Hifidelit

Why are you thinking about a motorcycle battery - my own is 8ah so the 60 and 70ah you are quoting is why I asked for a link. It is over 12.7v when not running on my motorcycle are you planning on running a wide input picoPSU?

What specific kind of advice are you looking for - there is plenty of information on this site already with regards to ws2012r2? Do you have a link for the battery you are intending to use?

You may find this thread of some use as it has various opinions on the pci usb cards: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-music-servers/soul-music-universal-serial-bus-industry-standard-cables-connectors-and-communications-protocols-between-computers-and-electronic-devices-card-vs-ppastudio-universal-serial-bus-industry-standard-cables-connectors-and-communications-protocols-between-computers-and-electronic-devices-card-v2-19325/

No problem - I should have clicked on the home page, thanks for the link.

Not all of the crimps are tin-plated, you can get gold-plated and others but they are more expensive than the tin-plated ones but I agree with you about possible mismatches. The gold plated ones are apparently better for people who disconnect and reconnect a lot of times. You can do good quality crimps but you do need a decent tool, the Molex ratchet one is over £200 typically although you can get it slightly cheaper: 63819-0900 MOLEX, Crimp Tool, Ratchet | Farnell element14 There are modified cheaper alternatives from MDPC and elsewhere that work well and there are other very good quality ones from Japan. Quality crimping handbook: http://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/ats/TM-638000029.pdf Good crimps and how to recognise them: Molex - Good Crimps

The klein dac ii (dsd version) shows $1,000 in the link you posted, the klein dac (pcm) is $750.

I'm not sure what that has to do with my post or why you quoted it, I'm also based in the UK and have never ordered from Newegg but yes it looks a good deal, there are some deals on the 980 and 980ti due to the 1070 and 1080 becoming available. Pipis2010 was referring to the 6950x 10 core cpu which is currently £1,400 here.

Better return on roi with that 10 core £1,400 cpu? It's also 140w TDP and the price increase from the 5960x (Haswell Extreme, 8 core 20MB cache £875) to the 6950x (Broadwell Extreme) is a big increase. If you ever see it in any audio-based server I'd be surprised.

I think these articles are worth reading - from Rod Elliot: BiAmp (Bi-Amplification - Not Quite Magic, But Close) - Part 1 BiAmp (Bi-Amplification - Not Quite Magic, But Close) - Part 2 From Vandersteen: Vandersteen Audio High End Speakers | Vandersteen Audio Further thoughts from Troels Gravesen's excellent diy speaker site: ElectronicCrossovers

Have you got it working?

The following is a pin out repository of some of the more popular atx PSUs for people who want to make their own sleeved and/or shielded atx looms and maybe do what internethandle did: Repository Of Power Supply Pin Outs. The following 2 images show different techniques for sleeving. The first image shows no heatshrink and the second is using heatshrink, (if you use certain types of sleeve (pet) then you still use heatshrink to create the heatsrinkless version with paracord you do not - see the faq below and watch the video). The following is useful information about the whole process of achieving the above. Frequently Asked Sleeving Questions I'll put this quote here for people who are short on time as it is useful: What Is The Difference Between Modular, Semi-Modular, And Non-Modular? David, I'm not familiar with the 300w version of the HDPlex linear but I can see from the installation guide on their site some cable crossing so making a neat loom would be similar to some of the modular PSUs, maybe contact Larry at HDP and ask if he could help with creating a custom loom that is shielded and/or sleeved but note the comment about how stiff the loom could get and whether that would cause problems for you.

For a business to produce them they would have to look neat and tidy and be available to buy and ship in a timely fashion, if you have looked at just sleeving cables rather than shielding and sleeving (to make them look neat and tidy) you will know what a time consuming task it can be particularly if you want to not see heat shrink on say a paracord sleeve. Modular PSUs on the atx loom have varying pin outs and often have double wires or crossed wires and even capacitors on the atx loom to contend with (often removed by sleevers) and just producing sleeve kits for them which look neat takes some time and prices tend to reflect that if you purchase quality kits. Have a look around YouTube to see what is involved in sleeving atx cables. Lots of people do sleeving from scratch to tidy up the often messy oem looms by buying insulated wire of the required gauge and the connectors. Some PSUs also have varying gauge wire in the same atx loom. If you were to concentrate on dc converters like the HDPlex dc card, to produce a nice looking kit that would sell would still take some time to do, you also need to decide whether to use paracord or pet type sleeving or other type (some look terrible, some look amazing but prices reflect that) some types can be very expensive and then there's the cost of the shielding, what type, applying it and getting the sleeving to go over it etc. Producing atx extension looms may be more feasible from a business angle but how much of a demand would there be for that and at what price point as it is still unlikely to be cheap if quality materials are used.

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There are plenty of people running JRiver and ws2012/ao for audio but you want audio and video and a consumer type machine without the constant need for technical support according to one of your previous posts. Dean70 seems to be doing something similar, though without the ao, so being an advanced user you may be able to get what you desire with ws2012/ao. It will be interesting to see what problems you come up against, I've already mentioned ws2012 lan drivers not being available for certain desktop boards but you have started a thread about lan cards so this is probably not a concern to you but you will need to take things like this into account - from the ao manual: I hope you have read the ao guide thoroughly and please keep this thread updated with progress.

I pointed out ws2012 isn't listed on JRiver's Windows downloads site and likely not supported that's what. I use JRiver for UK TV and also video on my dual server set up (JRiver and w10 on server 1) I thought the op might like to know that support may not be available direct from JRiver hence the advice to contact Jim. I don't use JRiver for audio on the second ws2012 and ao in core mode server (I prefer JPlay Xtream in a control/audio server configuration) and have never tried JRiver video (only audio) on ws2012 with the ao hence the advice to contact you. There's also things like drivers for nics maybe not being available for ws2012 (which can be worked around) to take into account. At the time of my reply I didn't know he was an advanced user (most issues can be worked around) so I felt if he had a fully functioning w7 set up he should stick with it particularly as the cost difference for a ws2012 licence is substantial if he wants to have a licenced version eventually.