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11 hours ago, auricgoldfinger said:

In case anyone wants to follow in @seeteeyou's footsteps and buy a Melco S100 at a 10% discount, here is your opportunity:

 

https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/lp/campaign/sale/en/?utm_source=FJtop&utm_medium=allbanner&utm_campaign=FJtop_allbanner_200212_fjcp_&utm_term=200212_fjcp_

Thanks for the information.

dCS Vivaldi Upsampler - Siltech Double Crown PC, Tara Labs Zero Evo AES; dCS Vivaldi DAC - Siltech Double Crown PC - Tara Labs Zero Evo XLR; dCS Vivaldi Clock - Siltech Double Crown PC - Viard Platinum BNC; Mutec Ref10 SE-120 - Shunyata Sigma Digital PC - AR Cox Triple C BNC; Music Server - La Sound Olympia PC; Spectral DMC-30SS MKii - Crystal Ultimate Dream PC; Spectral DMC-400RS - Tiglon 2000A PC - AR RTP6 Abs. - Transparent Reference G5 spk cable; Rockport Atria MKi, Shunyata Triton V2 + Typhon - Sigma HC PC, Thixar SMD Ultimate Rack + CMS Platinum MKiii / Tripoint Troy Signature BLK

 

https://www.hiendy.com/hififorum/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=124319&extra=page=1

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7 hours ago, taipan254 said:

Assuming I pulled the right diagram (see attached), it looks like the USB ports on the SGM extreme motherboard Emile uses also pulls from the chipset and is not cpu direct. 

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Yes.....Apparently 

dCS Vivaldi Upsampler - Siltech Double Crown PC, Tara Labs Zero Evo AES; dCS Vivaldi DAC - Siltech Double Crown PC - Tara Labs Zero Evo XLR; dCS Vivaldi Clock - Siltech Double Crown PC - Viard Platinum BNC; Mutec Ref10 SE-120 - Shunyata Sigma Digital PC - AR Cox Triple C BNC; Music Server - La Sound Olympia PC; Spectral DMC-30SS MKii - Crystal Ultimate Dream PC; Spectral DMC-400RS - Tiglon 2000A PC - AR RTP6 Abs. - Transparent Reference G5 spk cable; Rockport Atria MKi, Shunyata Triton V2 + Typhon - Sigma HC PC, Thixar SMD Ultimate Rack + CMS Platinum MKiii / Tripoint Troy Signature BLK

 

https://www.hiendy.com/hififorum/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=124319&extra=page=1

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3 hours ago, Iving said:

 

Nice resource of CPU-direct PCIe tho' ...

also U.2 I notice ...

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3307189/intels-905p-optane-15tb.html

Plenty of (fanless) bespoke scope for DIYers!!

 

PCIe interface is always beneficial. I am using a regular SATA PCIe Card (Marvell 9235) for HDD (music files storage) which is better than onboard SATA.

 

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dCS Vivaldi Upsampler - Siltech Double Crown PC, Tara Labs Zero Evo AES; dCS Vivaldi DAC - Siltech Double Crown PC - Tara Labs Zero Evo XLR; dCS Vivaldi Clock - Siltech Double Crown PC - Viard Platinum BNC; Mutec Ref10 SE-120 - Shunyata Sigma Digital PC - AR Cox Triple C BNC; Music Server - La Sound Olympia PC; Spectral DMC-30SS MKii - Crystal Ultimate Dream PC; Spectral DMC-400RS - Tiglon 2000A PC - AR RTP6 Abs. - Transparent Reference G5 spk cable; Rockport Atria MKi, Shunyata Triton V2 + Typhon - Sigma HC PC, Thixar SMD Ultimate Rack + CMS Platinum MKiii / Tripoint Troy Signature BLK

 

https://www.hiendy.com/hififorum/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=124319&extra=page=1

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