Popular Post kennyb123 Posted April 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2021 I was fortunate to get an invite to join the PGGB beta from @ray-dude. To say that I was profoundly blown away by the sound quality improvement would be an understatement. @austinpophas described above the benefits I hear as well. Density is what I would have listed first too. I’d just add that the density increase benefits can be heard in both the frequency and time domain. There’s an increase in the solidity of percussive sounds but that weight is delivered with more realistic rise and fall times. Anyone who’s heard the Chord HMS will understand this benefit - though to my ears, PGGB takes it to the next level. If you have Chord DAC, you gotta hear this. For other brands of DACs, the max input sample rate will likely have some say over how impressed you’ll be. 16fs sounds a lot better than 8fs though 8fs still sounds a lot better than not processed at all. Lastly I should point out that the improvement from PGGB is far greater than what we hear from buying high res versions of recording. This is what high res should have been all along. feelingears and Exocer 2 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Miska said: Yeah, HMS doesn't get anywhere near the technical performance... :D Heh. I use your sinc filters for any music not scaled by PGGB. I actually switched from an Innuos server to an Antipodes server just so I can have this ability. Plus HQPlayer does a very fine job of playing my PGGB files as well. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
Popular Post kennyb123 Posted April 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2021 Back to PGGB’s benefits.... I think what has impressed me most is how much better DSD sounds once processed to 16fs. Processing these files takes a lot longer but I’ve consistently found it worth the wait. I’m almost inclined to say that it breathes new life into these as transients are much improved. austinpop, muski, NanoSword and 1 other 1 2 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I’m using a 2010 Mac Pro as my PGGB processing machine with Windows 10 running in Parallels. It cost me like $350 a few years ago. I initially spent $200 to max out RAM to 48 GB. For Mac users who aren’t interested in buying a PC, this is a good inexpensive option. What’s cool about the 2010/2012 Mac Pros is that the CPU is easily upgradable by swapping in a new CPU tray. I swapped out the single core tray for one containing two six core processors. It processes PGGB without breaking a sweat. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I have 8 TB of storage in my K30 and plan to fill it all with PGGB files. I'm a little over half way there. I have successfully played PGGB files off my NAS via Roon/HQPlayer thought on a few files playback has paused on their own during playback. An EtherRegen unfortunately slows the network coming into my K30 down to 100 mbps, so maybe without this bottleneck these files might play just fine. Once I fill local storage I will likely to follow the jukebox approach described above by @austinpop. I actually have a sync job set up that syncs all my PGGB files down to the K30. I can easily enable/disable folders for sync. taipan254 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 21 hours ago, davide256 said: Also sounds like it would be wise to upgrade NAS to dual Ethernet port, but less choice on the music server end. Just wanted to mention that this won't give you twice the bandwidth. What two ethernet ports on a NAS will give you is the ability for two clients to get a full gigabit of throughput. So if your NAS is serving up music while at the same time another device in your home Is also accessing your NAS, both should get a full gigabit throughput. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 6 hours ago, ASRMichael said: Converted DSD files with PGGB is magical, defies belief.....Been listening to all my DSD rips today... well converted to PCM. 🤪 It’s really astonishing, isn’t it? That was the biggest surprise to me. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: It is best to avoid playing through M-Scalar as M-Scalar will noise shape 32 bit files to 24bits before sending it out via dual BNC. Agree with this. M-Scaler on pass-through robbed the music of a good chunk of the PGGB magic in my system. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Fourlegs said: What were you feeding to the MScaler? Pggb 24bit or 32bit? Pggb noise shaped or pggb with noise shaping turned off? 8fs and 16fs at 32bits. Noise shaping on. It was by no means subtle - else I wouldn’t have quickly arrived at the conclusion that the MScaler was a goner. I wish it hadn’t been such a loss because I would have kept the MScaler as I love it for streaming. But no way was I going to repeatedly swap cables around for when I listen to PGGB. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 12 hours ago, LowOrbit said: But I haven't done the exhaustive testing and comparisons others here clearly have. For now PGGB is a curio for me rather than a definite path as it does not provide an easy route for treating Qobuz streams, which is key for me and why I am focussing on the Dave/HMS and extracting as much performance as I can from those elements. To date I haven't heard enough "improvement" from PGGB to offest the considerable inconvenience adopting this as a core technology would entail for me. The improvement from PGGB was evident to me within 15 seconds of the first track I heard. Pretty easy to hear with my TT2 - even when I just scaled up to 8fs. My point simply being that it shouldn’t take “exhausting testing and comparisons” to hear the benefits of PGGB with a DAVE. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
Popular Post kennyb123 Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, davide256 said: Any other steps one should take for the most efficient conversion of an existing library? One of my favorite PGGB features is the ability to have it read a list of folders from a file called pggb_to_process.txt stored in the input folder. I usually create my batches by pasting the paths to the folders into this folder. My last batch was only a single folder but the effort to do that was pretty easy. muski, davide256 and 87mpi 3 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
Popular Post kennyb123 Posted May 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2021 I’ve purchased quite a few MoFi SACDs. I had found them to be pretty good but not to the point where I would give a strong recommendation to any of their reissues. (Only exception is one of their CDs, The Yes Album, which gets my highest recommendation). I’ve been gargle-blasting many of my MoFi SACDs. I have been consistently arriving at the conclusion that these MoFi masterings are freaking awesome. PGGB has been the missing ingredient, at least as far as my gear goes. I don’t know how well the reissue of the album that’s pictured below compares to all the other versions. But it gets my strongest recommendation nonetheless. I would say the same thing in regards to their reissue of The Cars. PGGB injects life into these albums. As a result you will find it impossible to not tap your toe. Progisus, austinpop and muski 3 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: It turns out it is a fast internal SSD drive and the only partition is the OS partition and it is a 4TB SSD with 2.6Tb of free space, so really bummed why it will not grow beyond about 120GB. Perhaps some mac gurus can chime in. Memory pressure is what I think might cause the swap file size to grow. I use iStat Menu to keep an eye on this. If you see memory pressure pinned at 100% with the swap file not growing then maybe something is amiss. If memory pressure stays below 100% then that points to macOS not wanting to allocate more swap file because it doesn’t think it needs it. It does seem though that the macOS may be putting a cap on how much it allocates. I also have a MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM. Let me fire up PGGB on it to see what happens. The 120 GB limit may have something to do with Matlab not being native on an M1. happybob 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I just started gargle-blaming a DSD album with only 16 GB installed in my Mac Pro. I'll report back later. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 3 hours ago, kennyb123 said: I just started gargle-blaming a DSD album with only 16 GB installed in my Mac Pro. I'll report back later. It's been chugging away slowly. I must say that I've been impressed by the memory handling thus far. Fingers crossed that it will continue just humming along. I'll share some graphs tomorrow after the album completes processing. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 PGGB was able to process an entire SACD's worth of music with only 16 MB of RAM in my Mac Pro. I'm sure it wasn't an apples-to-apples comparison to the case where out-of-memory errors were occurring, but I am thinking that the issues there were due to the layer that allows Intel-native code to run on the M1. The maximum taps value capped all the tracks to 512 million taps. This appears to have kept PGGB using a very reasonable amount of virtual memory. The first chart shows the size of the paging file over the last 24 hours. The second shows the memory pressure over the last 24 hours. The swap file sufficiently relieved the memory pressure when needed, which is exactly what it should do. Like I said, not apples to apples but most certainly this test was a test of PGGB running on an "underpowered Mac". I swapped into my 2010 Mac Pro a 6-core tray with only 16 GB of RAM. The tray I normally use is 12-core tray with 128 GB of RAM. The M1 is more powerful for sure than the 6-core tray with only 16 GB. I think when Matlab comes out with a native version on M1, the memory handling situation will improved there for sure. The graphs were produced using iStat Menus, which I highly recommend. https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ happybob 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Fourlegs said: Can you tell me which versions of LMS and Squeezelite you are using? The K50 has 7.9.3 LMS and 1.8.7 Squeezelite player and refuses to play any 16fs files whatever their configuration. I have even tried Roon + squeezelite on the k50 and that refuses to play. Same with my K30, so I was surprised to hear that it was possible on the CX. I sure wish Antipodes’ current models weren’t stuck with older applications. It’s like we’re second class citizens relative to those who own their former products. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said: It would be nice to have more data points and I hope more of those who are using Macs with 64GB or lesser memory can chime in here. I can try this on a MacBook Pro with Intel running Big Sur and maybe also Catalina. I’ll hit you up later for trial licenses. Zaphod Beeblebrox 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
Popular Post kennyb123 Posted June 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Juice Hifi said: Speculative and subjective and technically illiteral arguments have here been circulated to install distrust in proven-to-work DSP solutions (not only mine) and promote the manufacturer's own solution. In that regard, the last few pages have some of the same traits as a dirty marketing campaign. I just hope that is not @Zaphod Beeblebrox's intention. @Zaphod Beeblebroxhad recommended that I purchase Audiolense. I am now not inclined to do that. Can someone recommend an alternative? Fadasan, romaz, NanoSword and 1 other 4 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 5 hours ago, hanshopf said: When I recently played them via USB directly into DAVE I was critizised for hereby not doing an apple to apple comparison. So I had to pass them trough Mscaler. I approached it more as PGGB direct via USB vs M-Scaler via BNCs. Not apples to apples but an assessment of which path I would ultimately take. The evaluation didn’t take long for me with PGGB being the clear winner. I did try to see if I could continue to hang onto the HMS for streaming but even with it set to pass through I thought it robbed some magic from PGGB. I haven’t purchased a SRC-DX doohickey (yet). I think it’s a testament to how happy I am with PGGB that I feel no need to change anything. Progisus 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 hours ago, R1200CL said: Here is a one possible option. https://www.exoscale.com/pricing/ They also support iPfire, which mean you should have a trouble free integration with you local network, not to mention Roon. (Yes Roon will have no problem access files in the cloud). The costs will likely still be high if you are moving lots of data from your instances. Effectively, there are 1.42 GB of free output bandwidth per instance. If an instance doesn’t use its free tier, it is reported on other running instances of the same organization. So, with 5 instances running during the last hour, there are 7.1 GB of free output bandwidth. The exceeding bandwidth is billed. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 hours ago, R1200CL said: We find a creative way of sharing a cloud service to perform the conversion. The objective is obvious. The problem is the cost cloud services charge for data in and out. I know of know cloud service that doesn’t make the cost prohibitive. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 4 hours ago, R1200CL said: Seems this one doesn’t charge anything for data traffic. That looks like a good find. I doubt though that the Microsoft 365 solution will be though, as it runs on Azure so it won’t undercut the Azure pricing. Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (duplicate deleted) Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
kennyb123 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, seeteeyou said: IMHO 4GB of RAM should be a non-starter for PGGB, even their $60 plan would provide just under 30GB of RAM. It would have to be one of their premium tier offerings. https://www.dedixlab.com/virtual-servers-premium.html Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
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