXHE as a second ramdisk.

Peter explained that more was needed for the XXHE ramdrive, but in specific situations like HDCD music or FLAC - any other format than WAV.

Since I do not really have many HDCDs (one could deactivate the feature) and all my music is in WAV format, I could continue using only 512MB (I could even go lower than that). This of course stands only for the XXHE ramdrive, not for the music ramdrive...

Regards,

Alain