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  1. Interested in the Onyx. Is the special offer from Metrum Acoustic? What was the discount and code?
  2. I wouldn't expect large price drops in OLED. LG is the only manufacturer of the OLED display - they sell to Sony the display. Great picture, would love to own one, but still too expensive for me.
  3. Superdad - Do you have a proposed date for the LPS-1 to go on sale?
  4. Is the 91 TDP for the CPU a mean or average and not necessarily the most heat it can create? under heavy load I thought the heat generated could increase, I may be wrong , but the graphics cards 160 w+ ( depends on what you use - this is a NVidia 960 w/2GB example. who knows how much power the new Pascal architecture cards need, the 1080 fpr example - which is what I will get ), vid cards are the heaviest power users , I used Ted's example and ordered the parts for a tower w/ fans as it was going to be in the bedroom and the mR & Dac would be in the listening room. Couldn't find a good fanless solution & reviews of excessive heat from Larry's 300 watt PS didn't seem to be what I needed ( My HD Plex 100 PS does run quite hot ) . Build will begin this week
  5. Has anyone been successfull with DLNA and a NAD M51 Dac using J River as the player ? I'm in the process of rebuilding a computer and won't have a chance to try for a few days, but as the NAD M51 has issues with mR, I was wondering if anyone had tried this setup and got it to work
  6. + 1, Awesome as a rookie builder having someone else lead the way really makes a significant difference - thanks for showing me a way to the finish line...
  7. Thanks for the reply Solstice, smallest I could go on the MB would be micro ATX as the pci-e cards are currently needed, could remove the vid card and use onboard vid instead, I have a HD-Plex linear PSU w/ 250 internal power supply which I plan on using, don't know if the 6700K is worth the extra power for HQP number crunching, tradeoff is extra heat. Streamcon & HD Plex cases have one large ATX size each and are 3-4x the cost of a Silverstone GD10- how much noise do fans create when you set them up to run at 50%? Is fan noise a major contributor to inferior sound reproduction? Last but not least, the Sonore mRendu may make the HQP playing computer noise elimination process irrelevant according to some and having fans in the control PC may not be an issue at all, won't really know until the mRendu has been sold and users/reviewers start commenting
  8. I am looking to build a computer for HQP and roon as well - would prefer to keep it fanless - not sure if the 65W i7 6700 would be the best or the 6700T but the T's speed is less and its runs cooler. I use three PCI express cards - Asus Xonar Essence STX audio card, PP usb 2 & and an old NVidia geforce 210 vid card. May add a fourth for a digital fiber network card for the drobo server- not finding fanless cases that accommodate 4 cards, maybe i need to look harder I like the ASUS Tuf boards with the 5 year warranty & low latency ram & SSD's is what I'm thinking about . This will also have a Micro rendu added as a NAA once its 4 sale- As I'm new to building, not sure what I'm missing in this equation.
  9. Really liked this jam session with personal favorites "Things gotta get better in a little while" & "Why does love have to be so sad"
  10. Which red sata cable is it that you ae selling as there are 2 that Paul Pang sells - this one or the other slim one?
  11. The Velcro solution worked well and holds it firmly in place, thanks for the help, still no luck with the PS which I think may be dead and have sent Larry a request to replace it , so still in a holding pattern. and as a side note the ATX felt like it was glued into place and was never coming out as you indicated Eurodriver.
  12. Making progress with HDPlex, except I don't have a way to secure the 250 watt power supply to the case that i can see, looking for suggestions as the newbie is working on his first computer rebuild.
  13. Just received my HDPlex LPS, and I'm concerned that my skill level at modifying the power supply may be inadequate - I have a Dell XPS 8300 desktop, on the motherboard - I see the 4 pin power connector not far from the CPU & the 24 pin ATX connector but the PCI-e plug in & the CPU power plug in are not positively located, will I do any damage to the motherboard if the CPU power line / or PCI-e isn't connected? I'm willing to listen & learn but I know my lack of computer power info could mean possibly frying the motherboard, which is never a good idea. Really want to hear the difference that everyone talks about with cleaner better power and its big impact on the clarity of the music. Any help would be appreciated.
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