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  1. voxel

    HQ Player

    Thank you for so many details shadowlight! I used to be a JRiver user but switched to Audirvana when they started to add more and more non-audio stuff; Roon is an overkill for my simple control pc -> audio pc -> dac setup. Good to know from Miska and you that uPnP path works well. I prefer embedded version because it can run light weight Linux which looks better than my non-heavily-optimized windows audio pc.
  2. voxel

    HQ Player

    Thanks for clarification Miska! I tried the desktop version and find that I like Audirvana as front end (Qobuz) and potentially HQPlayer embedded OS as renderer/output (I'm using windows now). The reason I asked is I saw someone mentioning 'lots of half-baked solutions' regarding uPnP based players somewhere before, but I don't have enough knowledge to judge.
  3. voxel

    HQ Player

    Hi @Miska, What's the recommended way to access HQPlayer from players other than roon, like JRiver, Audirvana or foobar2000? From description in HQPlayer embedded version: It can operate for example as a digital-in-digital-out upsampler processor and convolution engine, or used inside a DAC It can also function as a UPnP AV Renderer There is also support for the HQPlayer Control API that can be used for implementing a custom GUI or other type of front-end utilizing the HQPlayer playback engine Does roon use the control API and do other players have to access it as uPnP AV renderer, and can they use desktop version? Appreciate your help! Regards, Yongsheng
  4. voxel

    My CAPS V3

    Finally I have my first music server installed. I'm not a totally newbie on PC DIY, but it took considerably more effort than expected. The configuration is based on the 'Zuma' published, with some changes for my usage. Thanks Chris:) Basically it's setup to run JPlay, so I have * HD-PLEX H5.S case & 150W Pico PSU I prefer a fanless case which is smaller (just enough for ITX board) and a bit taller (does not need a riser card for expansion). However, the limitation on motherboard is huge, so I switched to this one which supports microATX board. * Intel i5 3470S CPU I bought a i5-2500T (45W) when I had just a rough plan. Unfortunately I finally decided to go to 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge combo. (I'll put this one for sale- -) JPlay recommends a quad-core CPU with hyper-threading turned off, so i5 seems the best candidate. I couldn't find a 'T' version, so I chose this guy: 65W TDP just as the i7 in Zuma. * Intel DQ77MK motherboard Due to heat pipes compatibility, only DH77EB & DQ77MK are usable from intel. I chose DQ77MK since 1) it has native PCI, which may be useful someday if I want to install my lynx card; 2) it supports remote management. I've been extremely happy with supermicro's IPMI feature. 3) it's green~ * Mushkin atlas 120G SSD I like the simplicity of mSATA (2 less cables). It's recommended in CAPS V3, and 120G is only $20 more than 60G. * 4G * 2 PC1600 8-8-8-24 G.Skill RAM I avoided the crucial ballist, and this ram has good reviews. * Wyred 4 Sound uLink USB-SPDIF My original goal is Bel Canto's uLink. When I was still wondering if it's too expensive, I came across this one with same name on A'gon. It's not bad~ * Cisco sg200-8 All my working pc, my NAS and this audio pc support link aggregation. I'm not sure if it's meaningful for audio pc, so I enabled lacp only for the previous two. Some pictures below. I haven't got a chance to compare its sound to before (Lynx card) yet. hope the case could be smaller, even if I have to move the brick out: Hate the 4pin cpu power connection. Maybe I should buy a long cable to avoid going across the board. The power cables are also too long. I disabled all usb ports except for the two usb 3.0 ones; disabled onboard audio, and all onboard devices not needed. Installing OS using TV is convenient; updating firmware is always the first thing for me~
  5. Finally Zuma is here, thanks Chris! I ordered parts for my high power server before Zuma is out, since I wanted it to be done before new year. It's very similar with a mini-itx form factor. One question is that I ordered the "150W PSU-450+120W converter" in checkout options. As you tested, it had problems powering Zuma, I guess it's not the best for my "i5-2500T + mushkin mSATA" combo. I'll try after it arrives tomorrow.
  6. I`ve planned for a while a server with fanless case and quad-core low power cpu, but decide to wait until v3 is out. Can`t wait to see detailed specs, especially carbon and zuma with psus:D
  7. Good to know that USB 3.0 does sound better, which eliminates one of the limitations I put on motherboard selection:) I read the post on s1200kp boot up issue with 65w psu - it's likely the psu is not powerful enough to start all the devices all together. I met a similar issue when starting up my DIY freenas pc, and solved by setting staggered spin-up for all hard drives. I've been happy to use asus/intel motherboards before, and changed to server boards recently since they have less fancy features which I don't care, and they 'maybe' 'perhaps' have better (electrical?) quality which is good for audio. My 2 complains on s1200kp is: 1) no mSATA support 2) no onboard VGA with dedicated ram (maybe 8M) like supermicro. I was told by some people that integrated graphics affects sound quality due to memory sharing, which seemed reasonable.
  8. Thanks! I didn't read posts carefully and thought it was an official review from some magazine:)
  9. With 17W TDP it would be practical to run with fanless cooler. Thanks for the info!
  10. Hi Blake, when will your uLink review be released? :-) Spec of uLink is very attracting, and I tend to give it a try as my first usb interface. Not sure how it would compare to audiophilleo 2 or wavelink on my system (BADA 1 + first watt f1j + k1000).
  11. Thanks user34 for the recipe. I'm quite curious about the USB3 features of DH61DL: "It's USB3 port is driven by the Renesas chipset which has proved to be one of the best-sounding implementations available." From some discussions here, USB 3.0 is not very meaningful for audio output, and may have more noise than 2.0; most USB DAC/converter I know are designed for USB 2.0. Not sure what experiments they made to get the conclusion above. I'm building my music server, and I've even tried to avoid USB 3.0 boards and decided to get S1200KP, which seems to have less 'features not needed'.
  12. Put my first post here as I'm going to build one soon. I wish it could be a pc that 1) run a dedicated OS, either a mini Linux distro or something based on Windows embedded standard 8 (I just know it by a search) 2) run headless, better without a GUI 3) music player run as service, which is remotely controlled 4) only usb output. (There're so many options to convert usb to s/pdif or aes, thus no need to put any specific one inside the CAPS)
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