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  1. I use Asus H97I-Plus (mini-ITX, H97 chipset, 1150 socket), i7 4770S, 240GB SSD and 2TB HDD (option).
  2. Do you have any recommended Linear Power Supply to power both 19V PC and a Sound Card? (SOtM, PPA, JCAT, or Pink Faun have different voltage). It is excellent if a specific sound card is chosen and one PSU to power both motherboard and sound card. If I choose to get only one power supply (I don't want to have two power supplies to power the PC and sound card separately. I just don't want more boxes), which should has higher priority to power by linear power supply? Motherboard or Sound Card? If I use combo HDPLEX Linear PSU and HDPLEX 250W DC-ATX. Is it sufficient to power both the motherboard and any sound card? Do they still provide clean power comparing to dedicated power supply for each board? Thanks
  3. I got the similar issues with Cary MS-1. I replaced its hard drive with a 120 GB SSD and installed Ubuntu and Jriver. I stored all music on a NAS. I tried VortexBox and I was able to rip CD but I couldn't make it play music via USB. I just don't know how to make it work. I never tried Daphile or VoyageMPD (kind of hard for me to install and configure as I am not a Linux guru).
  4. The J1900 boards are nice and low cost. Has anyone tried Alkeron Class E-211 mini-ITX case? It can fit Atom board. Don't know if it can fit Celeron J1900 board. I don't think it can take i3 board as it doesn't have heatsink on two sides.
  5. Nice CAPS! I wanted to build one with Intel I3 or I5 and 120GB SSD in either silver Streacom or HD-Plex case. My plan is to run Windows 7 and JRiver. Do you consider to add Slim Blu-ray drive to rip video too? What Operating System will you install?
  6. It is running Ubuntu 9.10 (original OS. Not Vortexbox). The player is called Cary Music Server (Cary's own software. The software used to rip and play music over USB). I tested this music server with Conrad-Johnson HD3 USB DAC and it works well. It just doesn't work with North Star USB DAC.
  7. How to configure a discontinued Cary MS-1 Music Server to work with North Star Excelsio DAC (USB 2.0 compliance). MS-1 hardware: Zotac IONITX-A-U Intel Atom N330 (1.6 GHz dual core), 1 GB DDR2, 1TB internal HDD, DVD-RW. Software: Linux Ubuntu (GNU GPL version 2 I think). Output: 24 bit 196 KHz via USB The iOS app was installed on an iTouch. The app could detect a server and view albums, songs. # 1: The problem is there is no sound after hitting play on the remote app. No music play direct through USB port. Questions: is driver needed in MS-1 for it to work with North Star. (North Star doesn't need driver for Linux or Mac). Not sure whether the issues are from the remote app, or music server, or DAC. # 2: A Linux Ubuntu computer running JRiver 19 was working fine with North Star. It was able to stream FLAC from USB drive and NAS and play through USB port to North Star DAC. The problem is it couldn't stream music from MS-1 which was connected to the same network. (JRiver didn't find music files on MS-1 because DLNA was not set up correctly) Questions: How to set up DLNA or UPnP for MS-1 and North Star to work Is MS-1 able to update and handle DSD? Plan B: If the above issues are not resolved. Format the HDD, install Windows or Ubuntu and JRiver. This route will require keyboard, mouse and monitor at startup. Is this a good alternative solution? Any recommendation? Thank you, Jim
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