Popular Post seeteeyou Posted April 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 1/18/2021 at 1:34 AM, dctom said: I asked as I have increasingly speculated about which is the most important component the server or DAC. FYI - here's a potential milestone in terms of source immunity ⸺ at least for those of us who could live with the shortcomings of Toslink (i.e. only 4fs or below) in addition to the lack of balanced outputs https://audiophilestyle.com/blogs/entry/812-ecdesigns-powerdac-r-preview/ Even the DAC itself might not (oh really?) need to be powered by a flagship PSU Quote I also tested the PowerDAC-R using a Farad 5-volt power supply and could find no difference in sound quality – this was not the case with the previous DA96ETF DAC. The PowerDAC requires only 200mA of power at 5v. The small linear power supply provided by ECDesigns has a “reservoir capacitance” of 18800uF. The low bandwidth data communication inside the DAC also contributes to power supply “immunity”. Of course the delta between each and every source should be fairly insignificant when compared to one of those ToTL music servers from Antipodes Audio / Innuos / Pink Faun / Taiko Audio / Wadax etc. And then there's also a (HUGE) gap between the performance of Farad Super3 and a flagship PSU such as DC4 / DR7 etc. dctom, bit01 and Topk 2 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/62169-we-need-a-new-standard-in-transferring-digital-signals-between-audio-equipment/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-1118111 On 3/17/2021 at 8:04 AM, lmitche said: My Adnaco sat on the shelf for two years until I figured out how to get the best out of it a year ago. Once done, this is the best sounding "can of worms" you have ever heard. Hi Larry, Since 10GE SFP+ sounded better than 1GE SFP to begin with, do you think that 25GE SFP28 might be worth a gamble or otherwise? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Finisar-SFP-FTLF1436P3BCL-25GE-Long-Wavelength-Optical-Transceiver-Module/232556415671 I'm assuming that SFP28 modules could be plugged into SFP+ cages, while SFP+ modules could also be plugged into SFP28 cages according to this article https://community.fs.com/blog/sfp-vs-sfp-vs-sf-p28-vs-qsfp-vs-qsf-p28-what-are-the-differences.html Quote They use the same form factor, and the pinouts of SFP28 and SFP+ connectors are mating compatible. So SFP28 will work with SFP+ optics but at a reduced speed of 10 Gbit/s. And SFP+ module will work well with SFP28 port on a network switch if the port can be set up for 10G transmission, otherwise the SFP+ modules can not work. However, how do we figure out if a pair of Finisar FTLF1436P3BCL were able to work fine @ 10Gbps when they're plugged into both ends of Adnaco-S3B? I just checked this datasheet and it didn't mention anything about backward compatibilities https://www.mouser.com/pdfdocs/Finisar_FTLF1436P3BCL_DS.pdf https://www.mouser.com/new/finisar/finisar-ftlf1436p3bcl-transceivers/ Even the official site wouldn't tell us anything about that as well https://ii-vi.com/product/25ge-sr-sfp28-optical-transceiver-2/ https://ii-vi.com/product/25ge-lr-10km-sfp28-optical-transceiver/ Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted May 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2021 https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/77/?tab=comments#comment-1115283 On 3/7/2021 at 4:20 PM, seeteeyou said: Did anyone give P5800X a shot yet? https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/12/Enable-Unprecedented-Storage-Value-with-Intel-Optane-SSD-P5800X-David-Tuhy.pdf https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/77/?tab=comments#comment-1115283 On 3/8/2021 at 3:09 AM, Nenon said: Looks good! Not easily available yet. I will get the 400GB version for the OS at some point. Podcast #79: The Future of 3D XPoint And Optane with Chris Mellor https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-79-the-future-of-3d-xpoint-optane-with-chris-mellor https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Chris-Mellor-Pod.mp3 Micron bought Intel’s stake in joint 3D XPoint venture in 2018 for $1.5 billion, now says it will focus instead on CXL tech for data centers https://www.marketwatch.com/story/micron-drops-memory-tech-that-intel-gave-up-on-two-years-ago-11615931293 Intel teases short-ruler Optane drive with speed boost and NAND SSD to OCP https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/04/29/intel-adds-optane-drive-speed-tweak-and-short-ruler-nand-drive/ Intel's director of technology initiatives was surprised by Micron's exit from 3D XPoint business and confirms company's plans to have Optane on emerging CXL interface. https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/252499716/Intel-breaks-silence-on-effects-of-Microns-3D-XPoint-exit CXL: Coherency, Memory, and I/O Semantics on PCIe Infrastructure https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21162617/cxl-coherency-memory-and-io-semantics-on-pcie-infrastructure Mighty interesting options in the future. Exocer and Topk 2 Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted May 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2021 Who said that Intel Optane SSD DC P5800X is not for PC? Review and test of the fastest drive in the world https://4youdaily.com/technology-and-it-market-news/who-said-that-intel-optane-ssd-dc-p5800x-is-not-for-pc-review-and-test-of-the-fastest-drive-in-the-world/ Quote The second generation of 3D Xpoint together with the SLNBF controller has even lower latency, as a result of which Optane SSD DC P5800X is ahead of Optane SSD 905P test scenarios and increases superiority over Samsung 980 Pro and WD Black SN850. Intel Optane SSD P5800X Review https://www.storagereview.com/review/intel-optane-ssd-p5800x-review Quote The Intel Optane SSD P5800X is the most impressive storage class memory SSD we have yet to see in our testing. Not only did it hit the top of all of our tests it had latency as low as 28µs. Quote In our first VDBench Workload Analysis, Random 4K Read, the P5800X flat out dusted the other drives and peaked at 1,416,092 IOPS and a latency of just 85.5µs. Quote 4K random write showed another impressing display of performance and stayed under 100µs throughout with a peak of 1,328,538 IOPS with a latency of just 90.3µs. Still belonging to the "unobtainium" category at the moment https://www.pc-canada.com/item/SSDPF21Q400GB01.html https://www.dihuni.com/product/intel-ssdpf21q400gb01-optane-dc-p5800x-400-gb-solid-state-drive-2-5-internal-pci-express-nvme-pci-express-nvme-4-0-x4/ Lead time in China should be around 3 to 4 weeks https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=643140908202 Intel Optane P5801X and D7-P5520 SSDs Launched https://www.servethehome.com/intel-optane-p5801x-and-d7-p5520-ssds-launched/ Quote The Intel Optane P5801X is going to be available in the 400GB and 800GB capacities for E1.S. Funtin PCIe NVMe Ruler 1U EDSFF Short SSD Adapter https://www.amazon.com/Funtin-Ruler-EDSFF-Short-Adapter/dp/B07QN3JXZ4 PCIe x4 Gen4 with ReDriver to Gen-Z 1C (EDSFF) Adapter https://www.amazon.com/PCIe-ReDriver-Gen-Z-EDSFF-Adapter/dp/B08WNVNTFX https://www.microsatacables.com/pcie-gen4-x-4-with-redriver-to-edsff-gen-z-1c-adapter Externally powering Optane P5801X via 2×3 pin header should be fairly easy then. Topk, kyoya78, Ben-M and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 truenas with new intel p5800x optane https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/truenas-with-new-intel-p5800x-optane.32586/ That's posted in April and therefore someone did manage to purchase P5800X somewhere, and then these guys in Hamburg should be "claiming" to have a whopping 21 units of 800GB P5800X in stock https://cgatesolutions.de/en/home/226-intel-ssd-p5800x-800go-25p-pci-e-.html How and where on Earth did they find so many drives if that "magical" number were true? Even Intel couldn't provide any straight answers back in January P5800X how to actually buy it? https://community.intel.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives/P5800X-how-to-actually-buy-it/m-p/1245256 Processors that Support Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000055996/memory-and-storage/data-center-persistent-memory.html In addition to SSDs, there's also Optane DC Persistent Memory with MUCH better performance but they do require 2nd / 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processors with specific motherboards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm31q64lif4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXcuZj2Axw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNR7GHCJoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeR8xHNq1gg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsQ-UAu6SBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV3gGncGU8 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Oh boy, this motherboard actually got triple 8-pin EPS connectors for powering a single Xeon Scalable processor https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=WC621D8A-2T Quadruple connectors on another one https://www.evga.com/articles/01386/evga-sr-3-dark/ Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted June 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 6:10 AM, LTG2010 said: I remember reading that the JCAT XE was modified to work on Extreme, something with the power supply. After this mod the transparency increased substantially(over sage usb port) according to Emile. Don't know what the mod was? but it might be an option for JCAT and Taiko dc- atx/ Sage users, since the Taiko USB is not available. FYI - it's only mentioned here but no in-depth information seemed to be available https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-crème-de-la-crème.27433/page-248#post-681482 Quote It did provide a noticeable improvement in transparency after a modification to work from the Extreme's internal power supply. And then it's interesting to read this from the same reply, in addition to another similar one afterwards Quote Internally powered does a better job, but of course it's designed to work best that way (not a fan of external power supplies with separated ground planes btw). It needs both 5V and 12V. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-crème-de-la-crème.27433/page-277#post-697090 Quote It's designed to perform very well as a single supply. Of course you could use two, but there are considerable downsides to having 2 separated power supply ground planes powering circuits with a common ground plane. All sorts of undesirable things can happen. That reminded me something about an externally powered JCAT NET Card FEMTO versus an internally powered Solarflare SFN8522 https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/62/?tab=comments#comment-1102227 On 1/13/2021 at 8:56 PM, StreamFidelity said: The JCAT NET Card FEMTO is well behind Solarflare. I don't have the XE version. https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/63/?tab=comments#comment-1102261 On 1/13/2021 at 10:53 PM, StreamFidelity said: Yes, with the JCAT Optimo 3 Duo. An absolutely excellent LPS. And yet, powered by the motherboard, the Solarflare 8522 card is so much better. BTW, I just posted something about the ultra low latency of Ethernet cards from NVIDIA Mellanox / AMD Xilinx Solarflare etc. versus relatively high latency of network components with RJ-45 connectors here https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-the-crème-de-la-crème.27433/page-382#post-727348 NanoSword and LTG2010 1 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 9/16/2020 at 1:25 AM, Nenon said: Software changes on this computer make almost as much difference as a clock. I keep tweaking it and it keeps sounding better and better. The last experiment I've done, inspired by @austinpop and @romaz was to install HQplayer with affinities on one CPU and NAA with affinities to the other CPU. It's good to have two processors! I also created a loopback interface with ipv6. And I used ipv6 via the loopback interface to stream from the HQP to NAA. https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58514-diy-project-high-performance-audio-pc-with-high-quality-wiring/page/11/?tab=comments#comment-1088648 On 11/9/2020 at 4:38 AM, Nenon said: Thank you for the report. Solarflare NICs are widely used in the financial sector where low latency is a key. I've used thousands of them and always had it on my list to try one on my server (i.e. the 8000 series in particular). Since Solarflare cards should be more Linux-friendly, what's your viewpoint on these hardware offloading features offered by the Windows driver (i.e. WinOF-2) from NVIDIA Mellanox? https://docs.mellanox.com/display/winof2v26051000/Virtualization Hyper-V with VMQ Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) VF’s DHCP Redirections Virtual Machine Multiple Queue (VMMQ) Network Direct Kernel Provider Interface PacketDirect Provider Interface Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Socket3647/WS_C621E_SAGE/Manual/E15242_WS_C621E_SAGE_UM_V5_WEB.pdf#page=75 Quote This option enables or disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support if the system has SRIOV capable PCIe devices. In order to take advantage of the powerful ASIC with ultra low latency, does Hyper-V Virtual Switch actually make sense if we're giving VM access only to the primary CPU so that network traffic between HQP and NAA could be handled by NVIDIA Mellanox instead of the loopback interface? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v-virtual-switch/hyper-v-virtual-switch FYI - here's something available that could be useful https://pastebin.com/raw/xJ1Beus5 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/windows-editions-reconstruction-project.80939/page-30#post-1621129 Quote 17763.1 Hyper-V Server 2019 Desktop Experience 17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience.zip SHA1: 935ACB5744E7AEDAB99767B313F53EACE924C564 https://www.mediafire.com/file/zy0yhrpswzof9pm/17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience.zip/file 17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience_Full.zip SHA1: D461D16DFEC85C59B7E35DBF1E74197F23A3224F https://www.mediafire.com/file/spzt9fpekjdrx7g/17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience_Full.zip/file [HowTo] 1. Extract 17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience.zip. 2. Export install.wim of ServerDatacenter to 17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience folder. PS. Index 4 of xx_windows_server_2019_x64_dvd_xxxxxxxx.iso. 3. Extract content of Server language pack to 17763.1_Hyper-V_Server_2019_Desktop_Experience\lp folder. 4. Run Start-As-Admin.cmd as Administrator. Remin project notes https://pastebin.com/raw/VEsWDQpc https://osg.wiki/books/servicing/page/remin-project-notes https://twitter.com/npc_dyna/status/1366413867266564102 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Well, this game really is all about hedonic treadmill and just wondering if this guy were actually superior to SGM Extreme? https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/new-wadax-atlantis-reference-dac.27860/page-16#post-725420 Quote By the way my DAC has been playing for about 2 weeks or so and I cant describe what it is doing. Everything you thought you knew and assumed about digital is just wrong. The ability to put images in space and allow the listener to hear the music and the spaces between the notes is other worldly. Wadax has IMHO has not just pushed the envelope they tore it up! Listening is believing. I called Oliver Göbel last week and my words to him were simply you have not heard what a Divin Marquis is capable of until you hear it with this. I am really having a hard time walking out of that room even for lunch or to go home at night. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/new-wadax-atlantis-reference-dac.27860/page-16#post-727271 Quote The server is running and playing overnight. First impression of the whole system is just SICK. Every time I walk in there I loose time and walk out like I had smoked a bowl of hash. This is something every music lover should experience. It is not priced for everyone I am very aware of that but it is TRULY a statement item. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/new-wadax-atlantis-reference-dac.27860/page-16#post-725397 Quote US price is 59,000 for the server Yet another paradigm shift or something? https://www.audioexotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TAS-Wadax.pdf#page=13 Given the size of Wadax, it wouldn't be all that surprising if both DAC and Server were based on an ASIC that's manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. https://www.audioexotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/473_Wadax_Atlantis-Reference-DAC.pdf#page=6 Quote Javier 自己開發了一份名為 musIC 在時域操作的前饋（Feed-forward）修正處理線路，芯片是委託日本松下電器代為獨家生產 If that were the case, in theory maybe there's no way for general-purpose CPUs to compete with something like that? In other words, even having a so-called "perfect" motherboard etc. could only get us so far IMHO. shahed99 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 FYI - Windows 11 (Build 21996.1) could be converted into Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC https://pastebin.com/raw/ncMxD5WT https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/windows-editions-reconstruction-project.80939/page-174#post-1668911 Simply DAFS on the ISO with SHA-1: 3B6DA9194BA303AC7DBBF2E521716C809500919C https://www.google.com/search?q=%2221996.1.210529-1541.co_release_CLIENT_CONSUMER_x64FRE_en-us.iso%22 Bypassing TPM 2.0 / Secure Boot https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/o9vuo5/how_to_install_windows_11_insider_builds_on/ https://www.deskmodder.de/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_11_auch_ohne_TPM_und_Secure_Boot_installien Registry keys https://github.com/St1ckys/Win11/blob/main/BypassTPMCheck&SecureBoot.reg Boot off the ISO and press Shift + F10 to launch Command Prompt first, then create both registry keys as follows reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig" /v "BypassTPMCheck" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig" /v "BypassSecureBootCheck" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 As usual there's another "SuperLite Edition" out there Build 22000.51 was just released https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_11_build_22000.51 https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/06/28/announcing-the-first-insider-preview-for-windows-11/ A relatively new kernel should be somewhat different when compared to the one from Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 (Build 17763) and maybe it also sounds different then? Iving 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 FYI - the latest version 208 of MinorityClean should have hit the "jackpot" http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/3063-pink-hq-minorityclean/?view=getlastpost Quote 208 still more euphonic and exciting than previous versions. It has incredible transient response, ultra-massive, deeeeeep bass and super-open and exciting highs. Instruments are perfectly separated. Everything feels so alive. Everything is so detailed. It is so exciting it makes me want to jump to the rhytm. OryA is on fire again. Every version since 205 brings massive improvement Quote Diana Krall is singing in front of me in the room right now. Quote He seems to have nailed it with 208 , think it’s his best yet Quote Hi guys.., I have now tried 208 and like it pretty much. First impression, everything got more into focus. Soundstage with better resolution and precise/focus imaging. Bass hits tighter and even more impactful. I will let it runs for next 24hrs and revisit my preliminary observations. This is fantastic…! Previous versions https://pastebin.com/raw/9bw4a3Xa Here's a script created by HungryBear on another forum http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/3063-pink-hq-minorityclean/?p=54544 Quote The script will now start multiple instances of MinorityClean with NT Authority / System privileges, and then automatically terminate the NSSM.exe application. Which will give you all the benefits of running MinorityClean, but with significantly less memory usage, significantly less CPU usage, and fewer processes, threads and handles running in your system. Which means better sound for you! For the reasons mentioned above, this method is better than the sexe64 or Fidelizer method, even if you run just one instance of MinorityClean. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/3063-pink-hq-minorityclean/?p=55715 Quote I can confirm that HB's script is working well. Only MC is running....even on Win 11! Service User Accounts https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/services/service-user-accounts IMHO it's mighty interesting to launch an application as System or TrustInstaller etc. since those Service User Accounts should be relatively clean when compared to the regular ones such as local administrator. It's less likely to have a cluttered registry hive associated with those accounts, while no user profiles could be found under the C:\Users directory. AdvancedRun https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/advanced_run.html https://www.nirsoft.net/articles/run-as-different-user.html RunX https://www.d7xtech.com/free-software/runx/ https://www.d7xtech.com/new-app-runx-and-runxcmd/ NSudo https://github.com/M2Team/NSudo https://nsudo.m2team.org/en-us/Download.html Top 3 Tools To Run Any Process As System Or Trustedinstaller in Windows 10 https://www.techolac.com/run-process-trustedinstaller-system/ Iving 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/30376-a-novel-way-to-massively-improve-the-sq-of-computer-audio-streaming/page/619/?tab=comments#comment-1017137 On 12/28/2019 at 6:37 AM, rickca said: For those looking for the ultimate motherboard, here's a new C622 motherboard from EVGA for $1800 (after $200 rebate). It has a 24 phase power design on a 16 layer PCB with a pre-installed waterblock for the VRM and chipset. https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=160-CX-W999-KR $700 until this Saturday https://www.newegg.com/evga-sr-3-dark-160-cx-w999-kr/p/293-003X-00032?Item=9SIAHT3ESA8155 Seller's feedback https://www.wmtsellers.com/cobratype-computers https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/cobratype https://www.newegg.com/Seller-Store/Cobratype-Computers/about https://www.womply.com/biz/cobratype-computers-west-des-moines-IA/ https://www.loc8nearme.com/iowa/west-des-moines/cobratype-computers/2927990/ https://www.bbb.org/us/ia/des-moines/profile/computer-dealers/cobratype-computers-0664-32135103 https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/mfafqh/does_anyone_have_experience_with_cobratype/ Limited options for fanless chassis, though. Not sure if there were anything wrong with that? Occasionally it's going for $999 https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/lt8igt/mobo_evga_sr3_dark_999_1000_ir/ Not a Xeon Scalable motherboard but it's getting pretty close in terms of VRM https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145296 Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 Not sure if anybody were able to grasp the enormity of these experiences shared by @romaz recently? https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-2#post-847711 Quote This CAT6 cable (combined with a QSA LAN Jitter) have singlehandedly made Roon sound better than XDMS on the Extreme (no small feat) and have allowed Qobuz streaming to sound identical to the playback of locally stored files in blind testing (which is a first for me). This simple LAN cable almost completely renders the network moot in my system. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-8#post-855877 Quote As good as the SGM Extreme is, at this point, my nVidia TV Shield Pro, this $200 piece of gear that has no right to be fed data from an expensive QSA Gamma Infinity LAN cable and powered by a Paul Hynes SR4 LPSU with QSA Silver fuse and a Gamma Infinity power cord was outperforming a $30k music server that I consider to be the best in the world. Compared to the Extreme, the nVidia device sounded a touch more forward than I would like but otherwise, dynamics, sound staging, air, clarity, and tone were either on par or better than the Extreme now. It was bad enough that until I got the Spectra back yesterday, I had decided to shut down the Extreme. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-10#post-857357 Quote On their website, they indicate that QSA's technology is the result of more than 22 years of R&D and so it's clear to anyone who has read what has been said that Anas Lanedri is not the developer of this technology. If Furutech Nano Liquid were working so darn well for these components already, let's just imagine what QSA could accomplish if we're sending them some of our music server parts for processing https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/30376-a-novel-way-to-massively-improve-the-sq-of-computer-audio-streaming/page/542/#comment-941760 On 3/25/2019 at 4:50 AM, romaz said: He agreed and so I tore down this machine and started over, this time more copiously applying the Nano Liquid to the CPU, Optane card, RAM, JCAT card, and ATX/EPS connectors. Since I was given the green light, I figured if we were going to go down and be forced to buy a new motherboard, we might as well go for a home run. Well, after application of this Furutech liquid, this server did improve...dramatically...and it was noticeable immediately. If I have to guess, it is with the CPU where this liquid makes the most difference. Basically we could break things down in terms of trifecta. Mission-critical components Quote Custom HiFi Cables (i.e. Dr. Sean Jacobs and @Nenon) QSA Taiko Audio Capacitors Quote Audio Note Duelund Mundorf Software Quote ASIO drivers for TACDA & TACDD Software music player Windows 11 Preinstallation Environment (reduced all the way down to approximately 110MB as of February 2023) Finding the right (bulk) wires for building our cables could be tricky if we're actually send them to QSA for processing, ideally the purity should be reasonably low while other factors are still important. Not sure about the purity of their products but we might consider some Space / Aerospace cables from W. L. Gore https://www.wiremasters.com/catalog/products/wire-and-cable/w-l-gore-and-associates-inc- If $200 nVidia TV Shield Pro (plus the tech behind QSA that is) were able to beat another $30K music server, could we find a way to build something that's even better than an Extreme with their upcoming BPS? The evolution of (unregulated) ARC6 might do the trick if we're able to get the right capacitors / transformers / wirings for QSA https://www.custom-hifi-cables.co.uk/power-supplies/unregulated-arc6-power-supply-for-taiko-atx And then here's a little something for several years ago https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/30376-a-novel-way-to-massively-improve-the-sq-of-computer-audio-streaming/page/313/#comment-813712 On 4/26/2018 at 4:25 PM, nvitorino said: 1. ATX only (using a Pico-PSU with a clean 12V input) 2. 12V only 3. ATX + 12V 1. and 2. sound similar in our tests. 3 sounds significantly better. At first, we were expecting 2. to be the best, as it removed the Pico-PSU from the equation. But seems the board itself will do the same job as the Pico and doesn't seem to do it any better than that. Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE seemed to be pretty interesting once we've taken what we just read into consideration https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/pro-ws-w790e-sage-se/techspec/ Quote 2 x 24-pin Main Power connector 4 x 8-pin +12V Power connector FYI - here are the block diagrams for W-3400 CPUs / W-2400 CPUs https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA4677/Pro_WS_W790E-SAGE_SE/E21447_Pro_WS_W790E_SAGE_SE_UM_WEB.pdf#page=83 TDP seemed to be somewhat challenging for a fanless chassis, though https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/126212/products-formerly-sapphire-rapids.html#@Workstation We've got 6 cores @ 120W TDP and that shouldn't be a big deal then? 165W or above wouldn't be all that practical. Finally let's see what we could do about the software http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63285 Quote The sonic results have been as expected, greater cleanliness, precision and focus of the sound scene, with more realism, without any grain, and crystal clear treble but without stridency, with a lot of detail and micro-information. The music has more presence in the room, the live recordings make you feel like you are at the concert. The problem is that it discriminates more between the different recordings, and it is more noticeable when they are of poorer quality. The degree of difference to the last Ultralite I tested (approx. 234 MB) is significant, though not huge, but clearly noticeable, effortlessly. I have started from the 234 MB Windows Ultralite, which I referred to in post #511, to get to this other 112 MB (MINIMAL) http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63332 Quote In any case, I'm happy with the result, music has never sounded so fresh and natural. What is clear is that in audio "less is more". Dunno how many of us would like to work on something like that? Quite a bit of learning curve should be expected since we're spending over a year on that particular forum thread. Most likely we could still go further by pushing the envelope. And then we could always use a better software music player for Windows 11 Preinstallation Environment, not trying to say that we'll get anywhere close to the performance of TAS or even XDMS. However, we're already making so much progress on the OS side and that's why it would be great to get our hands on a decent piece of software in order to "sweeten the deal" if you will. 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seeteeyou Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 4 hours ago, di-fi said: First of all my reaction was to the @seeteeyoupost in this thread quoting this. It was almost off topic Almost OT, huh? Weren't you missing the whole point of my post, maybe issues with comprehension or something? Getting too emotional or what? I quoted @romaz simply because of borrowing his own (among similar ones from the others as well) experiences as an example, nothing more than that. The whole point was already mentioned in my post back then while @Nenon also talked about it https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/206/#comment-1233378 On 2/28/2023 at 4:25 AM, Nenon said: I am doing my own experiments with QSA as well, such as treated capacitors, chokes, and transformers, but those will take more time. More importantly, WS C621E SAGE / Optane 900P / RAM / DC DC-ATX / Network Card / TACDA & TACDD DAC & Interface etc. could also be potential candidates https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-11#post-857677 Quote It just means the Extreme needs to up its game and get QSA'd. I still don't understand why some of us would get so worked up, duh. How about moving those genuinely OT posts to a separate thread? LOL Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted March 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Rovo said: And QSA Lanedri is the only one able to supply such an end result. QSA (in Hong Kong that is) seemed to have their own HDMI / headphone cables https://quantum-science-audio.com/qsa-4k%2F8k-hdmi-cable https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-my-take-on-their-expensive-products.33833/page-12#post-806029 And then the question is, what if we're sending them quite a few W. L. Gore Space / Aerospace cables for the same treatment process? Could stuff like that be any better / worse than what we're able to accomplish with similar ones provided by Blue Jeans Cable? If so, maybe we should start thinking about what kinda cables would work best for our Taiko Audio DC DC-ATX etc. 1 hour ago, Rovo said: But without knowing anything about their "process" the nagging question is if the price they ask is "realistic". Yeah, I'm assuming that (supposedly) everything quoted below should be a true story https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-10#post-857365 Quote An interesting story, one company who's cables we treated acknowledged the superior impact of QSA's treatment on their cables but ultimately refused to work with us because of the quandary that after treatment, their entry level $6k interconnects were now outperforming their statement $30k+ interconnects that they had spent years developing. If we can find interconnects that perform better than the Iconoclast interconnects we have selected for the Gamma line once they have received treatment, we are happy to move to that but so far, we have not heard better regardless of price. Pretty darn hilarious if that were actually happening in reality, though reality could very well be subjective at times. At the end of the day, we're just trying to find out where the "sweet spot" really is after figuring out how much would each combo actually cost: "Stock" SGM Extreme with original PSU "Stock" SGM Extreme with BPS Internally QSA'd SGM Extreme with original PSU Internally QSA'd SGM Extreme with BPS Externally + Internally QSA'd SGM Extreme with original PSU Externally + Internally QSA'd SGM Extreme with BPS #1 should be around $30K and therefore #2 might be $60K or so then? #3 and #4 are meant for sending the whole enchilada to QSA for their treatment process, total costs TBD. #5 and #6 = adding whatever cables / accessories etc. to #3 and #4 so that once again, total costs TBD. "Stock" DIY Extreme Internally QSA'd DIY Extreme Externally + Internally QSA'd DIY Extreme We won't get our hands on XDMS at all, though Roon might not sound THAT bad with #3 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/3063-pink-hq-minorityclean/?p=63413 Quote Roons latest update/updates has really made a big step in SQ! Soft, dynamic and analouge! We don't have their own customized version of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC, though Windows 11 Preinstallation Environment @ 100MB or so wouldn't be too shabby. Now the $64,000 question is, how much do we REALLY need to spend on the DIY version (namely DIY option #3) while managing to meet / beat Taiko's official flavor of that $60K option #2? (i.e. "Stock" SGM Extreme with BPS) IMHO that's the whole point of starting a discussion right here on this forum thread. gererick and Exocer 2 Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted March 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 3:47 AM, Exocer said: But the costs of replicating what Romaz has done, is still a lot of $$ if you think about it. All else equal, I think the SGM Extreme would win in the end. At least some of us wouldn't be interested being equal anymore, since we aren't exactly tied to any specific hardware to begin with. No need to replicate what he's done, too. Their customers might be kinda "stuck" with their 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable at least until they're done with existing projects. Meanwhile Intel already launched their Sapphire Rapids (i.e. 4th Gen) on January 10th https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/intel/intel-launches-sapphire-rapids-after-4-delays-it-worth-it https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/01/10/the-rest-of-the-world-can-finally-get-sapphire-rapids-xeon-sps/ TDP would be a bit too high since it's starting @ 125W for single-socket / 150W for dual-socket respectively, not sure if QSA'd copper heatsinks were any good in terms of heat dissipation? https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/#post-845557 Quote I used the description superconductor out of lack of other words. With QSA, a metal becomes a super-metal where all its are characteristics are pushed to limitless levels. I know that generic responses with adjectives won't satisfy the curiosity if not the opposite of increasing them. So far Asus only announced a couple of (single-socket) W790 motherboards while (dual-socket) C741 ones would only come with complete server systems https://www.asus.com/event/intel-4th-gen-xeon-servers/ And then this one seemed to be promising until I saw those cooling fans https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/w790-motherboard-discussion-thread.39131/ https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/W790 WS/index.asp Quote 14 Layer Server-Grade Ultra Low-Loss PCB BTW, I just found it amusing to spend so much time on the development of XDMS while one of their customers found a relatively simple & cost-effective way to elevate the SQ of Roon without having to write a single line of code https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-6#post-850801 Quote (although they can be purchased much less expensively if you purchase them directly from QSA in Hong Kong) How much time should we spend on improving the SQ of software then? Maybe work on the features instead? taipan254 and Exocer 1 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 4:25 AM, Nenon said: I am doing my own experiments with QSA as well, such as treated capacitors, chokes, and transformers, but those will take more time. I'm looking forward to the successor of DC4 in the future https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-12#post-858713 Quote Where I expect to see the greatest gains, beyond the gains from a QSA-treated component like a DAC, for example, is with a QSA-treated power supply for that DAC. While treating the SMPS for DAVE will undoubtedly have positive results, there are advantages to treating an over-specified linear PSU because they have much more conductor in them. The amount of conductor in a 600VA toroidal transformer, for example, is just so much greater than what is probably in the entire DAC. Other things like the chokes and internal DC cabling should have significant impact, too. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/qsa-lanedri-series.36078/page-10#post-857365 Quote While both cables improved with treatment, the lower purity 3N cable improved much more dramatically to the extent that it now outperformed the 7N cable. The 3N cable just sounded more alive and had more presence. The 7N cable sounded more lifeless but also more smeared and closed in. I just wanna highlight the fact that plenty of materials with 2N (i.e. 99% purity) copper could be acquired from these folks in LA https://www.americanelements.com/copper-foil-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-coil-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-wire-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-block-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-sheet-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-metal-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-busbars-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-samples-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-insulated-wire-7440-50-8 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-conductor-paste-7440-50-8 And then they've got 2N copper oxide as well https://www.americanelements.com/copper-ii-oxide-wire-1317-38-0 https://www.americanelements.com/copper-oxide-pieces-1317-38-0 14 hours ago, Nsxturbo said: BTW, our Extreme copies are in no way chopped liver and would best 95% or more commercial offerings! https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/113ngwq/w790_motherboards_from_asus_asrock_and_supermicro/ At some point maybe some of us would also consider upgrading to the latest Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE? https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/w790-motherboard-discussion-thread.39131/ https://www.servethehome.com/new-workstation-kingpins-intel-xeon-w-3400-xeon-w-2400-and-w790-launch-asus/ Quote To put this in a bit more perspective, here is an ASUS Pro WS W790 a platform we will review in the next few weeks on STH. Let's see if there were anyone who might also get their hands on the big brother, fingers crossed for those reviews. IMHO it would be pretty "funny" if Innuos were also having their own QSA-treated flavor of PSUs down the road, one day they might even end up beating the "stock" version of Extreme + BPS combo at a fraction of the costs? https://innuos.com/statement/ Quote The STATEMENT Next-Gen Power Supply Upgrade is the result of Innuos ongoing Research and Development efforts in close collaboration with the long-term partner Dr. Sean Jacobs. (It didn't take much to beat XDMS with Roon, with the right hardware that is.) Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted March 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 6/24/2022 at 10:39 AM, Nsxturbo said: And now using Bughead Emperor music player with no network connection and Majority Clean and Lemonade(Pretty rudimentary user interface, but great sounding) YMMV, foobar2000 sounded MUCH better under Windows 11 Preinstallation Environment but nothing special at all with anything else http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63515 Quote Another fact that I have verified is that the difference between F2k and BH (Infinity Blade) is very small, always in favor of Infinity Blade, but I have updated the Bass libraries that this program contains, and the improvement has been very evident, now Infinity Blade sounds much better than F2k. Direct links to update the Bass libraries as follows https://www.un4seen.com/files/bass24.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/bassalac24.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/bassasio14.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/bassdsd24.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/bassenc24.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/bassflac24.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/basswasapi24.zip https://www.un4seen.com/files/basswv24.zip BTW, it's never too late for anyone to join the party since we just managed to reach yet another milestone http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63442 Quote I have removed F2k, BugHead, DSDTranscoder, and the ASIO drivers (DIYNHK and IFIUSBAUDIO), and the resulting size of the Win11 PE_MINIMAL boot.wim is 93.4 MB, so I think the goal of getting below 100 MB is achieved. Exocer and SK8 2 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 hour ago, SK8 said: Just want to ask if Windows 11 PE can support the dual Xeon on Sage C621e and whether it is possible to assign drivers, processes and player to run at a designated processor. https://twitter.com/aionescu/status/1536494552105766912 https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer/issues/1286#issue-1275412776 Quote Process Hacker is being renamed to System Informer. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=62001 Quote 2. Processhacker does not work well and cannot kill processes, nor stop or suspend services, it must be done with "pskill64.exe, "psservices64.exe" and "pssuspend64.exe", although it is useful for everything else such as viewing services and active processes, establish priority and affinity of apps, etc. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63285 Quote 4.PROCESSHACKER: It doesn't work to suspend or kill processes or stop services, possibly due to some service that you have disabled, but it does work for everything else you can do. To kill or suspend processes I use pskill64.exe and pssuspend64.exe, and to stop post-boot services psservice64.exe. First of all, always get the latest version of System Informer here https://github.com/winsiderss/si-builds/releases For instance, we're downloading a copy of systeminformer-3.0.6264-bin.zip https://github.com/winsiderss/si-builds/releases/download/3.0.6264/systeminformer-3.0.6264-bin.zip As usual it's just a matter of reducing the overall footprint and therefore we don't need to extract everything at all, simply keep both amd64 and amd64\plugins folders. (Deleting amd64\x86 would still work.) Date Time Attr Size Compressed Name ------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------ 2023-03-07 07:32:06 ..... 2379776 1046950 amd64\x86\SystemInformer.exe 2023-03-07 07:32:08 ..... 64 69 amd64\x86\SystemInformer.sig Here are pskill64.exe and pssuspend64.exe https://live.sysinternals.com/pskill64.exe https://live.sysinternals.com/pssuspend64.exe Then take a look at both links for further details https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer/issues/553 https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer/issues/583 It's supposed to look fairly similar to something like this https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5zktpf/winafc_tool_to_set_the_affinity_for_a_specific/ Other than that, Process Explorer could be yet another viable alternative https://live.sysinternals.com/procexp64.exe https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer Plain and simple https://geek-university.com/set-process-affinity/ https://www.windowsdigitals.com/how-to-set-process-cpu-affinity-priority-permanently-in-windows-10/ To get the ball rolling, check this out before reading the PDF file on top https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/64929-windows-pe-as-audio-os/#comment-1199556 On 5/24/2022 at 5:47 PM, bodiebill said: In case others want to try something similar, here are the steps I took, where the initial ones are inspired by @samotc's valuable guide. And then here's yet another relatively easy way with Make_WinPE and System Informer http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63183 Read either forum thread linked below and pay attention to the password https://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=22608 https://msfn.org/board/topic/183451-make_winpe-boot-and-make-pe-wim-file-from-x64-windows-iso/ bootwimb Download a copy of Win11_English_x64.iso from the official servers (i.e. software.download.prss.microsoft.com) of Microsoft https://ave9858.github.io/msdl/#2069 Get the latest version of Make_WinPE https://github.com/wimbrts/Make_WinPE/releases/latest Quote All Versions have Picture + Sound + LAN Internet support and support Portable Apps - Run Apps via Desktop Icons or Launchbar Add_Drivers folder - Add your Drivers folders e.g. for your WiFi Network card Finally the ASIO driver for each specific USB DAC could be extracted like this http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63240 SK8 1 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I just wanna say hi to @gstew while hoping that you'll be ready to pick up where Windows XP cMP / cics memory player left off, one of the OG tweakers (nagual19) from the good ol' days of Computer Audio Asylum already dived right in http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=62382 Quote I was following your perfectly documented optimizing guides of Windows 11 PE builds in this thread, using initially the Win10XPE Toolset (like in your PDF guide in the first post of this thread), all the way to the above quoted ULTRASLIM AUDIOPHILE PE build. Thank you again, it really is miles above any sound I ever heard of any Windows. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=62388 Quote You struck GOLD, regarding the sound quality, makes you think how much flavo(u)r different, more or less "bloated" Windows Versions (Server, Server Core, 10, 11, different patch levels and builds) have. WPE is the first one that lets the soul of the music perfectly shine through. IMO & YMMV, of course. Out came music, not sound, or so I thought. Now comes your tweaked PE iterations with MUSIC in uppercase and I can't be more happy. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=62392 Quote Great to have a cMP person around. Always helps to have people with experience with extreme Windows tweaking/stripping around to push things further. There aren't too many of us around anymore -- most have moved onto Audiophile Optimizer or similar, it seems. Hard to blame them in some senses -- this stuff isn't for the faint of heart and can take a lot of time and effort, so it's easier to have something like AO do it "for you," but the sonic results are superior, I think we can all agree, if you take the time. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=62420 Quote I too am conviced that any manual ways (including trial + error as always in life) tweaking OS is the waytogo for best music reproduction and/or smallest disk & RAM footprints. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63288 Quote I’ve been involved with a lot of Windows tweaking and slimming over the years, and nothing has excited me as much as PE/this project. I missed the cics days over on Audio Asylum by a year or two, but I’m familiar enough with it to know that this project is the closest we’ve gotten with modern/non-XP Windows to that era. Just being able to kill lsass.exe without much consequence is alone a huge deal, even the cics folks had to work to get that done on XP ten plus years ago. Jesus Cheung’s Win 7 tweaking at Tir Na HiFi didn’t get this close, IMO AudiophileOptimizer or other programs have not gotten to this level, pkshan’s Win7 or Foobar projects did not get this good or this far, etc. Samotc foremost but also seeteeyou should really be given credit where it’s due in finding and exploring PE, it sounds great and is leagues above other Windows in its ability to slim and tweak. Thanks! https://www.my-hiend.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=252643#post252643 Quote 在我的環境WinPE的聲音更能聽到音樂的表情. Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted April 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2023 Not exactly easy to find something with Intel I210AS that could be powered externally without any modifications, maybe this one would be pretty close? https://www.amazon.com/HINYSENO-Ethernet-1000Mbps-Interface-Controller/dp/B09TWC3MJP And then an adapter like this might fit the bill? https://www.amazon.com/GLOTRENDS-Wireless-Adapter-Antenna-Network/dp/B0B6HYW2CB https://www.glotrends-store.com/products/pci-express-x1-to-mini-pcie-wireless-wlan-bluetooth-adapter-with-35-dbi-sma-antenna Yet another alternative from StarTech.com https://www.startech.com/en-eu/cards-adapters/pex2mpex https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-Mini-Adapter-PEX2MPEX/dp/B006K24RA6 Other than that, I also found this industrial grade version with I210AS https://item.jd.com/10067935904179.html https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=697292145809 http://www.gkj-eip.com/prod_view.aspx?nid=3&typeid=184&id=317 Exocer and ciccio1112 2 Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted April 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2023 This thread was started about 5 years ago but it never took off https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/38729-a-crowd-funded-motherboards-for-audiophiles-part-1/ OTOH, Adnaco and Marcin finally did it https://jcat.eu/product/xact-s1/ Internal pictures https://highfidelity.pl/@main-1237&lang=en And then it's gonna sound just a "little bit" too controversial IMHO, feel free to read the entire post for further information http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/5213-xact-s1-the-music-server-youve-been-waiting-for/?p=63388 Quote Here is a picture of his setup. On the floor is the PC-based server so much praised on WBF forum. I was there when the comparison was made. Taiko sounded so digital in comparison that you could get a headache. I have no idea why it is so popular. Needless to say, taiko server was packed and went back to dealer and xact stayed at the customer. We didn't know anything about the details since nobody actually talked about TAS / XDMS / Roon whatsoever. However, what if we're gathering enough interests to reboot that particular project linked above since we've got access to the QSA process right now? 2N copper shouldn't be difficult to get while it would be mighty interesting to start with 16-layer PCBs etc. Topk and The Computer Audiophile 2 Link to comment
Popular Post seeteeyou Posted May 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2023 20 hours ago, RDOK said: On the Jcat forum quoted above they are down to 10 processes.... It already reached the point where everything ended up to be pretty darn "barebone" for those of us who might wanna go after the "ultimate" SQ http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63862 Quote One more step in reducing Win11PE audio: I have removed "iertutil.dll" and "imageres.dll" , contained in \windows\system32, which has allowed me to get a boot.wim size of 99.7 MB, with my ASIO drivers and F2k and BugHead installed. Without ASIO drivers and without audio apps the size is 84.4 MB !! And then I also posted the complete list (simply click each "Show" button) of files, the entire OS only contained 1,950 files after removing both Bug head Emperor and foobar2000 folders http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63815 It's such a pity that particular list was actually created from the Spanish version of build 22000.194 ISO image, usually the number of files could be further reduced if we're getting started with any English (United States) flavors of build 22000.1 ISO images as I posted here http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=62384 In reality the learning curve doesn't have to be THAT steep at all. Let's grab a copy of any 22000.1 ISO images as I mentioned above, then take a quick look at my post as follows http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63183 It's just a matter of downloading this Make_WinPE_Trusted-44-E.zip before extracting everything with the correct password https://github.com/wimbrts/Make_WinPE/releases/download/4.4/Make_WinPE_Trusted-44-E.zip bootwimb Nightly builds of System Informer are available here https://github.com/winsiderss/si-builds/releases https://systeminformer.sourceforge.io/nightly.php ASIO drivers for USB DACs / DDCs could be integrated + investigated just like this http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63240 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=64366 While this particular feature of Make_WinPE should be yet another viable alternative once we've got all necessary files extracted https://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=22608 https://msfn.org/board/topic/183451-make_winpe-boot-and-make-pe-wim-file-from-x64-windows-iso/ Quote Add_Drivers folder - Add your Drivers folders e.g. for your WiFi Network card IMHO messing with any "normal" versions of Windows 11 SAC / Windows 10 LTSC / Windows Server etc. would be considered a waste of time at this point, we're talking about merely 409 versus a whopping 1,787 WinSxS / Component-Based Servicing packages https://github.com/starchivore/PE/tree/main/WIM Of course there's also this version of Arch Linux with an "extra special" EVL (Xenomai 4) kernel, it totally smoked anything else with run-of-the-mill RT kernels https://github.com/sam0402/ArchQ#readme http://wiki.csie.ncku.edu.tw/embedded/xenomai Someone else actually put HQPlayer 4 Embedded on ArchQ while comparing its SQ to that of HQPlayer OS, the latter one was totally left in the dust https://www.my-hiend.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=254304#post254304 EVL (Xenomai 4) FTW https://evlproject.org/core/ baconbrain, StreamFidelity, ciccio1112 and 2 others 5 Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Streacom SG10 looked good until I saw this Those decent motherboards with relatively high number of VRM phases seemed to require the size of E-ATX in order to accommodate so many components. And then we've got SSI EEB for Asus WS C621E SAGE etc. If they weren't able to offer any options for mounting anything larger than ATX motherboards, then they might actually try to limit the range of motherboards that would be suitable for such a fanless chassis. In other words, no love for flagship models and most likely that should be done deliberately. Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 12:55 PM, NewOldman said: Best Ever Windows Version for Audiophile??? - Computer Audio - JPLAY - hi-end audio player for Windows http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/5608-best-ever-windows-version-for-audiophile/?p=65115 Quote I have to say that after trying all the versions of windows "normal" from 7 to server 2019 core "ramdisk", none comes close to Win11PE audiophile, both in clarity, precise and focused soundstage, timbre purity, and body and presence of music, because what sounds is music. I have ripped quite a few vinyl to DSD128 and it is very difficult for me to distinguish between the analog sound of the vinyl and the equivalent dsf file playing on my hi-fi system, which is not the case with any of the other operating systems. In any case, I don't know anyone who after trying Win11PE both XPE and Ultralite has returned to a "normal" version of Windows, that is the best proof that the system is the best to date. Link to comment
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