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Only somebody like Kumakuma would play audio directly from a CD/DVD Rom, whether internal or external ! Most members here do now accept that computer audio markedly improves in all aspects, even when exported via USB, if very clean Linear Power is used to replace original SMPS.

How many members use SMPS with their servers, other than perhaps on pure cost grounds ?

 

For my main music pc which stores music files in raid 5 runs Hqplayer, Mac minis for GP computing are as stock as you can get with unchanged SMPS everywhere. These devices are powered from an Online UPS and are isolated from the music system with USB treatment.

I figured it's all to hard to clean up the mess inside a computer, far easier although takes some time to get right, to isolate the Pc from audio systems.

Each to their own level and comfort as to how to tackle the noise issue.