Hi,
Because I also found this improvements in SQ because of the music server. That supprised me, therefor I also added a network isolator in the lan connection. A network isolator med MI 1005 (100 euro).

Someone else made this suggestion in this forum! And to my ears it helps, more rest and details in the highs.

So even on the lan side improvements are possible.
Regards, Arjan

Hi All,

Not sure if others are using this as well, but I have my Music Server (old desktop pc) now remote in the electric cupboard (meterkast) near the router. It is headless and goes to sleep when not used. Via WakeOnLan I start it from my laptop and next via RDP I can work on it and connect to the Audio PC.

SQ is the same but having the Music Server remote and out of sight makes it convenient.

I had to add a second LAN card, that was all.

regards, Arjan

Hi,
Had an old pc lying around, only used for ripping CD's. Made it the music server for my audio pc!
To me it gives a better 3D soundstage especially more depth. And a bit cleaner sound. Also the audio pc is faster and more stable. No hickups at all. (I have some issues with the lower sfs settings)

Advice: If you have a laptop or old pc available try a music server - audio pc setup!

regards, Arjan

Hi All,
My errors are gone! I think main reason was the 5V supply of the Silverstone USB card. (As someone mentioned,,,)
I used a picopsu feeded by an linear psu. That gave the errors.
Next I tried a direct 5V linear psu feed, no errors, but I had to restart the NOS1a dac everytime to get USB connected after PC restart.
Now I use an HDPLEX kind of picopsu (250W Hi-Fi DC-ATX) feeded with the same linear psu. No errors and instant connection of the USB.
regards, Arjan

Hi Bert,

No suggestion. But I encounter similar issues with RDC directly to Audio-PC and running unattended.
At first it goes okay, services stopping and after that music starts. But after starting a couple of different tracks from different cd's the music starts before last 'services stopped' dialog is gone. And from there RDC connection is gone. But after the music is stopped, end of the track, RDC comes up again. So restart is not needed. But from then every unattended run will end up in a lost connection. Only restart of audio-PC will help, for a short time. Not sure if this is similar. But it is frustrating.

Regards, Arjan

Hi Peter

Shoot me, but currently I am listening to the both clairixa's and intona in the chain........

Johans remarks gave me some new ideas. Also now I have the short clairixa on the dac. (I had it running already between the intona and dac for some hours, maybe burning in needed?) I put a separate linear psu on the Silverstone AND I only can use the lower Silverstone connection!!
Also my CPU is now at 1200 because of my bios issues last night. I use 10586.0 in RAM. sfs 0.05 and clockres 1 ms and usb buffer size 2 ms.

To much variables....... do not know what did it, seems a lucky shot to me.

regards, Arjan

I tried the mobo usb instead of silverstone with the short clairixa to intona and that works without errors and ticks. So for my setup also the Silverstone is part of the issue.

But I still prefer the Silverstone.... so back to cheap cable between pc and intona.

But oh boy getting into bios to activate the mobo usb was difficult. PS/2 mouse and keyboard do not work..... I first had to reset the bios and boot without hdd attached. With hdd it was for me impossible to get into the bios. But this is another subject.

regards, Arjan

Hi Peter,
Not sure i was clear enough but long Clairixa between pc and intona also gives errors and ticks.
Yes, might be the Intona, but the Clairixa is also involved.

Will try to do a test later tonight with mobo usb. And maybe some other USB cables?

Regards, Arjan

We really like the SQ of RAM-OS. It is so more of everything.

But here (my wife included) we prefer (so far) attended above unattended. With attended the music seems more in balance. With unattended the extremes seems more accentuated. (is this the scary sound?)

What are others thoughts about this? 

regards, Arjan

My PC currently runs at 430MHz.
10586.0 from RAM.
16/44100 upsampled to 32/705600

I can play up to SFS=0.05 without errors.
With SFS=0.04 it goes wrong and Kernel Streaming errors are continuous.

This is in unattended!

Similar behavior.

regards, Arjan

Yes, immediate ticks, no sound at all with deactivated Copy To XX... Just dddddddddddddd. If you say this you know.

But the errors are on Kernel streaming/WASAPI and not on USB stream and Fifo...
So different behavior.
regards, Arjan

Yes Peter, the usb cable shipped with the NOS1.
regards, Arjan

Hi Peter,
Updated silverstone driver and firmware, but errors are still there and I always hear them. I now use a normal, but isolated silverstone.
Both in ram or not I get these errors and ticks. Also with sfs on 4. But I now use 0.10 again.
I use 10586, unattended and attended.

Switched the usb cables, short on the dac, but that seems even a bit worse.

Changed the short usb on dac side for cheap usb cable, so long Clairixa on pc, still errors and ticks.
Next cheap usb from pc to Intona, no more errors and ticks!

Final test to be done, use of mobo USB ports, but I have to make them active first....

I think Intona is also part of the issue.....combination pc - Clairixa - Intona.
Regards, Arjan

Hi Johan,
Audible for me as well, but with a cheap cable no problems.
I will try the other usb port tomorrow.
Regards, Arjan

Hi Peter,
Same issue here, I highly suspect the short Clairixa. Without it no problems!
But SQ is super.....
Regards, Arjan