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  1. Nope, sorry. But I bet that this card and other upcoming entries in the usb audio realm will raise pc performances at the same level of sotm and urendu.
  2. Same as Elberoth I made more than one change, I went from the old to the new card and I added the usb isolator. The old one was not powered, now it is js-2 powered (the rest of pc by hdplex). So take it with a grain of salt if I confirm more smoothness, less digital and clearer sound. Still need more days to finish burn-in according to Marcin. I'm using 1607 + updates of windows 10. The change has been so dramatic that at first I thought the sound was too much smoothed, but again I made other changes (cables, js-2, ifi dc purifier on ssd, jcat usb isolator, new plugs and better organized AC main) and less than 100 hours of usage.
  3. What kind of cables are those for atx? Are they shielded or just sleeved?
  4. Yes exactly, but I will wait for a final version. If you go with the previews I think you have to uninstall and reinstall for every new version.
  5. No problem NAIDIVER, nothing to be forgive for :) Anyway, do you think win server is better that win 10? Previews of win server 2016 are out, did you try it? Someone says it combines the audio qualities of win10 and server2012.
  6. Thank you NAIDIVER, very welcome advice although I knew these things and I still have to try different cpu and ram values (very system dependant). Anyway my loudspeakers sound good now, they were harsh and dry just out of the box (one year ago), I told you because of your friend's dissatisfaction, maybe his louspeakers have to finish breaking-in.
  7. Mine weren't sounding great out of the box, they were harsh and dry. Can't be 100% sure but I recall it took them one week to open-up (24h a day playing loud continuosly some test-cds). Probably smaller drivers on yours don't need too much time to get fully working. I use diy mogami xlr/neutrik and diy belden power cords, ATC says they are insensitive to expensive hifi cables (I never tried anyway, I would like to try some good power cords). I have a sotm dac/pre, not the best dac in the world but I bought it used, so great value for the price and the features (I can use it in passtrough mode when I listen to multichannel). It smoothens (just a bit) higher and lower frequencies (I don't know if it is in the dac or in the pre section though, I always used it as dac/pre) wide soundstage but not very deep to my ears and in my listening room. I have also a pc in a streacom fanless case, with a hdplex feeding ssd, mainboard and jcat pcie card separately; it is connected to dac with a curious cable. I've just shielded cables in it but I'm going to add an Uptone Js-2, a better sata cable, sotm eabs, jcat/intona usb isolator, and some other tweaks. Music is on a qnap nas hs-210 on my lan (modem router asus ac-68u, netgear switch lps powered), I'm considering a lan-optical adapter but I feel it's like putting a small iron door to a nuclear plant (a non sense) :D Anyway I feel that the biggest improvement would be buying an ac regenerator, I probably will but they are expensive :(
  8. Nice, I couldn't remember ATC int.amp and pre have sub out, it's not a common feature.
  9. I'm glad you like it, there are not many "monitor sound" lovers out there, sometimes I wonder if I am a fool :D I'm using the sub exactly like you, at a lower volume than ht, sometimes I feel the need of it sometimes not; my atcs have low and deep bass but to be honest the sub really adds something to whatever I'm listening to. Anyway, I was wondering how your sub and loudspeakers are interconnected. Are you using an electrical crossover or just a twin cable setting the internal subwoofer crossover?
  10. I love it :) I can remember and old topic of yours about your audio-pc where someone criticized you about b&ws. I can see you bought a pair of ATC. Nice choice, I have a pair of scm40 active and I can't find anything sounding "honest" like atc sound (in that price range). How do you crossover sub and loudspeakers? I have a jlaudio sub for home theater and sometime I use it for 2.0 too, but in a weird and suboptimal way.
  11. Hi Elberoth, did you make it work? Just wondering if you consider the microrendu solution better sounding than caps+jcat card, we have a similar setup, and for me it's hard to change it as I'm using dirac software.
  12. I was reading this thread earlier today, I have checked Pink Faun website for their clock few minutes ago and coincidentally I found this 07/30/2016 update: Pink Faun | High end audio Pink Faun Clock TCXO of OCXO | Pink Faun There is no english version of the site, nor of Triple M Audioshop site that is selling this clock for 390€. I can recall they had an ebay page in english but I can't find this item. Does anybody know anything about compatibility and other infos?
  13. Thank you for replying, very clear and "honest" Anyway since the thread has been started by AMR/Ifi (and I am relatively inexperienced in the CA field) I meant to ask primarily if it works, strictly speaking: does its led come on when the usb card is not powered? is there any filtering?
  14. As it's an active purifier would it work connected to a not-powered jcat usb card and to a dac that doesn't require 5v? Does it have some effect when the music server is fanless and lps powered?
  15. Did anyone try the regen with the sotm sdp-1000 dac?
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