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- Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:00 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Squeezebox 3 Digital Music Box
- Replies: 94
- Views: 115623
Yeah almost identical, but no native lossless support yet - meaning that the server side decodes the lossless file into full WAV before sending it to the roku. This is what happens when used with the slimserver software (Does the squeezebox do this?). But you do get a LOT of choices - Itunes Share M...
- Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:31 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Squeezebox 3 Digital Music Box
- Replies: 94
- Views: 115623
- Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:09 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: I just want silence!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11898
- Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:08 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My themaltake Tsunami
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12930
really dont know why do they make those honeycomb (or whatever) grills on cases. Why don't they just make some nice round holes, even with no grills at all? EMI certification. No grills means no CE stamp and no FCC class B compliance. Also, cases can get quite flimsy with no grill at all, not to me...
- Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Life with watercooling is like prison. Go Air.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25507
for me the Reserator has been flawless, a large part of this due to the aforementioned compression fittings. I have yet to encounter a better style of fitting ensuring 0 leaks and maximum convenience for the user, and zalman quality is top-notch IMHO. This in contrast to a WC system I ditched after ...
- Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:48 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: PLEASE HELP me put finish touch to near-silent audio PC!!!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8683
The DAC1 is probably what I'll get -- seems the ticket given that you get a headphone amp, digital preamp and DAC all in one. Encouraging to hear you like yours. I only listen to digital, so plan to use it as a preamp using the balanced connections to my monoblocks. How is yours set up? Yes it is l...
- Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:01 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: PLEASE HELP me put finish touch to near-silent audio PC!!!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8683
But be warned that some people will spend up to $1000 to get a jitter-free spdif out Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for audiophile grade gear, but as my understanding goes jitter is something that occurs in the actual conversion process and not at the SPDIF source. And whats that thing with galvan...
- Sun May 15, 2005 2:36 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
- Replies: 226
- Views: 165202
OK Im willing to admit that speakers can change sound over a period of time, but mostly it is for the worse, not better. People who are "breaking in" speakers for 400 hours to get better bass response are probably just burning up their tweeters so the bass is overemphasized. Amps, especially tube, n...
- Sat May 14, 2005 2:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
- Replies: 226
- Views: 165202
I find the fact that these people advocate "breaking in" equipment such as speakers, amps, audio and AC cables (!) for 100-800 hours to get better performance completeley laughable. Its like buying a new computer and the salesman tells you, "yeah its a bit slow at first but after 400 hours of foldin...
- Tue May 10, 2005 3:28 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
- Replies: 226
- Views: 165202
I can definitely feel for all those audiophiles out there. What I like best is to buy second hand gear off them for peanuts, because they got to have "the next best thing". Nakamichi 6-cd player + Boston Acoustics lc-30 speakers, all for 400$, for example hehe :), oh and I use Ace hardware store 1$ ...
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:31 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Advice on single fan system w. Thermaltake Big Water
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1949
Advice on single fan system w. Thermaltake Big Water
Hi fellow SPCR'ers, I currently own an ABIT NF7-S with XP1700 Palomino, stuck in an old AT case with a Seagate 160GB 7200.7, Zalman Passive NB heatsink. My plan is to buy an Antec Super Lanboy case, Nexus 4090 PSU, Thermaltake Big Water and XP2500 Mobile processor. I want to then remove the 120mm fa...
- Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:41 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Silencing a PIII
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4369
- Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:28 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Why you need silent system?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 37948
me? I run a home based recording studio where I do my own projects and some friends stuff.. needless to say I need the computer to be dead silent. When recording with condensor mics with a 136db range even the tiniest amount of noise slips in. I've gone from slowing down fans and duct taping to buil...
- Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:12 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Zalman's fanless WC rig reviewed: Reserator1
- Replies: 144
- Views: 127143
just to add my 2 cents, I recieved my Reserator about a month and a half ago and since then it's been performing admirably on my athlon 64 3200+ I can concurr that Zalman have yet another winner under their hands (this is my third Zalman product :D , and not just because I like their ugly logo) 35C ...
- Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The philosophy of sound/silence
- Replies: 54
- Views: 20253
For the record, there was a 38 page long discussion (flamefest) over at gearslutz.com (pro-audio site) about the benefits of high end AC cables for audio equipment, so this is pretty tame by comparison :) FWIW, here's a few things I learned from my studio experience - 1. Buy what sounds good to YOU....
- Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:01 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Compaq Proliant Challenge!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3857
- Sun May 16, 2004 2:05 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: AMD 64 3200 w. cool'n'quiet and asus q-fan & stockHSF= n
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1642
AMD 64 3200 w. cool'n'quiet and asus q-fan & stockHSF= n
just to relate my experiences, I got me a nice ASUS K8V with AMD 64 3200 a week or two ago. This is for studio recording work so silence is very very important here.. Anyway the whole system is sitting in a padded chieftec "dragon" with 1 case fan at 5v in the back and a modded stock psu fan at arou...
- Sat Apr 03, 2004 8:51 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Ok, so I ordered my Zalman Reserator the night before...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3013
- Fri Apr 02, 2004 7:31 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Ok, so I ordered my Zalman Reserator the night before...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3013
Ok, so I ordered my Zalman Reserator the night before...
Just couldn't resist... this baby is going to cool my amd64 3200, and I'll be keeping you posted when it arrives. Since I don't need any GPU cooling, I'm gonna be running this one with a modified stock PSU @ 5v..thats gonna be the only fan in the system; We'll see how we do on the HD front..if they ...
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:33 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Review in Swedish of Zalman Reserator
- Replies: 43
- Views: 27112
perhaps the relatively low waterflow actually *helps* the cooling since the hot water coming from the cpu has time to circulate and rise inside the reservoir instead of being sucked right back into the pump.. This is definitely on my "need to get" list...I already saw it in a czech webstore for arou...
- Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:31 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My Silent PC (pics!)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7644
- Sat Dec 13, 2003 5:59 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My Silent PC (pics!)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7644
My Silent PC (pics!)
Just for you SPCR'ers out there, I took some snapshots of my quiet PC setup in the studio. Hope this helps you in your quest - Setup: Case: Chieftec DA01BD (Dragon) Mobo: ECS K7s5A CPU: Athlon XP 1700 Memory: 768MB Mushkin DDR 2100 HD: 1 Segate Medalist 13.3GB 5400 RPM 2 Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB Za...
- Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:54 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Digital Audio Workstation!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8983
IMHO there is nothing, absolutely nothing that comes close to the Chieftec dragon/antec cases in terms of quiet pc achievement and DAW building. Lets start with the air intakes that all of you love to complain about in the other cases - The Chieftec has one of the most ventilated designs and still r...
- Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:02 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Announcing.... The Desputer.... Computers built into a desk
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26688
we recommend a quailified electrition and a quailified technition should be on hand to perform the wiring and configuration of the componentry to prevent electricution and possible damage to ones self or desk or even the house. We have had DIY people making a mess of there home built jobs because t...
- Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:06 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Seen this yet? fanless "heatsink" pc case + psu
- Replies: 51
- Views: 31609
look at dis:
http://www.deltatronic.info/index.html
Theyre doing the same heatsink-case stuff with heatpipe.
looks totally pro and they've been selling this for quite a while..
http://www.deltatronic.info/index.html
Theyre doing the same heatsink-case stuff with heatpipe.
looks totally pro and they've been selling this for quite a while..
- Tue Apr 22, 2003 5:05 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The Vicious Cycle!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 58694
- Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The Vicious Cycle!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 58694
Wonderful stuff there, you guys (hi btw, 1st post) So here is my story: 1. Upgraded home studio computer (pIII 500) PSU from noname to silentpc.com 230w model = bliss (cpu fan was slot1 "inthebox" model), no case fans. 2. Upgraded studio comp to athlon xp 1700, ecs k7s5a, cheapo thermaltake (8$) cpu...