Barriers to Computer Audio

[wgscott]

Your idea of great sound doesn't appear to be shared by many other members!

 

Compared to your whackadoole ideas about identical files sounding different when played identically?

 

 

Do you have to fill every thread with this noise?

[wgscott]

I would be interested in others comments.

 

It doesn't have to be hard. Here are two blog posts that might be of interest:

 

Absolute beginner's guide to using Apple's OS X for computer audio, the easy way - Blogs - Computer Audiophile

 

An absolute beginner's guide to seting up computer audio on Apple OS X, Part II - Blogs - Computer Audiophile

 

As with many other hobbies, there is a lot of associated mysticism and bullshit invoked by elitist snobs and believers in the supernatural.

[wgscott]

Do you have a recommendation for a NAS that works well for you?

 

I just got a freeNAS mini (for work): https://www.ixsystems.com/freenas-mini/

 

I haven't found the need for a NAS at home. I have a few USB drives plugged into my Airport Extreme wireless router.

[wgscott]

Sorry, what is DragonFly?

 

It's a very simple but good USB DAC that looks like a thumb drive:

 

USB Digital Analog Converter

[wgscott]

The person when [sic] mentioned the USB HDs and his router has been complaining about data corruption for the last couple of months. A less than ideal setup might have something to do with it.

 

Except it was a failing external drive on my mac mini connected via Firewire 800, but please feel free to cary on with your delusional nonsense.

[wgscott]

I don't really think you are in a terribly great position to be critical of other people's impatience, given your rather shocking rudeness, creepy stalking behavior, and inability to keep simple facts straight.

[wgscott]

Have you ever gotten dropouts in the music using wireless?

 

Sorry. Didn't see this. I keep my music library on a firewire external drive. For fun I have played music on my from the wireless mounted drives. It works fine with audirvana memory play.

 

(On a separate note, conventional Airplay gives me dropouts in my bedroom sometimes.)

[wgscott]

Be very careful with that 3TB Seagate drive. (I have one too; picked it up at Costco cheap.) The failure rate is very high.

 

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f7-disk-storage-music-library-storage/hard-disc-reliability-part-ii-23149/

 

 

Hard disk reliability examined once more: HGST rules, Seagate is alarming | Ars Technica

[wgscott]

I have it in my office for work. The new NAS is much quieter. I'm going to finish moving stuff over to the NAS and then repurpose the 3TB drive for off-site backups, where I keep it in a locked box for off-line storage of disk images.

[wgscott]

Sorry, I misread that. Seems to be a lot of that going on in this thread. :oops:

 

The 1TB seems ok. Great form-factor too.

[wgscott]

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[wgscott]

All you do is bully Sandy.

 

OK, at least now I know what this is really about.

 

For everyone else's sake, I suggest we drop this, push the reset button or the ignore list button.

[wgscott]

Both the Oppo 95 and 103 improve markedly with a battery or Linear powered (+9V) Regen in line with their USB input.

 

Is there any evidence (tests, measurements, etc.) available that shows this?