ehh ... Coen ... Restore your (ever back) original Workgroup Name to WORKGOUP.

?

Regards,
Peter

Good question ...

You'd have to assume that they change things when playing. This is already so with the processor speed and probably related (because of consistency) more.
Also, when you are not playing, it is the idea that the PC is "workable" for other tasks. This includes the manipulation within XXHighEnd itself too (like it is not really useful to load files per the slowest means possible).

Peter

Hi there Antonio !

You won't find the more expensive hardware in the webshop BUT the Mach III in there I just put there for fun.

So easy enough : the NOS1 is still there, alive and kicking.
You may want to send me an email at sales phasure com and I will happily sell you one or two.
Or just answer your questions.

Kind regards,
Peter

Interesting (or dangerous) ... For me it is 96 ! (which can happen because of rights per country).

What a mess they make of it. Such a waste ...

Tore, when  referred to "First" and "Second", I referred to your mentioned first and second album.

Peter

Hi Tore,

The first one will be fake MQA. So avoid that (44.1).

If you play the second one on its own (restart XXHighEnd, have only that one loaded, then play). Does that still happen ? ... it should not.

Kind regards,
Peter

Thank you Colin.

FYI: About half of what this guy presents makes no sense. This is OK because the other half sufficiently does.
If you ask me, the guy presenting this came late to the show, and seriously does not understand basic concepts. He testified of this elsewhere but made this (extensive) YouTube anyway.

For net result, all coming from Tidal is down the drain now anyway, due to the conversion to fake MQA of all the albums there. Mind the "fake" because that exists too. Meanwhile it is hard to show the difference in advance (this guys seems not to know about it anyway), like for me / XXHighEnd the difference is hard to build in just the same (never mind I know about it).

Peter

PS: I have seen this 14 or so days ago. Also, this is in text available and what is in the video is literally read from that text. That text also links to the response in writing of MQA Ltd. I think you can find thathere. It is quite hilarious to read (their defense) and as usual it is able to create the same "mist" as always, leaving you behind with your own choice as always. What is a pity is that still and indeed the YouTube is for 50% correct only. I will leave you in the same middle with it (same that you never read from me on what side I actually am - haha).

Hahaha, let's see !
I am really curious, so keep us informed, OK ?

Thank you for sharing !
Peter

Hey jft,

Did you receive this cable recently ?
If so, can you email me about it (I actually need to know your email address, but you don't need to mention it in this forum).
sales phasure com

Best regards,
Peter

Hi Jack,

Yes, in the power inlet two fuses reside. In the box your NOS1 was shipped with, you may find a couple of spares.

@Ramesh, your idea is good, but if the light lits, the battery won't be empty (the battery provides the light as well as the power to the meters).

Let me know how you fare, Jack.
Kind regards,
Peter

You mean the inner of a toilet roll, right ? my English is not the best, but I think you refer to the toilet roll.

Yea, I tried that. But after a while the resonation went wild.
Then I folded a cold gas thruster around it. This now works well for 3 days continuously. But only at 4G. 3G didn't start and 5G doesn't run reliably.

Peter

Hi there Georg,

Do iPhones come with USB connections these days ?

Thanks !
Peter

Mani, sometimes you are too fast for me. Today this was again the case. I knew it was going to be something with the RME (like being able to record breathing while recording from the DAC output - probably caused by interference with the loudspeakers or some other serious sh*t) but when I started typing I saw your phone(y) post and made this of it.

As usual the RME is still in the box. Your Mytec is also still in its box, unopened. At least that is not New In Box.
I have more ...

The story of why to obtain the RME is true. I have a box full with R2R tapes of which I promised to digitize them. After that promise, I thought "how then ?!?".

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I really wonder what can be done with the RME, and whether it would be able to replace my analyser, partly. Maybe in combination with DeltaWave ? I don't know yet. Anyway it would be true that at this so much higher sampling rate *and* bit depth, much more should be able to dig out than I am used to. If it's only not noisy ...

Kind regards,
Peter

Edit April 8, 2021 :
Although the subject about the RME could be serious for its ADC capabilities, my posting about the suggestion it could be better than the NOS1 really is too much of an April Fool's joke. I suppose this was clear from the start, but usually my jokes backfire much later only. And in this case it might worry NOS1 owners. Please don't.
Meanwhile we can nicely continue the discussion about the RME. Mine is still new in its box, waiting for show time.

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Dear people,

Yesterday my new RME ADI-2 Pro FS R "BlackEdition" arrived. It was meant to be used as ADC ...

Partly I obtained this because my ADC died on my long ago, partly this is because I promised a friend to digitise his reel to reel tapes without realising that I don't even have an ADC any more, and partly (or mainly ?) this is about the continuous attempts of people to record differences between "bit perfect" playbacks, them sounding different with different XXHighEnd settings, or them sounding different because of USB cables ... etc. etc. etc.
The RME-ADI-2 has been a candidate for me since I first saw it appearing, as it not only records at twice the speed of any normal audio analyser (which would be 192 KHz), but it also records at a bit depth of 32 (normal would be 24).
Day before yesterday I ordered it (a bit stimulated by Mani, elsewhere) and yesterday it arrived. And because Mani at the same elsewhere talked about its good sound compared to his "office" NOS1, I thought to give that a go first.

We had to make adapters so its outputs could adapt to my Blaxius^2.5 interlinks, and then ...

ahem ...

I hardly dare to say it. Maybe I must get used to the special sound. Maybe it *is* special. But it really is something else.

I figure that it could be related to XXHighEnd always plainly outputting 32 bits if the DAC can take that (the driver of the NOS1 can - the NOS1 itself is 24 bits only).

The very least I should say is that this is interesting. So far I also hear some small downsides (it (standing-wave) buzzes a little, but I obviously did not have sufficient time to exploit everything for "variables" (XXHE, configurable cables, Mach III core settings)).

If the thing can ADC-measure itself, then maybe I can learn something from it. Not that I foresee a NOS3, but at least the AKM chip in there will be normally available.
Maybe Mani has a special view on this, as he has this RME quite some longer already (I think).

Btw, Mani, nice try :
My phone sounds better than the NOS1
hahaha - you won't 04/01 fool me with that one.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi Arvind,

Bring forward the Driver Control Panel of your DAC; at the bottom you will see an indication that streaming is not on-going.

Switch Off and On your DAC; If now "Streaming is up and running" appears, all will be fine again. Notice that you'd need to apply the procedure to switch on the DAC anyway (watch the green led inside etc.).

If this does not help, reboot the PC.

Of course the USB cable has to be connected decently as well.

Kind regards,
Peter