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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Tidal-Prepare more than one album at a time ?
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on: March 09, 2016, 10:51:01 am
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I should add that my internet is cr*p...dropouts are frequent...like two or three times per hour at least...so possibly that has something to do with my Tidal download issues. Will have very fast internet at the end of this month so hopefully that is actually faster and more reliable than the current service.
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Tidal-Prepare more than one album at a time ?
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on: March 09, 2016, 10:47:58 am
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No. If you're "Preparing" 10 albums at the same time (which is possible)
Is it possible? I always end up with partially downloaded prepare ( mod change) albums if I try to do more than one at a time, and if I do too many at once sometimes XXHE will crash. Maybe I am missing some trick...I just download prepare ( mod change) one at a time now. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Music Storage and convenient playback / Re: Network storage
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on: March 04, 2016, 12:18:56 pm
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Hi Bert, The cross link cable is an artefact of times past...you can direct connect computers these days with a normal Ethernet cable.
If I connect my Music PC directly to my main PC (crosslink) is it then possible to control the Music PC from the main PC as well?
The music is stored on my NAS but can be found from the main PC directly as if it is stored locally.
Yes, the AudioPC (I am using Peters terms) can be controlled from the Music Server via RDP. You should be able to remove the graphics card and keyboard and mouse and other unnecessary stuff from the AudioPC.
If possible then I can connect wireless to the main PC and control the Music PC through the main PC (RDP) too which would be both options I want to be able to use.
Yep. Tablet. >> RDP >> Music Server >> RDP >> AudioPC. Hope this helps, Anthony |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Live track skipping between "tracks".
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on: February 24, 2016, 09:35:16 am
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but on something like Abdullah Ibrahim "Senzo" I am getting a very brief static burst between tracks. I don't ...  But I do start to wonder what you guys do to incur for such things ? Peter I am using RAM-OS with your settings Peter. EDIT: My SFS is higher at 0.15...which I still have problems with playback stopping in between tracks on some albums. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: dedicated mains earth
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on: February 20, 2016, 02:16:25 am
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...and even if the monitor is one one ring and the AudioPC on another they are still electrically connected by the cable between them, so the noise has a direct path."
Anthony
Hi Anthony, Thank you for sharing your experience. For clarification, how do you see the monitor and PC electrically connected if we use an optical HDMI or DVI connector? Especially if they are on a separate earth, and possible even on a different phase (I have 3 phases in triangle at my house). Thanks, Diede Might not be a direct electrical connection, but it is still there. I remember the Adnaco optical usb solution that promised so much but delivered so little...the theory as to why that did not work is that it is the conversion from optical to electrical that creates the noise. I personally would not bother with it for a monitor...the RDC solution that Peter has worked into XXHE is the optimum arrangement. Think about it this way...at the moment I am using a cpu without an inbuilt gpu...and I am not using a graphics card either (it's just not in the case) so my AudioPC has zero ability to output a graphics to a monitor...and it is the best sound I have ever had. EDIT: I have two XXHE computers here that are identical apart from the cpu: my Xeon and the other i7-3790K (I think). On the face of things and without putting too much effort into finding a reason why, I noticed that my Xeon cpu sounds better than the i7 and I think that may possibly be because the Xeon does not have inbuilt graphics whereas the i7 does. I really do need to listen further to this and make a definitive judgement, but those are my preliminary observations. Maybe I should do that this coming week. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: dedicated mains earth
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on: February 19, 2016, 09:50:27 am
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In my experience running the AudioPC without a monitor (and using RDP) is a better solution than using the monitor. Think about the power draw of a monitor...it's more than the computer...
The current version of XXHE (correct me if I am wrong Peter) does not shut down the monitor, it merely puts up a black wallpaper and the monitor is 100% still connected. Hi, During music replay in an “unattended mode” XXH shuts the monitor down (sleeping mode), so no power ....... and that should not influence the SQ, to my understanding. Joachim |
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on: February 19, 2016, 02:51:28 am
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Hi Diede, In my experience running the AudioPC without a monitor (and using RDP) is a better solution than using the monitor. Think about the power draw of a monitor...it's more than the computer...and even if the monitor is one one ring and the AudioPC on another they are still electrically connected by the cable between them, so the noise has a direct path. It is easier to galvanically isolate ethernet and usb (now) than HDMI/DVI/VGA etc., so when it comes to the AudioPC and a screen "you gotta keep 'em separated". Cheers, Anthony |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: dedicated mains earth
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on: February 18, 2016, 11:07:37 am
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You are the guy that can test this by reinstalling the standard ATX SMPS into your AudioPC. I can't test it just yet but wheels are in motion for my ATX LPS...I have a custom case being cut this week in which to stuff it all and once that is done I will be able to test the ATX Controller PCB and then all manner of LPS scenarios.
But in the meantime, if you had some spare time, perhaps see if your AudioPC less LPS still performs at the same level. Hi Anthony, yeah I could do this... and I will when I have time. Certainly with my current setup (both music and audio PCs on same 'dirty' line) I simply don't see the point in having an expensive linear PSU for the audio PC. But what I will try first is putting the audio PC (with linear PSU) on the 'clean' dedicated audio line. I can't imagine how this could improve the SQ... but I can see how it might make it worse - no matter how good the linear PSU (and I think the Teradak is pretty good), it's still a PC that you've introduced onto the 'clean' line. Mani.  One thing that I can't place though is the operation of the RAM-OS in your system. How has it worked for you? It has worked very nicely for me but if it made a difference for you then something else must be at work given the arrangement of your components, the supposed operation of the Intona and the reason for development of the RAM-OS being to reduce PC noise but reducing current draw in the PC. |
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: dedicated mains earth
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on: February 18, 2016, 11:04:13 am
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So if we have USB properly isolated...ethernet properly isolated...power properly isolated (LPS) then there is not really too much more isolation work to do other than obsessive compulsive amongst us to attack RFI. Anthony, the more time it is to now attack EMI ! So I am sure it is high time to get myself a decent meter for that. We can suspect EMI to be all over the place with all this isolation stuff and it should be relatively easy to now attack *that*. But first we must see it ... Regards, Peter There are a gazillion meters out there for measuring all kinds of stuff. Is there any particular unit you have in mind? I am keen to emulate on this side of the world. |
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