Popular Post guiltyboxswapper Posted January 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/28/2021 at 10:14 AM, seeteeyou said: First one without LL (low-latency) firmware costs about $200 while the rest would be over $900, is it realistic to to expect that LL firmware could be flashed on any non-Onload cards (without that factory-enabled goodness) for free or what? Well a quick look on ebay shows the plus verisons selling for $200 or less too (I got one for $140), which ofcourse includes the low-latency firmwares. Having said that, I found "low latency mode" to destroy the SQ. The profile clearly states its sacrificing CPU time and throughput for lowest latency which basically means a LOT more CPU interrupts. Much of the SQ benefits others have done have come from negating the effects of the network which cancels out any interrupts that come along; some typically pre-caching the audio file before playback, so you don't get network interrupts from fetching the network stream whilst playing the audio stream. I think many conflate low latency with low activity footprint here. It's interesting that many do enjoy Windows LTSC when its not really a real-time kernel per say, but rather a good sounding one if you can get your drivers and processes to behave with low activity footprint. The high throughput modes reduce CPU interrupt/time and therefore their footprint on the system when network activity is going ahead, hence in my case throughput profiles resulting in much better SQ using Onload. Do try for yourselves, its a pretty obvious improvement and installs v.easily. MarcelNL and Gavin1977 2 Link to comment
guiltyboxswapper Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/28/2021 at 9:24 PM, MarcelNL said: The Solarflare card shows an amber LED on the card but I don't get network connection, which probably is not surprising as it is unlikely that Daphile takes into account that some geek sticks a network card designed for day-trading in a computer destined for audio. Daphile not using a standard kernel? Solarflare's sfc driver has been upstream for a while, so unless Daphile stripped the kernel bare (possible) it should have activated. Link to comment
Popular Post guiltyboxswapper Posted May 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, StreamFidelity said: "No Sanctuary Here" by Chris Jones. The bass guitar is used right at the beginning. With the full Taiko ATX power supply, the bass is weaker and less staggered in depth. And the space is also narrower. Too bad. I was already hoping to save a second Keces P8. What could be the causes? Oddly enough I'm getting the same effect / sound signature as you when powering my system with my spare 200w / 36v / upto 6A SMPS via the Taiko DC DC (waiting on a juicy upto 30A SMPS design arriving next week). It's so weak it takes a few attempts to even boot up the system, but is shockingly listenable for a £21 PSU. Gavin1977 and StreamFidelity 1 1 Link to comment
guiltyboxswapper Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, MarcelNL said: I anticipate that a good old linear front will be needed to make that Taiko DC DC shine. I passed, I could not justify it to myself shelling out this sort of money unseen/unheard... Nenon has made it clear the winning formula is an unregulated linear to be fair. I will in time also build that. Link to comment
guiltyboxswapper Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 53 minutes ago, StreamFidelity said: Either that is the solution or instead of a good mid-range LPS like Keces P8, high-end power supplies like Paul Hynes SR7 or Sean Jacobs DC4 are used instead. I hope someone try it because I don't have this power supplys. Nenon has clearly posted that any regulated solution fed into Taiko's DC DC (that he has tried to date) isn't as effective, so much so he dropped the development of his own highly regulated PSU collaboration with SJ. And he has access to the DC4 stuff, so that speaks volumes. We'll have to try it for ourselves ofcourse to confirm. Link to comment
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