[soundhaspriority]

If so, please elaborate.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

[Clyde Slick]

On 23 Apr, 22:31, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
If so, please elaborate.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

yeah, A laptop is my digital music server.
i rip using EAC compressed in Flac format.
the whole library is stored on a 500Gb external drive
but I can shuffe about a third of my total files in and out of my pc
hard drive.
It is filled les than 1/3, to 134 Gb of music.

i am temporarily using a cheap DAC (Konnect8) connected by firewire.
I have a new DAC on order, a Brigatta tube DAC form
PAcific Valve and Electric.
Its a modified Lite Audio 60 DAC.
One mod is that it is a USB DAC, but, it also accepts optical

I plan to go direct from my pc to the DAC by USB, despite USB
shortcomings.
But, at some time, I will also try going firewire from my pc into
some typer of adapter/interface that has optical out (such as by
Hagerman).

THe PC is a last years model TOSHIBA Pentium Dual Core SAtellite 183
mHz.
It was only $476 ON uBid as a factory repack.

It is dedicated to nothing else but playingmusic , so there is not
relatively much background activity going on.
I do my ripping on my other laptop, swapping an external drive between
the two

[MINe109]

On Apr 23, 9:31 pm, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
If so, please elaborate.

No, but my PC has its own sound system: Yamaha CAVIT USB preamp/NHT
Pro A-10 monitors.

Stephen

[MINe109]

On Apr 23, 11:48 pm, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message

... If so, please elaborate.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

Thanks, Art and Steve, for your replies. I built a "PVR", (personal video
recorder) with one of the new motherboards that has HDMI video output and
specialized circuitry for decoding high definition video. It was built
according to principles described onhttp://www.silentpcreview.com/. It is
very near the threshold of audibility.

I am a devotee of synthesized surround. Since the motherboard has 5.1 audio
of alleged hiqh quality, I have been wondering if there is any software that
would replace the stack of HT processors which I keep in order to listen to
the sound fields encoded in rom. Thus far, I have found nothing at the level
of what Yamaha or Sony provide, consisting of sophisticated hall ambience
measurement/simulation.

Not my area of expertise, but google shows this:

http://www.holistiks.com/amphiotik/m...ts&file=_demos

Stereo, and not all successful.

Don't many soundcards have DD and DTS built-in?

snip

Stephen

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

Soundhaspriority said:

I am a devotee of synthesized surround.

Your time is at hand.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0325235818.htm

[Walt]

Soundhaspriority wrote:
If so, please elaborate.

Sure. I run the output of the PC into an aux input of my stereo so that
I can listen to internet radio anywhere in the house, mosty www.pandora.com

It's mid-fi at best (128 bps MP3), but it allows me to discover new
artists or just put on background music that plays endlessly without me
having to get up to change the CD or LP.

Since most PC's are noisy I won't have one in the listening room(s) -
what's the point of 90db S/N when you're listening at 85 dbSPL and the
computer fan is whirring away at 50 dbSPL?

//Walt

[Bill Riel]

In article ,
says...
If so, please elaborate.


Well, I have an old iMac that does well as a music server. I've got an
external HD attached for music storage, run slimserver software on it
and wireless stream to a Squeezebox hooked into my main stereo system.

--
Bill

[Lionel]

Walt a écrit :
Soundhaspriority wrote:
If so, please elaborate.

Sure. I run the output of the PC into an aux input of my stereo so that
I can listen to internet radio anywhere in the house, mosty www.pandora.com

It's mid-fi at best (128 bps MP3), but it allows me to discover new
artists or just put on background music that plays endlessly without me
having to get up to change the CD or LP.

Since most PC's are noisy I won't have one in the listening room(s) -
what's the point of 90db S/N when you're listening at 85 dbSPL and the
computer fan is whirring away at 50 dbSPL?


This is a problem that I have solved with this gadget :
http://www.metronic.com/index2.php?p...idcat=5&page=3
It works correctly and it's not really expensive.

[AZ Nomad[_2_]]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:20:42 -0400, Walt wrote:
Soundhaspriority wrote:
If so, please elaborate.

Sure. I run the output of the PC into an aux input of my stereo so that
I can listen to internet radio anywhere in the house, mosty www.pandora.com

It's mid-fi at best (128 bps MP3), but it allows me to discover new
artists or just put on background music that plays endlessly without me
having to get up to change the CD or LP.

Since most PC's are noisy I won't have one in the listening room(s) -
what's the point of 90db S/N when you're listening at 85 dbSPL and the
computer fan is whirring away at 50 dbSPL?

It is a simple matter to replace the fans with quiet units. The PC in my HT
setup is inaudible at distances greater than about 4'.

In my BR, I went one step further: the system's case and cpu fans run below
900rpm and it doesn't have a hard drive. It boots off the network. It is
inaudible beyond 2'.

[Clyde Slick]

On 24 Apr, 10:20, Walt wrote:



Since most PC's are noisy I won't have one in the listening room(s) -
what's the point of 90db S/N when you're listening at 85 dbSPL and the
computer fan is whirring away at 50 dbSPL?

//Walt


My refrigerator is noisier than that. When I listen to music,
I just turn it off and let my food rot.

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

Clyde Slick said:

My refrigerator is noisier than that. When I listen to music,
I just turn it off and let my food rot.

Of course Arnii Krooger has been there done, that. Here's the proof,
taken directly from Turdy's "How I Did It" blog:

http://www.core77.com/blog/images/stairstorage.jpg

[Clyde Slick]

On Apr 25, 9:05*am, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
"Clyde Slick" wrote in message

...

On 24 Apr, 10:20, Walt wrote:

Since most PC's are noisy I won't have one in the listening room(s) -
what's the point of 90db S/N when you're listening at 85 dbSPL and the
computer fan is whirring away at 50 dbSPL?

//Walt

My refrigerator is noisier than that. When I listen to music,
I just turn it off and let my food rot.

Aesthetic sensibility test:

1. When your refrigerator cycles on, do you:
* * a. Open it and look for something to eat.
* * b. Turn up the volume?
* * c. Open the window and scream BWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! at the neighbors?

2. The part in the refrigerator that makes the noise is:
* * a. Bacteria
* * b. Compressor
* * c. Not covered by warranty

3. If someone offered to pay for all the electric your refrigerator eats,
provided that it was moved into your listening room, would you
* *a. Jump for joy?
* *b. Offer him a sandwich made with mayonaisse stored in aforesaid
refrigerator
* *c. Blog a long diatribe about "green" refrigerators and crosspost it
across 17 usenet newsgroups?

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

Oops, i just tried to py it open.\It's not a fridge; its really an
Altec Lansing horn cabinet.
No wonder it was making such a horrible racket.

[Arny Krueger]

"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message


You're right, but it is possible to construct a silent PC.

Very unlikely. Even if you eliminated all of the fans, you'd still be stuck
with any number of incidental noses, particularly in the power supply and
hard drives.

With Zalman, Scythe, Silenx, and Antec components
engineered for quietness, I have a PC which is at the
threshold of audibility.

I seriously doubt that this PC has noise at 1 meter that is 0 dB or below.
If it is as good as 10 dB, I'd be very surprised.

It is inaudible in the presence
of any kind of recorded music, played at any listenable
level.

Whatever that means. Basically, you're depending on the music to mask the
non-trival amounts of noise that your PC creates.

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

The Krooborg tries some of that old BorgSmugSnot on Usenet. It works so
well against the gullible parishioners who buy up his el-crappo
kompyooturds.

With Zalman, Scythe, Silenx, and Antec components
engineered for quietness, I have a PC [that] is at the
threshold of audibility.

I seriously doubt that this PC has noise at 1 meter that is 0 dB or below.
If it is as good as 10 dB, I'd be very surprised.

Not to belittle your expertiese™, Turdball, but you don't have to
posture on RAO in order to cover your real-world lies. None of those
pea-brained sheep who buy your turd-boxes for $399 is smart enough to
figure out Usenet. Whatever is or isn't possible in the hands of Smart
Guys is completely irrelavant™ to your kompyooturd-flogging "business".
The certain knowledge of your incompetence is never going to leak out
from Usenet into the closed circle of you victims -- er, customers -- so
don't even waste your keystrokes on strawborgs.

[GeoSynch]

Bob Morein wrote:

If so, please elaborate.

Yes.

Box: Antec Fusion
Motherboard: Asus P5B-VM DO microATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 750W
RAM: A-Data DDR-2 800, 2 sticks @ 2 gigs each
4 Disks: 2 Seagate 750 gigs, 1 Samsung 750 gigs, 1 Samsung 1 terabyte
Sound card: M-Audio Audiophile 192
Video card: Palit 9600GT nVidia (should be showing up any day now to replace
MSI ATI one)
Keyboard/mouse: Gyration wireless USB jobber
OS: Windows XP Media Center edition
Audio app: foobar2000 v.0.9.5.1
Video app: Cyberlink PowerDVD
Audio interconnect: Better Cables digital coax
Video interconnect: Tara S-Video for now 'til I spring for a better TV, then
HDMI 1.3 cable.


GeoSynch

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

StynchBlob is still trying to save the godless heathens.

If so, please elaborate.

Yes, praize JEE-zus!

Box: Holy Virginal Conception
Maryboard: St. Peter Assumption DO OUT WITH THE SINNERS!
CPU: Apostles Party Hard 666DV-RX09
[snip]


Instead of that foolishness, Styncho, tell us about your cult. How many
fags have you strung up this month? How many babies have you rescued
from the abortionists? Let's talk about the important stuff, like what
you're planning to do with your worldly goods when Gawd calls you up to
Heaven. Have you replaced any godless politicians with men of the cloth?
And update us on your schemes to destroy the Episcopal/Apoostate church
because of their crimes against Gawd's plan.

After we've covered the important stuff, then maybe we'll have time to
learn about your computer fetish.

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On May 7, 12:05*pm, ScottW wrote:
On May 7, 7:51*am, George M. Middius wrote:

StynchBlob is still trying to save the godless heathens.

If so, please elaborate.

Yes, praize JEE-zus!
Box: Holy Virginal Conception
Maryboard: St. Peter Assumption DO OUT WITH THE SINNERS!
CPU: Apostles Party Hard 666DV-RX09

[snip]

Instead of that foolishness, Styncho, tell us about your cult. How many
fags have you strung up this month?

If there's one who deserves it, it's you George.
If one day it happens, I'll bet it will be the homosexual community
purging themselves of you.

2pid, you came out to pass judgement.

I figured after your last several posts you'd be hiding from
embarrassment.

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

Witless cringes at the merest mention of Gawd.

StynchBlob is still trying to save the godless heathens.

If so, please elaborate.

Yes, praize JEE-zus!
Box: Holy Virginal Conception
Maryboard: St. Peter Assumption DO OUT WITH THE SINNERS!
CPU: Apostles Party Hard 666DV-RX09

[snip]

Instead of that foolishness, Styncho, tell us about your cult. How many
fags have you strung up this month?

If there's one who deserves it, it's you George.

Why do you say that, dimbulb?

BTW, did you bail out your kid after that big bust, or did you choose to
let him sweat in jail for a while?

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On May 7, 12:25*pm, ScottW wrote:
On May 7, 10:17*am, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:

2pid, you came out to pass judgement.

I figured after your last several posts you'd be hiding from
embarrassment.

Don't you have a committee meeting?

Not today, but thanks for asking.

Or did they give you the boot for intolerance and arrogance already?

Why would they do that? The only intolerance I've shown you is in
regards to stupidity, which is not a protected class. LOL!

[GeoSynch]

Pudge the Gimp minced:

Instead of that foolishness...

Ahh, 'lil Georgie, the more things change...


GeoSynch

[GeoSynch]

ScottW wrote:

Ahh, 'lil Georgie, the more things change...

One thing changed, George is so down and out his
rent-boy fetish is left unattended. Hence his grumpy
demeanor.

Little wonder considering his hovel reeks of the Augean stables.

Stopping by rao, you can always count on 'lil Georgie soiling his Depends
with unbridled glee.

His "lifestyle" has, sadly, left him incontinent.

His malodorous detonations repulse even members of his chosen abominative
"community."


GeoSynch

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

StynchBlob volunteers to lead today's autogratification session. As per
usual, his intonations are phrased in the peculiar code endemic to fully
committed masturbators. As a courtesy to RAO, I've consulted with a
special translation expert, and I've posted standard English renderings of
Styncho's grotesqueries.

Little wonder considering his hovel reeks of the Augean stables.

Translation: "I love the smell of prepubescent boys. Wild horses couldn't
drag me away from the Little League locker room."

Stopping by rao, you can always count on 'lil Georgie soiling his Depends
with unbridled glee.

Translation: "I love dirty underpants. I even pay the neighborhood boys
for them."

His "lifestyle" has, sadly, left him incontinent.

Translation: "Golden showers are for amateurs. Join my party and
experience some serious urinary encounters."

His malodorous detonations repulse even members of his chosen abominative
"community."

Translation: "I learned the word 'abominative' in church, and now I yell
it out when I'm about to cum. Wheeeee! Here I go!"


[Note: StynchBlob's jerkoff sessions are reported to score high
attendance, especially among middle-aged, married Baptists, but we don't
have any reliable data.]

[GeoSynch]

The Mid-Yut concluded:

... we don't have any reliable data.

Is that "we" as in multiple-personality schizophrenia, Pudgester?
Or merely counting "me, myself and I" as three distinct entities?


GeoSynch