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« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2012, 07:07:10 pm »


over time I realized I can get better cables to a much more lower price.
Best regards,
Juan

Hello Juan,

may I have some names/brands

best

joachim
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« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2012, 07:39:56 pm »


over time I realized I can get better cables to a much more lower price.
Best regards,
Juan

Hello Juan,

may I have some names/brands

best

joachim

Hi Chris,

Power cords: Grover Huffman http://www.groverhuffman.com/home and Foundation Research LS1 and LS2, the latter (F.R.) I´m not sure if they are discontinued but can be found once in a while second hand for around $300

Interconnection cables: Grover Huffman

Speaker cables: Clear Day Cables http://www.cleardaycables.com/ and other ones without name made by a friend.

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Juan
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Configuration and Updates in HOW I'VE BUILT MY NEW PC...http://www.phasure.com/index.php?topic=1673.0. This post is very old but maybe someone still find it useful

XXHighEnd: 2.11a. Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN/ KS:Phasure NOS1 Out 4.0/ #4 Engine/ Adaptive Mode/ Q1=10, Q3,4,5=1, xQ1=15/ Dev.Buffer: 4096/ ClockRes: 15ms/ Straight Contiguous/ SFS: 0.69 (max 0,69)/ Not Invert/ Phase Alignment Off/ Allow format change/ Decode HDCD/ Playerprio: Low/ ThreadPrio: Real Time/ Scheme: Core 3-5/ UnAttended/ Not Switch during Playback Off/ Playback Drive none/ UnAttended/ Include Garbage Collect/ Copy to XX Drive by standard/ Always clear Proxy before Playback/ Stop Desktop Services/ Stop Remaining Services/ Stop All Services: Off/ Keep LAN Services: On - Persist: Off/ Use Remote Desktop/ Minimize OS/ XTweaks : Balanced Load 35/ Nervous Rate 10/ Cool when Idle -/ Provide Stable Power 0/ Utilize Cores always 1/ Time Performance Index: Optimal / Time Stability: Stable / Arc Prediction/ Number of cores in use: 12 (máx. 6-12)

Music Server PC (W10) totally silent with OS (W10) in SSD and music inside in SSDs - RDC > Ethernet Gigabyte cable 3m > Audio Pc > 1m USB Lush cable directly from the USB3.0 in the motherboard > PHASURE NOS1a-75B-G3 (Driver v1.0.4) 16ms > Blaxius BNC interconnects > Genelec 1037B 3-Way Active speakers with BNC inputs
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« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2012, 06:05:26 pm »

The first day with the Entreq “Challenger” USB cable,

The difference of the  sound  to shelf cable was to hear immediately, finer timbre of all instruments (upright bass, horns and violins) and voices, more air between the instruments.
Reference records are:
“The Shelter In Your Arms” by Sammy Davis Jr.
 “Intermission Music” by Beady Belle ( the duet with Jamie Cullum is a highlight )
“Sunflower” by Wynton Marsalis (horns in heaven and thaat beat of the bass)
“Stolen Moment” by Gap Mangione

The Entreq USB cable is another step up the ladder and now I’m waiting for XXH release 0.9z-7

Joachim
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« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2012, 11:32:07 pm »

Finally - someone.
But it took you long !

Thanks for sharing Joachim - Appreciated !
Peter
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XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13*  (max 10.13) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3
A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control).
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Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.

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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2012, 03:59:28 pm »

FYI, I gave the guy from Kemp Electroniks a call (he used to import the Entreq stuff. He told me he was going to supply (in a couple of month from now) a USB cable that would sound even better then the ''Challenger'' cable.

http://kempelektroniks.com/

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