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  1. Some audiophiles here in Asia would add those cheap PCIe extenders between the PCIe slot and plain old Gigabit Ethernet PCIe card for the sake of providing isolation. Though they don't need the bandwidth for anything serious and therefore even PCIe x1 would work fine. Of course it's a different story for Solarflare https://www.xilinx.com/content/dam/xilinx/publications/product-briefs/xtremescale-x2522-product-brief.pdf#page=2 These extenders aren't meant to work over a long distance at all, therefore the Solarflare NIC would still stay pretty darn close to the chassis and then all that heat might still affect the overall temperature quite a bit https://www.thermaltake.com/tt-premium-pci-e-3-0-extender-300mm.html https://www.thermaltake.com/tt-premium-pci-e-4-0-extender-300mm.html https://www.thermaltake.com/tt-premium-pci-e-4-0-extender-200mm-with-90-degree-adapter.html Then we've got something else that's good for a much longer distance, though the entire package would cost "just a bit" too much https://adnacom.com/s31/ https://adnacom.com/product/s31-order/ Recently I read a little something about this https://liliputing.com/lenovo-could-ship-first-mainstream-laptops-with-an-oculink-port-in-2024-leaks/ I figured a new way to run an eGPU off M.2 using OCulink https://egpu.io/forums/custom-egpu-chassis/i-figured-a-new-way-to-run-an-egpu-off-m-2/ OCuLink: What It Is, Why You Need It, and Where To Get It https://egpu.io/forums/custom-egpu-chassis/oculink-what-it-is-why-you-need-it-and-where-to-get-it/#post-104553 So HP 1QL49AA should be this particular NIC https://www.hp.com/ie-en/products/accessories/product-details/18809667 If that were good enough for eGPU already, could we also try turning Solarflare NIC into an eNIC then? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005277989277.html https://www.microsatacables.com/oculink-8i-dual-port-to-pcie-x16-slot-adapter-pcie-4-0 https://www.microsatacables.com/pcie-gen3-8-lane-to-oculink-sff-8612-8i-add-in-cardaic-ocu-1615-8l
  2. Quite a few firmware updates were released so far, just wondering if you're getting the latest one installed on yours by any chance? https://web.archive.org/web/20231209060213id_/http://updates.ta-hifi.de/firmware/auto_download/DAC200/docs/versions_DAC200.txt Though it shouldn't be done by any end users as shown below, especially when it's a loaner unit https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/63998-ta-dac-200/page/5/#comment-1223743 If the latest firmware were still no go for DSD1024, then it might have something to do with the ASIO driver. Not sure if you're running Linux or Windows? https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/244/#comment-1274073 Regarding the SQ of DSD1024, IMHO it should be no surprise that heavy consumption of resources would result in higher temperature and therefore the SQ might suffer accordingly. Wouldn't that seem to be the double-edged sword nature of real-time upsampling then? https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/69046-holo-cyan-2/page/5/#comment-1271952 Another owner of DAC200 also gave up for obvious reasons https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58164-building-a-diy-music-server/page/242/#comment-1272700 Thankfully we're gonna have offline upsampling very soon.
  3. T+A DAC200 could only handle DSD512 successfully despite the specifications, while Holo May (most likely both Cyan 2 and Spring 3 should be good to go as well) went very well with both 44.1K and 48K families of DSD1024 so far http://erji.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2250571 https://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=348&t=5840425&p=89#87175623 Forget about the likes of Denafrips / Musician Audio since they're converting DSD to PCM https://6moons.com/audioreviews2/denafrips/2.html For the playback side of DSD1024, "Native DSD" is the only way to go and therefore "DoP" ain't getting us anywhere. In other words, macOS is out of the question https://community.roonlabs.com/t/native-dsd-playback-strategy-not-available-on-macos/210711/2 If we don't count any Android-based devices, then it's just a matter of choosing either Linux or Windows. The vast majority of Linux distros didn't come with a kernel that's able to support DSD1024 by default, therefore go for stuff like AudioLinux / Euphony OS etc. unless we wanna apply the following patches on our own http://erji.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2283776 https://github.com/zhjie/zhjie_gentoo_repo/tree/master/sys-kernel After that, ALSA should have everything covered https://help.nativedsd.com/en/articles/6948867-playing-dsd-files-on-linux For Windows users, it's all about the ASIO driver and here's an example https://www.thesycon.de/eng/usb_audiodriver.shtml After that, some manufacturers are OK with supporting the 48K family but not the others https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/19715-hq-player/page/470/#comment-855239 Finally it's just a matter of getting the right software player and we've got Column K (e.g. TuneBrowser) on this particular list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rHcXP7PExksxZfkif3Rv2CT1Y_ESpNSv2b0nkKlBySk/edit#gid=1964212797 As always foobar2000 should be fine and dandy https://sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder/files/dsd_transcoder/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder/files/foo_input_sacd/ SounDevil http://soundevil.net/download/ http://erji.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2252466&page=4#pid34304859 Personally I hate a specific piece of software with passion, therefore I never mentioned that.
  4. So far the biggest hurdle for both DSD512 and (especially) DSD1024 should be getting the right hardware that could handle the workload, while NOT taking THAT time to get things done that is. While stuff like this wouldn't be exactly feasible for the average household unless we've got our own basement, having 96 cores / 192 threads would totally smoke a single 13th Gen Intel Core i9 thanks to the power of combining 4 "monsters" https://valid.x86.fr/bench/d8kzm4/32 Due to the sheer number of cores, that's still performing pretty darn well when compared to previous generation of Threadripper PRO that's like $5,000 at the moment https://valid.x86.fr/bench/d8kzm4/33 Since Broadwell (released back in 2016) should be considered a bit long in the tooth already, used pricing of each 24-core CPU turned out to be as little as 30 bucks a pop at the moment $300 for the barebone https://www.ebay.com/itm/375282366811 $649 for 48 cores / 128GB of RAM https://www.ebay.com/itm/154477919929 $1,649 for 96 cores / 256 GB of RAM but obviously the bulk of the costs should be coming from adding quite a bit of DDR4, the rest of the hardware wouldn't be worth all that much after all these years https://www.ebay.com/itm/155888750827 We're talking about 4U servers here, therefore they're like super heavy for shipping. Cooling fans are gonna be LOUD while all that noise would be quite annoying unless we've got a garage or basement etc. Most importantly, the electricity bill will add up pretty quickly when we're having a blast with PGGB 24 hours a day. Other than that, we aren't really sure if PGGB were able to utilize so many cores (close to 100) while benchmarking might not always reflect the actual performance of running a real-world application. To get the "best" performance available, we might also borrow a little something from this guy https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/introducing-olympus-olympus-i-o-a-new-perspective-on-modern-music-playback.37939/page-52#post-936875 Benchmarks looked pretty darn well for both 8534P and 8534PN, though most likely Taiko Audio Olympus should have 8324PN or else passive cooling might be a bit too challenging https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-8534p-benchmarks/6 64 cores (200W TDP) for roughly $3,300, that ain't too bad at all since we're talking about $4,950 MSRP https://www.ebay.com/str/alinctechnologies https://www.resellerratings.com/store/Alinc_com https://alinc.com/amd-siena-8534p-64c-2-3g-200w-03ld835/ ATX motherboard for a nice price https://www.taobao.com/list/item/742819554881.htm https://www.gigabyte.com/Enterprise/Server-Motherboard/ME03-CE0-rev-10 https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Ga-EPYC-8004-ME03-ME33-ME03_1600998173388.html Costing quite a bit more from US, though https://www.provantage.com/gigabyte-technology-ms03-ce0~7GIGB1C9.htm https://www.provantage.com/gigabyte-technology-me03-ce0~7GIGB1E4.htm The costs of DDR5 RDIMM with ECC looked fine and dandy to me, whether it's 64GB or 48GB https://www.ebay.com/itm/225705329877 https://www.ebay.com/itm/325805936725 48GB UDIMM without ECC would cost about $27 cheaper from the same seller, not really all that much of a difference while 64GB UDIMM might be somewhat expensive at the very beginning https://www.ebay.com/itm/204683132592 With 1 DIMM per channel, we'll get 100% speed at 4,800MHz. And then 75% speed @ 3,600MHz with 2 DIMMs per channel. Just a "regular" ATX motherboard with 64-core processor @ 200W TDP, I really don't think the cooling system would be all that different then? And then we've got 96 CPU-direct PCIe lanes with EPYC 8004, one day maybe adding GPU could be quite helpful if PGGB were able to support that down the road. Having everything (i.e. quite a few SSDs for caching purposes plus the GPU) connected to the CPU directly wouldn't be such a bad idea. Not to mention the fact that in general AMD seemed to be "just a little bit more" realistic when it comes to the estimation of peak power, I wouldn't even wanna know what to do about cooling something that would go totally nuts https://www.anandtech.com/show/21124/amd-ryzen-threadripper-7980x-and-7970x-review/6 Most importantly, we might never know the longevity of consumer-grade hardware if we're running PGGB non-stop. 24/7 operations at full blast might not be suitable for something that wasn't designed to be used that way in the long run.
  5. https://www.iamthegreengoddess.com/blogs/news/the-truth-about-marketing-claims-what-does-natural-mean https://archive.today/MIs6x https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-03/ultra-processed-foods-should-come-with-warning-labels https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/health/predigested-food-wellness/index.html Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Do not bring us to the test but deliver us from evil. Amen. That's the problem, buddies. As I mentioned before, they could advertise whatever they want these days while getting away with just about any kinda deceptive measures while laughing all the way to the bank. Plenty of us dunno what we're eating, what they've been adding to those "foods" or even how they're making all that crap in the first place. GIGO all the way. Whenever we're listening to music that actually came from somewhere inside the cloud, what kinda transparency (or lack thereof) could one actually expect?
  6. First of all, someone posted this back in 2018 and most likely it wouldn't be a pleasant read by any means https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fake-flac-identification.826737/page-2#post-13999511 And then @The Computer Audiophile also mentioned this last year https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/is-it-time-to-rethink-lossless-r1231/ I wouldn't talk about where it's found and how do we get access for obvious reasons, though 1:1 rippers are actually available for these guys listed below "BRIDAL" Music (FLAC) "Freezer" (FLAC) "Gobus" (FLAC) "Red Delicious" Music (decrypted ALAC) Here's the thing, they would only rip the cover of an album if no lossless tracks were actually available. Then I also tried ripping a single track in order to confirm the fact that only lossy ones could be found on the server, that's exactly what I saw and therefore I would simply forget about it. At some point I just stumbled upon this particular album https://www.discogs.com/master/651826-Various-Music-From-The-OC-Mix-6-Covering-Our-Tracks Even if there were a dozen tracks, I could only rip 2 tracks (i.e. 2 lossless + 10 lossy) off some music streaming services while getting only 1 track from the others. Wouldn't that be more like a big fat red flag then? How on Earth could there be both lossless and lossy tracks on the very same album? In addition, we don't have any software to verify lossless files with 100% accuracy + reliability. Both false positives and negatives should be expected given the fact that just about anything could be faked. And then I could also find more cheesy examples. Disc #1 of a particular 12-CD box set seemed to be fine. Then I started ripping disc #2 but unfortunately only the cover could be ripped. Same deal for disc #3 and I had to give up afterwards. All albums of this artist could be ripped off "Freezer" successfully since everything turned out to be lossless so far https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a16ed3e1-1fab-4b18-8dfa-941eab07f373 OTOH, "Red Delicious" Music only provided a handful of albums in lossy format (i.e. no ripping was done at all except for the cover) while the rest of them should be "supposedly" lossless. However, nobody knows if any "supposedly" lossless tracks were genuine or not. Personally I'm not interested in discussing the ethics of ripping, please don't even bother https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1625i64/does_anyone_really_pirate_music_anymore/jxwwd1l/ https://musicalpursuits.com/music-streaming/ For some reasons they could always advertise whatever they want by claiming that we're indeed paying for lossless quality, at least for an undetermined percentage of the entire catalog that is. If restaurants weren't able to tell the differences between real and fake olive (i.e. 100% olive-free) oil to begin with, could we trust the providers of music streaming services without the means to verify anything whatsoever? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwyrangVexI&t=8m
  7. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/introducing-olympus-olympus-i-o-a-new-perspective-on-modern-music-playback.37939/page-21#post-932339 While we only have a limited number of motherboards available for now, we could still aim for a fanless config with either 8 or 16 cores https://servers.asus.com/products/servers/server-motherboards/S14NA-U12 https://www.servethehome.com/tag/siena/
  8. System Informer should be considered one of those "secret weapons" that @internethandle explained what could be done about it http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63761 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=65646 On the same forum thread, similar replies were also posted back in 2021 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=57915 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=58112
  9. https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/reality-quest-going-to-extremes-with-the-taiko-audio-sgm-extreme-part-2-of-5-r908/ If I weren't mistaken, simply replicating what Emile already did in the past might be a good place to start? Speaking of PCIe, definitely check this out https://github.com/spddl/GoInterruptPolicy https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum-hifi.fr/thread-18799-page-14.html http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=67182
  10. http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=68062 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/3063-pink-hq-minorityclean/?p=66916 Latest release of 25398 https://massgrave.dev/windows_server_links.html#Windows_Server_23H2_(No_GUI) Original release of 25398 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=66296 Windows Server 2025 Insider Preview, including instructions for DIY conversion to workstation flavor http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/5787-diy-server-2022-to-workstation/?p=67809 https://archive.org/download/windows-germanium-archive/ (Feel free to check my signature on that forum since I'd update that with the latest build of Windows Server 2025 Insider Preview on a regular basis.) IMHO both PE and Windows Server 2025 Insider Preview seemed to follow the same trend so far, the latest ones from Microsoft would tend to outperform their predecessors.
  11. IMHO it could get worse than that, in some cases even offline authorization went kaput for whatever reasons https://help.reasonstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/13879491567378-Offline-authorization-is-no-longer-available-for-Reason-11-and-earlier And then we've got yet another "shining example" as well https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/cloud-connected-cameras-are-a-scam-vava-sunvalleytek-disable-products-after-the-sale-louis-rossmann.73466/ "You wouldn't download a car" but the whole idea of "ownership" these days could very well be interpreted in so many different ways. We simply don't "own" anything whatsoever if we're merely storing something in a "cloud" somewhere, in many cases we don't even have the means to create anything that remotely assembles the idea of a backup. False claims of liquid damage https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255200069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32474942 Hardware got "planned obsolescence" built right in under most circumstances, with very little to no repairability to boot. And then when we do wanna get something repaired that's "supposedly" covered under warranty, "Genius" working at a bar of some sort would quote an amount that ain't too different from getting a brand new replacement https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/complete-control-apple-accused-of-overpricing-restricting-device-repairs-1.4859099 In reality it turned out to cost a "whopping" $0 to get the problem fixed, go figure. Simply put, we no longer "own" anything anymore in a sense that almost everyone should be totally + utterly owned (and pwned, too) by whatever products / services are out there these days. It's just a matter of "Surveillance Capitalism" when our devices / apps are constantly collecting our data 24/7 https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/69367-lmsraudio-an-ai-coded-logitech-media-server/#comment-1269898 In other words, we should be (very) grateful for folks like JRiver (i.e. the "small potatoes" under most circumstances) who don't necessarily need to profit / profiteer from that kinda INSANE business model IMHO.
  12. Dunno what kinda difficulties you're experiencing with Windows PE, while assuming that you could understand Chinese. Feel free to check this out and then give it a try https://inonameteam.com/thread-3412-1-1.html https://tools241.pixnet.net/blog/post/573584384 seltool_T.7z 22631_T(解壓密碼tools241).7z 22000_T(解壓密碼tools241).7z 26020_T(解壓密碼tools241).7z Bypass Google Drive Download Limit https://bustatech.com/bypass-google-drive-download-limit/ http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=58114 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=61925 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=66863 After that, get a copy of foobar2000 https://www.foobar2000.org/download https://www.videohelp.com/software/foobar2000 ASIO Output https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_asio https://www.foobar2000.org/getcomponent/df9bfd4f506e4dd8035d0ba9329cc6e7/foo_out_asio.fb2k-component Finally the installation of ASIO drivers for USB DACs / DDCs should be fairly similar for everyone https://www.my-hiend.com/vbb/showthread.php?13357-WinPE-的一點點筆記&p=253256#post253256 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=63240 http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/4410-windows-11-pe-audiophile-creation-guide/?p=64366 While it ain't exactly "Plug and Play" by any means, it's still considered reasonably straightforward since you've got something to get you started already. I'll point you to other tweaks once you've got both Win11PE and foobar2000 ready to go.
  13. (Privacy-related replies will come later.) https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/1aj7szx/ultimate_betrayal_of_customer_trust/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1akvji7/samsung_care_technician_cuts_tv_in_order_to_void/ https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1ajfxba/samsung_repair_tech_caught_slicing_guys_tv_screen/
  14. I feel so sorry to mention this, though the amount of money involved wouldn't be THAT much of an indicator anymore https://www.productmagazine.co.uk/books/you-are-the-product/ For instance, this 77" TV should cost around $3,500 https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled77g3pua-oled-4k-tv Let's start watching around the 00:11:37 mark, basically it's all about being watched by the TV rather than the other way around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAaSXz8CBMc&t=11m37s In other words, he's getting really sick and tired of all that "surveillance on steroids" so to speak. No wonder he's gotta pay for a whole stack of 20TB hard drives so that having 160TB of local storage would allow him to disable all network connections on his LG TV. Other than that, dunno what this is supposed to mean at all but IMHO here's yet another "nice" thing to know https://archive.today/enIsv https://theintercept.com/2017/03/07/wikileaks-dump-shows-cia-could-turn-smart-tvs-into-listening-devices/ https://www.facebook.com/tunnelbear/posts/privacypsa-whos-watching-who-via-httpstheinterceptcom20170307wikileaks-dump-show/1387119304692938 As always let's play dumb for a sec here, what's the big deal when we've got nothing to hide at all? That sounds about right, in a sense that (almost) nothing in our daily lives could be hidden from anyone these days. What about paying the richest guy on Earth? $74,990 for Model S and $48,990 for Model Y respectively https://www.tesla.com/compare No matter how much we're willing to pay, somehow we still have NO say? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/teslas-privacy-nightmare-from-cameras-courtrooms-spy-د-ريم-العطاس Finally why don't we open yet another can of worms simply because it's "so much fun" to do so? https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/ Recently there's this full committee hearing https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/protecting-children-online https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/tech/social-media-regulation-bipartisan-support/index.html Let's just wait and see if that were genuinely getting anywhere then, just try not to hold our breath IMHO. At the end of day, we could pay tens of thousands / several thousands / hundreds of dollars but still have no privacy. And then we also have no privacy whenever we're paying nothing whatsoever. Simply put, it's all about "Planting the Trojan Horse" here and there by doing whatever it takes to lure us right in. None of their products and services would even matter, given the fact that their business model should rely on harvesting human experience as free raw material while monetizing the heck outta that.
  15. Finally found a little something that managed to beat Roon to the punch https://archimago.blogspot.com/2023/12/do-bit-perfect-digital-sources-affect.html?showComment=1701603544262#c3288308245187547991 And then this one also seemed to be interesting https://forums.slimdevices.com/forum/user-forums/mysqueezebox-com/1670427-bubbleupnp-tidal-into-lms-upnp-renderer-sounds-better-compared-to-tidal-in-lms?p=1671496#post1671496 Here's the registry location where a list of CBS (Component Based Servicing) packages are listed [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages] I wouldn't really install it myself due to security-related reasons, therefore I only extracted the registry file from Windows X-Lite 'Atomic 11' v2 by FBConan (1.1GB ISO image) C:\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE There were 770 CBS packages https://pastebin.com/HiGge92c Here's the latest version of Windows Validation OS https://software-static.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/988969d5-f34g-4e03-ac9d-1f9786c66749/22621.1702.230501-1115.ni_release_svc_prod1_amd64fre_en-us_VALIDATIONOS.iso I was getting 528 CBS packages https://pastebin.com/ymeJppPC Finally I did the same thing for Win11PE as well https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/5/525dcde0-c7b8-487a-894d-0952775a78c7/adkwinpeaddons/Installers/a6296c5a6eec9ca02b431ed0461b952d.cab 430 CBS packages were found https://pastebin.com/ckMANLny IMHO all of them would be considered a far cry from any kinda "full blown" flavors of Windows out there. For instance, this particular 3.5GB ISO image (Windows Server Annual Channel for Containers) should be relatively small when compared to anything else https://software-static.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/888969d5-f34g-4e03-ac9d-1f9786c66749/25398.469.231004-1141.zn_release_svc_refresh_SERVERAZURESTACKHCICOR_OEMRET_x64FRE_en-us.iso Grand total was 2,991 CBS packages and Pastebin actually told me that exceeded the maximum paste size of 512KB, therefore I had to try a different site instead https://sharetext.me/bjtwvstdxu
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