Johnseye

1 meter is a pretty long umbilical. By positioning the capacitor connecting to the umbilical close to a corner in the chassis and likewise the DC-ATX module directly next to the server chassis back corner, the umbilical can be short. I'm using the same one you made and even when I had everything inside one chassis I couldn't have shortened it more than a couple inches. What I did have to increase was the length of the cables from the DC-ATX module to the motherboard. I think that was a better trade off than keeping all of the supply components in the case. Taiko does quiet a bit to shield the supply components from the motherboard, using copper to do so. You probably have more familiarity with this than anyone Nenon, but with component placement, wire gauge and shielding don't you think a 2 case solution can be viable?

I would probably buy the existing design with PC backplate so that I could use it for both a server case or power supply if I wanted. Granted the back wouldn't be pretty from a power supply chassis standpoint, but I'd prefer flexible functionality and no one sees the back but me.

Both as the existing design is the same for a ULPS.

I own the Taiko DIY chassis today and have been able to heavily upsample for weeks straight without any issue of heat dissipation. I installed Panzerholz for the ULPS components although can't say definitively whether there was a SQ benefit by doing so. It did allow for more flexible placement of the supply components. I have since removed the ULPS components out of the server chassis and back into its own. It is very difficult to A/B because of the time and effort involved in moving the components around. When I first moved the ULPS into the server chassis I believed I heard a loss of SQ. After a year of listening with the supply components in the server chassis I moved them out and believe there to be an improvement in SQ. I don't know if it's expectation bias. One would think that there is noise generated by the supply that impacts the server components. My only complaints with the Taiko chassis are that is designed to have the supply inside, so unnecessarily big without, and its backplate for holding down PCI cards is terrible. Top ventilation could also be better. I'm not sure why they didn't duplicate that from the Extreme. My vote would be for a 2 box solution. Big enough for the Sage motherboard, but capable of other form factors. Also having enough room for the DC-ATX module. It would also be nice to be able to install a SOtM sCLK-EX in it, but that may be of limited value.

Do you hear a difference in SQ with different NICs (ie. Solarflare, JCAT, onboard, etc) installed when playing music from a local drive? I have 4 different NICs and have been spending time comparing with both local and streamed sources.

+1 Interested as well

I own one of these. It's an amazing sub. Highly recommend. Good luck with the sale.

Nenon's ULPS he was using prior to buying his Extreme is powering my dual Xeon Sage board. I did add a Mundorf AG cap and replaced the chokes with the Martin Mug's. Hynes SR7 DRs powering everything else. I'm using 2 sCLK-EX's with the Mutec Ref10. A SOtM NIC with the Sage, SOtM's switch and tX-USBultra, all connected to the sCLK's. I have an endpoint, which is a SOtM modified NUC with all its clocks being tapped from the sCLK. I can't get my JCAT USB XE to work properly with my Holo May DAC so if I want to go direct from Sage to DAC I need to use the board's USB port. I'm going to buy the new SOtM USB card and see if that works with the May. If it does I'll have one of my sCLK's changed to 20MHz. Not too different from yours. I'm still a strong believer in the mastered sCLK as you can see. I also prefer the sound of it going through the tX-USBultra and modded NUC endpoint vs direct from the Sage USB. It's much less fatiguing. We'll see if that changes with the new SOtM USB card. I'd love for it to be equal or better. I had bought the Sage before the SOtM motherboard came out or I probably would have gone that route. That's why I'm very curious to know how yours compares. To my ears Windows LTSC sounded muddy compared to Euphony or Audiolinux. I tuned everything with as much as I could find out about how the Extreme was configured. I used Process Lasso. Still not as good. One thing I still haven't learned is what the Extreme's BIOS settings are. If anyone knows please PM me. This has been my experience as well. I've spent the past couple months listening with Audiolinux and Roon. It has it's own sound that is very close to Euphony with Roon. Prior I had been listening to Euphony with Stylus for a couple years. Version 4 made me want to experiment again. Version 4 with Stylus has a bit of a bloom to it. It's a wider and deeper soundstage, but the instruments blur a little. Euphony with Roon tightens them up a bit, not to mention the Roon interface vs Stylus is worlds apart. Everything I do on any platform is with HQPlayer upsampling to PCM 1536kHz

Did you try Euphony on your Xeon server? I'm very curious to know how the SOtM build compares with the same OS. Not to mention your thoughts on Euphony with this build. I went through the same exercise using LTSC, then Euphony. I recently switched to Audiolinux a few months ago. I'm going to switch back to Euphony and see how the two compare again. What Taiko Roon guide are you referring to?

Speaking of Husker Du in Minn. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/husker-du-tonite-longhorn/

Too bad you didn't get to see them when they were playing in your neighborhood. I got to see them play in '86. I remember they had a blow up swimming pool on stage and were jumping in and out of it. I also remember it being a very wild and good show. I've been a fan of their music for a long long time. Edit: Looks like it was '85. Just did a search for Replacements and pool. Here's what I found. Note the 1985 reference. https://www.spin.com/2019/11/the-replacements-dont-tell-a-soul-april-1989-interview-they-might-be-giants/ I also loved Husker Du at the time. I still do and am a Bob Mould fan. Coincidentally I lived in the Minneapolis area during the summers between '87 - '89 when back from school. Went down to First Ave and the record shop there but never saw a concert there until '91 when I saw Phish.

It looks like only the MN shows are available from this tour. I wonder why no Chicago yet.

What a show. Eddie talked almost as much as he sang. Lots of reminiscing about his past in Evanston. His aunt recently died so his family had an event on the Lake Michigan beach and he talked about that. Went to see his grandma's old apartment and met some randoms there he hung out and drank beers with. Chelios showed up in an Evil Knevil outfit. They all still have so much energy. I really want to go again tomorrow. I love seeing bands play their songs differently from the albums, especially when they extend jams which Pearl Jam did last night. Interesting to hear you say it was your favorite Pearl Jam concert as you've seen so many and over so long a time period. Even more than the 2 Wrigley shows? I only wish I could have seen them back in the early 90s. I listened to them, just never went. Not sure if you like Stone Temple Pilots but fortunately I did see them with the Chili Peppers. That was one of the best shows I've seen. Both those bands had a tremendous amount of energy and are showmen. I will say last night's show was one of the best I've ever seen of any rock band.

I wouldn't miss my kids first day either. If anything is more important, it's that. About to leave for the venue and am amped.

Saw King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at the Salt Shed. Amazing show. Saw Springsteen at Wrigley Saw Nathaniel Rateliff at the Salt Shed Went to see Shakti with John Mclaughlin and Zakir Hussain at Ravinia on Sunday. Bela Fleck opened. Tonight is Pearl Jam at the United Center. @The Computer Audiophile, how were the Minn shows and are you attending Chicago? Am still contemplating Farm Aid and Phish. Will see Widespread Panic in Milwaukee. Going to Peter Gabriel and My Morning Jacket. Not to mention all the Dead shows I saw to start off the sumer it's been a concert filled one. Had to skip the Pitchfork fest cause of concert fatigue.