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by rab
Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Get together in Nige's
Replies: 26
Views: 2175

Re: Get together in Nige's

Thanks Pearce, yes I have already read much of the build thread on CA -- and just now posted my own proposal! The SGMS review is what made me decide to get the ASUS mb. I would buy their server and be done with it, but it costs stupid money. Who can afford that? My problem is indecision. I have been...
by rab
Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Get together in Nige's
Replies: 26
Views: 2175

Get together in Nige's

Thanks Pearce, as it happens I am just about to start ordering parts for a high power I7 6700K PC like this (i already have a low power NAA,-type one). I was planning to order the Asus motherboard that the Sound Galleries music server uses, and I note they replace the crystal clock with something li...
by rab
Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Get together in Nige's
Replies: 26
Views: 2175

Re: Get together in Nige's

Great work guys!
Are there any details on Pearse's PC available?
by rab
Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rudy van Gelder passed
Replies: 3
Views: 323

Re: Rudy van Gelder passed

Sad news. RIP Mr Van Gelder.
by rab
Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Article on FLAC vs WAV [why they allegedly sound diferent]
Replies: 4
Views: 631

Re: Article on FLAC vs WAV [why they allegedly sound diferen

I read enough to determine that they claim the metadata is the cause (so lossless flac won't fix it).
by rab
Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Article on FLAC vs WAV [why they allegedly sound diferent]
Replies: 4
Views: 631

Re: Article on FLAC vs WAV [why they allegedly sound diferen

Is there a tl;dr for this? Sounds like nonsense, but life's too short to read the detail. Is it claiming that embedded cover art is the culprit?
by rab
Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:37 pm
Forum: Computer Audio
Topic: microrendu
Replies: 22
Views: 3198

Re: microrendu

I like it. A lot. Will post more later, have been crazy busy at work and no time.
by rab
Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: It didn't explode....... YET (aka niges amp)
Replies: 758
Views: 44213

Re: It didn't explode....... YET (aka niges amp)

Thanks Nigel!
by rab
Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: It didn't explode....... YET (aka niges amp)
Replies: 758
Views: 44213

Re: It didn't explode....... YET (aka niges amp)

http://www.ev-power.eu/WINA-30Ah-100Ah/WINA-LiFePO4-Power-3-2V-8Ah-aluminium-case.html?cur=1 these cells look interesting would be easier to build with Apologies for the OT, but I'm close to ordering some batteries for my Soekris, and am wondering if these would be a better choice than the usual AA...
by rab
Sat May 28, 2016 3:56 am
Forum: Computer Audio
Topic: microrendu
Replies: 22
Views: 3198

Re: microrendu

Oh, and software is Linux snakeoil, also I have wtfplayer and Windows server 2012 with jplay, jriver. Also a second pc to do the jplay two pc thing.