Hi Peter,

I have a case laser cut for my supply sitting here that I will put together next weekend then I will install the power supplies and get it all working in a tidy fashion.  So by the end of next weekend I should have my first functioning ATX LPS operating and ready for listening and tweaking.  That is if you want to do something that way...it does not really worry me and you seem reluctant to share your ideas whilst I have a LOT of ideas that I am willing to share in the course of things.  I can keep a secret, you already know that.

I even have the parts here to build up another completely different supply of most enviable on paper performance plus I am working with a local Australian electrical engineer for something else that is a bit out of the ordinary...and probably something quite special based on the results other computer power supply tweakers are managing in my part of the world.  It is up to you Peter.  I will keep doing my stuff over here regardless of what you do there, but it will have less priority for me if we are not working in parallel.  After all, I also have my 6 channel single ended triode amplifiers to build soon of which I have the first channel on the prototype bench right now (440vdc...yay!) but if you are keen to move forward on this ATX LPS stuff, I am willing to put some priority to that from now on.

Let me know.

Cheers,

Anthony

Peter, that is great!

I have dropped the ball since the boards where built due to music room renovations and painting the house,  plus I have until very recently not been able to leave high voltage stuff unattended due to small kids, but all that stuff is behind me now.

I have managed to start and stop the pc with my board but that was all that happened before I put it away and did the house stuff.  Would be keen to share notes though...

I had an issue once with RD where the IP address would not work, and against Peters advice I used the computer name "RAM-OS" and it works like a charm.

This is kind of a relief actually Peter, if I do have a ripping problem, and I am not going crazy.  I have spent so much time being annoyed by this and trying to track down the problem, so thank you for your time.

All CD's including the one I sent you were ripped on my workstation using dbPoweramp while I worked. I did wear out one drive and replaced it with a Pioneer Bluray but I cannot remember exactly which disks were ripped with which drive, although I do know that at least some of the albums that pause were ripped on the latter drive.

As it turns out I am at the moment sorting out a new ripping solution with a Plextor drive and a quieter PC than my workstation, but still using dbPoweramp which I most sincerely hope is not part of the problem.  The Plextor drive should be here in the next week or two and once it turns up I will put it in the workstation and rerip some of the problem disks.

Peter, is there a way to tell which tracks have the issue?  Can that be automated in some way so I know in advance which CDs to redo?

Much appreciated,

Anthony

PS: what ripping software do you use?

No, not from a collection album...I don't really listen to them at all except for maybe the odd soundtrack, but have not noticed anything in particular with those.

I just did this, made double sure of no network connection and still had the pausing issue.  Next I will send you some files Peter.

The stuttering problem was solved in that thread...I almost can't induce stuttering any more even with extremely low SFS...and it was solved because I realised I had a wrong setting that made the computer tooooo slow.  Now I have the "pause" problem and that is why I started the new thread considering that most people will have the correct (read your) settings in XXHE.

What I do have here are two different AudioPCs that suffer the same problem in the same albums and one of those PC's is exactly the same as yours on which you have no problems with these settings.  Something is going on...same PC same XXHE but I have problems here and you don't have that problem there.



The way I read that you were not really asking me to do that but just proving that network is not required for the AudioPC to operate properly.  I will do it tonight and report back.




No, not Tidal hires, Tidal and my hi-res files.  I have not tried any of either on this other PC so will do that as I get a chance.  I will open another topic, but will do so after I get through this pause problem if the other persists.

Anthony

Looking forward to what you have concocted.

Actually, with what you have just said I am more sure that I am right.  Clever design by the sound of it!

Probably the language thing, but my first post was clear that this happens when one track ends and the next begins.

Hi Mani,

Which Einstein Amp do you have?  Is it OTL? 

If the amp varies gain as a method of attenuation then it probably uses some form of variable cathode shunt.  In every schematic that I have seen the current in the signal path must flow in a loop that passes through the cathode, so if that is the case then the attenuator really is in the signal path even though it is not in the "direct" signal path that you would expect unless you marked the current flow loops. 

Semantics I know, sorry.  The new PSAudio preamp does something similar with its attenuation by varying the gain of the input tube with use of (I assume) a variable cathode shunt.  This may be the very least damaging form of volume attenuation currently available, but not many are doing it and it is not that easy to develop as far as I can tell.

Sorry for the off-topic Peter, but it is only a little off-topic because we are talking about volume attenuation.

Cheers,

Anthony

Yes, we have been through similar stuff before.  In that other thread the problem was not fixed but the problem did change slightly to what it is now.


Well, there is certainly network traffic otherwise RD would not be working.  RD drops out and is unable to be resurrected (forcing a hard shutdown of the AudioPC) up to half a dozen times a day.  When this happens music will not play and re-connection is impossible so the hard restart is necessary.

I am having a number of small problems at the moment and I will work through them one by one in the hope that one of the fixes will help the other situations.  For your information, the other problems include hi-res and Tidal streams playing with light intermittent static regardless of SFS, although the control panel shows no errors.

Anthony

Other AudioPC is in the system now...has the same XXHE settings and is the same computer except for the cpu...it pauses on the same tracks as my AudioPC.

Yes, I have a gut feeling that this is a network problem of some sort.  I will try your suggestion tomorrow.  If that does not work I will use the other AudioPC I have here as music server and see if that changes anything.

It never stops in the middle of a track, it always stops at the end of a track, or the start of the next one, which is probably the same thing.  So the track plays out...silence...Alt-P...next track plays.  This happens with both my PC and the other one.  Thinking about it this could be the reason for Play button sometimes being active after an album finishes (in another thread).