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by BobDog
Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:41 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Passive watercooling Project *Updated*
Replies: 29
Views: 16753

Damn!

I just got my A-tech case but if I would have seen this first, I might have called you up to see if I could have hired you to build something for me!
by BobDog
Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:30 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE: Heatpipe installation and Artic 5
Replies: 2
Views: 1557

AS5 apparently has some sort of phase change associated with its break-in period [...] Yea, my friend thought the same thing about the phase change (though he said something more along the line sof "... you know, it kind of melts 'n' stuff." Anyway, I am not worried about the cost really (AS5 isn't...
by BobDog
Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:29 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE: Heatpipe installation and Artic 5
Replies: 2
Views: 1557

ADVICE PLEASE: Heatpipe installation and Artic 5

I am finally putting together my HTPC and it is just chock-full of heatpipes (scroll down the link a bit to see all the pipes). My friend is helping me, and he came up with an interesting suggestion for my Artic Silver 5: he said why not put the stuff on the heatpipes and heatpipe blocks (e.g. not j...
by BobDog
Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:05 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: The future is now PC to Stereo
Replies: 40
Views: 17654

Finally, a BIG Caveat Emptor is that DVD-A and SACD are unrippable with respect to their highest quality formats (SACD is downright unplayable with respect to its encoding). Right on bro. I won't be getting rid on my stand-alone CD player until PCs can support these higher quality audio formats. CD...
by BobDog
Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What are you listening to right now?
Replies: 4309
Views: 2478886

Drive by Truckers, "Carl Perkins' Cadillac", The Dirty South. Played loud (to cover the whine of my computer :( ).
by BobDog
Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:32 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: Hush case now available from SilverStone??
Replies: 6
Views: 4003

Still, that looks like a very nice case for a good price according to the mCubed site ). I have one of these on order, but I hear you wumpus , this case could give Zalman and Atech fits at that price. This is even more the case where mCubed claims: [Their/Silverstone's case] supplies full compatibil...
by BobDog
Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:05 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

hey with a ram drive, what happens if the ram lose power by some psu/battery cock-up? it mean you have to setup OS again from some image, right? it would make me feel really weird thinking of my work there kindof electrically treading water. i suppose people would only use this to actually run the ...
by BobDog
Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:49 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

Thanks.
by BobDog
Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:03 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

frostedflakes wrote:I have always considered SPCR's reviews to be fair, comprehensive, and well-written. Keep up the good work! :)
Ditto.
by BobDog
Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:39 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

I'm afraid latencies and seek times have nothing to do with bandwidth, and consequently, transfer rates. It's the same thing with kids and food: even with a small mouth they can taste the food right away, but eating a large meal can take a long time ;) For me, though, the bandwidth between the plat...
by BobDog
Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:36 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

BTW, what are you doing with an 800MB backup drive? What do I backup with only 800MB? Mainly personal data that changes a lot. Yea, that's what I meant. It didn't seem like a lot, but I could see where you would find it useful--plus the "no extra noise" part would be nice. Maybe the 2GB drive has b...
by BobDog
Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:18 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

but in the end I decided to go with this I have the 800MB version of the SimpleTech flash drive. Performance sucks big time. Transfer rate never breaks 1 MB/s. Does not support DMA transfer modes (only PIO modes) so CPU usage is high. I use it as a backup drive (MS Money writes the backup file to t...
by BobDog
Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:56 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Gigabyte's RAM drive card w/battery backup...
Replies: 348
Views: 214217

Hey that thing is pretty cool. As those of you who had a look at the audiophile debate thread know, I am building an HTPC (STILL not built!) and I am going after a silent PC, networked storage solution much like the one suggested by perry above. In any case, I looked at the Rocket Drives et al. (whi...
by BobDog
Tue May 31, 2005 5:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

Do you get up in the morning and say to yourself "hmm, do I feel gay today?. Does it make any difference to anyone else's life if I do?... Didn't Hitler have a thing about blue eyes and 'curing' unwanted genetic characteristics. Godwin'ed . The thread is over. If any other moderator agrees, then lo...
by BobDog
Fri May 27, 2005 2:34 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Home NAS with RAID 5
Replies: 20
Views: 10497

Hi Kaizen I bought a Buffalo TerraStation about a month ago but my PC is still being built so I cannot comment on its capabilities. I think I will stick it in the garage so sound will be of little bother for me... but I will get back to you as soon as everything is up and running (should be just a f...
by BobDog
Thu May 26, 2005 12:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

Just curious, have you looked at [PS Audio 5ch. amp] at all? Hi Ed, no I have not--as I told you before, I have not heard much of the PS Audio stuff since they came back from the dead a few years ago. I'd be interested to hear it for sure but (a) unfortunately, that is a bit more than I can spend o...
by BobDog
Thu May 26, 2005 12:33 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

Hey, As I said when I started posting here, I am moving out of ultra-hi-end 2ch and into home theater (hence the interest in HTPC, hence the interest in SPCR). Anyway, I am selling off the last of my 2ch. rig and I thought some here might be interested in what I’ve been running for the last few year...
by BobDog
Wed May 25, 2005 10:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

I really hate it that the thread deteriorated to politeness and died! Could you pleeease start over? :D Even on another topic! I had no idea that everyone on this otherwise oh-so-polite board was so interested in yeha (who was and remains wrong) and me (who is and continues to be right) and others ...
by BobDog
Tue May 24, 2005 11:23 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Storage without moving parts?
Replies: 59
Views: 27423

When I have the money, I'm gonna get me a drive from [Bitmicro]. They don't state a price and when I asked for a quote, it was.... a lot. More than what I could afford and I'm willing to pay for a lot here. The price for something useful for even just programs was considerably more than what I paid...
by BobDog
Sat May 21, 2005 2:26 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

how can i test to see if it even exists? remember that the original entry of nuance was when describing differences in a signal so small that electrical equipment is unable to detect it (!). I agree that the (one) trick is indeed to be able to test electronically, in an objective reproducible way, ...
by BobDog
Fri May 20, 2005 9:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

I think that Devonavar's test is a very good idea in many (most) respects, though flawed in others. First, I would like to speak about the good . Devonavar is actually quite underestimating the power of his proposed test. If we (slightly) restructured the test in the way I propose, we could actually...
by BobDog
Tue May 17, 2005 11:26 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

People can call me whatever they want... I don't take it personally and nothing I say is meant personally either--it's just that some of the things that have been said here are so far off base (like certain peoples' understanding of scientific method, just as a for instance.). i love the way he dodg...
by BobDog
Tue May 17, 2005 12:47 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

yeha wrote:but why listen to us, we're deaf scientists who can't pick out "nuance" differences between electrically identical cables.
Well finally we can agree on something.
by BobDog
Tue May 17, 2005 11:27 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

Well for starters, the Sonic Impact amp can be had for less than $30, so even if it sounds *decent* it's a good deal. Even though I am stating that it sounds great, there can really be no belly-aching about it because it's so darn cheap. SET amps are also cheap to construct, so I don't know where y...
by BobDog
Mon May 16, 2005 7:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

the human ear is not equal to nor more sensitive than electrical instruments. this has been conclusively proven by lossy audio compression testing, where an overwhelming majority of the population can't pick the difference between two signals that differ by 10+ db in certain frequency ranges Do you...
by BobDog
Sun May 15, 2005 3:58 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

Kwiet, I find your post well considered and well thought out (so prepare to get flamed :evil: in the near future), save for one thing ... in two parts. If your CD deck uses curcuit boards, the AC cord does not matter. This is not true and here is why: First, even the most bits-are-bits among us here...
by BobDog
Sun May 15, 2005 11:14 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

On the subject of AC cables, I would please want an explanation why the 3 foot length of silver 1800$ cord would make a difference considering the electricity is coming over 50 miles of 30 year old wire from your electric station(exposed to weather, magnetic fields etc.), through your local 20 year...
by BobDog
Sun May 15, 2005 1:24 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

Please no more of this heresy. What heresy? Why do you think you need to explain to me about mechanical and electronic being different? I was joking ... this is sarcasm :roll: ! I mentioned the differences not for your benefit (you seem to have already heard what is planely there), but for those wh...
by BobDog
Sun May 15, 2005 12:49 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

That said, good studio monitors are designed for accuracy, and the best of them deliver exactly that. If you think they sound bad, then what you think sounds good is not, in fact, a high fidelity replication of the audio signal. Lol, and you think that there is snake-oil being sold in the hi-end! N...
by BobDog
Sat May 14, 2005 5:26 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audiophilia: hobby or disease? (CONTINUED)
Replies: 226
Views: 159599

That said, good studio monitors are designed for accuracy, and the best of them deliver exactly that. If you think they sound bad, then what you think sounds good is not, in fact, a high fidelity replication of the audio signal. Lol, and you think that there is sake-oil being sold in the hi-end! I ...