Kimmo has an opinion which is supported by arguments and facts .. your opinion is without any, it is highly subjective and you have no evidence..
Because you do not believe in science and I still claim you picked the wrong hobby..
If you just want to enjoy your music, then go and buy some decent gear, and stop hanging around on diy forums... 🙂
great .... much like my solution. I used as a headless PC Thin Client Igel 4210 with a linear power supply that provides external 12V DC.
Here an example:
THIN CLIENT IGEL 5/4 WINESTRA 4210LX VGA DVI BIS 1920 DPI PCI 4210 LX THINCLIENT | eBay
Looks good, but not sure I understand the obsession for linear power supplies - they tend to come with far too much power loss, heat, wasted space and weight.
As to on-the-cheap, it is hard to beat a raspberry pi, a hifiberry DAC and a TPA3116D2...
I think there might be a bit of a language issue here, but it is not about being able to "objectify" but to verify and confirm independently. A basic principle in the scientific method.
Just because someone has an interest in something doesn't necessarily mean that that person is very good at it (this is not directed at you, but a general observation). I suggest you blind us with science... 🙂
Is using a linear supply, with much lower frequency noise (some 50-60Hz) better than an SMPS with easier to filter HF noise....
Do you take into account simultaneous switching noise when deciding to go for a linear supply...the myth that SMPSs are noisy and removing them remove a lot of noise is not true, the switching of the digital circuitry creates its own noise (SSN as mentioned above)...so you still have a noisy PC with the added benefit of a linear supplies noise in the audible range....
Do you take into account simultaneous switching noise when deciding to go for a linear supply...the myth that SMPSs are noisy and removing them remove a lot of noise is not true, the switching of the digital circuitry creates its own noise (SSN as mentioned above)...so you still have a noisy PC with the added benefit of a linear supplies noise in the audible range....
Hi Kipeta,
First of all I want to thank you (again) for your excellent software!! I am using it now for more than a year and it has always been very stable and the sound quality is absolutely fabulous!
Now, that I have more than 2000 cd’s in FLAC on a local 2TB disk on the server PC, I would like to convert all of it to WAVE, because WAVE sounds just a little bit better…. In my very resolving system WAVE sounds a little more dynamic, tight and detailed. (Don’t jump at me. Please respect my opinion.)
So I am looking now for the easiest and fastest way to do the conversion from FLAC to WAVE. Over the network is way too slow and takes about 10 minutes per CD. So I made a live USB disk with bootable Lubuntu that has no problem with the EXT4 file system. I tried Sound Converter from the application library to do the conversions. The only problem is that the files appear to be write protected. So because I have no permission the action is cancelled…….
In the Daphile webinterface in Storage DaphileData/Music, the items RW and Share are checked, so that should be no problem.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Peter
First of all I want to thank you (again) for your excellent software!! I am using it now for more than a year and it has always been very stable and the sound quality is absolutely fabulous!
Now, that I have more than 2000 cd’s in FLAC on a local 2TB disk on the server PC, I would like to convert all of it to WAVE, because WAVE sounds just a little bit better…. In my very resolving system WAVE sounds a little more dynamic, tight and detailed. (Don’t jump at me. Please respect my opinion.)
So I am looking now for the easiest and fastest way to do the conversion from FLAC to WAVE. Over the network is way too slow and takes about 10 minutes per CD. So I made a live USB disk with bootable Lubuntu that has no problem with the EXT4 file system. I tried Sound Converter from the application library to do the conversions. The only problem is that the files appear to be write protected. So because I have no permission the action is cancelled…….
In the Daphile webinterface in Storage DaphileData/Music, the items RW and Share are checked, so that should be no problem.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Peter
Yeah, you are right on the power inefficiency.
But when you have all the ingredients in house, isn't it challenging to build?
The combo you mentioned is of course very good value but I don't think it can beat (sonically and in VFM) my 1,000 E Daphile Computer / Audio-gd Reference 5.32.
There are pretty decent SMPS modules out there.
It probably can't beat your system for sound quality - but I'll bet it is just as good. Why wouldn't it be? The computer is definitely fast enough, and the hifiberry DAC is audibly transparent.
Based on that, I think my system might be better value for money, but of course it looks like a cheap plastic box...
I bought a thin client for Daphile and better SMPS module. After that, I replaced all electrolytic capacitors in SMPS with Panasonic FC and removed Y capacitor that is coupled between GND and Earth.
Sound is excellent. No need for any further experiments.
Sound is excellent. No need for any further experiments.
I changed the capacitors because Panasonic FC are better than cheap chinese one and more durable. It wasn't about the sound quality.
Transparency is not for me.
After living with a "totally transparent" ODAC self-supplied with a Salas BiB power supply, my "less-transparent" Audio-gd dan blew it over in sonic quality, in all dimensions!
Have you ever seen the part count in the Audio-gd and ODAC? Visually, you could bet ODAC is superior in sound. 🙂
After living with a "totally transparent" ODAC self-supplied with a Salas BiB power supply, my "less-transparent" Audio-gd dan blew it over in sonic quality, in all dimensions!
Have you ever seen the part count in the Audio-gd and ODAC? Visually, you could bet ODAC is superior in sound. 🙂
I like these futros. My tablet-controlled audio player is Futro S400, the much more thrifty S300 is waiting on the shelf for deployment. The former for 10EUR (without PSU, any 12V PSU does), the latter for full 19 EUR (but with 1GB RAM and 4GB CF card). I like they have an extra PCI slot (ideal for a PCI soundcard powered by an external linear +12V/-12V PSU) and are regular x86 machines with bios, wake-on-lan, booting from USB etc.
These guys decomissioned from german banks are readily available on ebay.de.
Many OT posts deleted. Here's the deal folks, one more complaint about this thread and the thread crappers get points or worse.