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My QB-9 was manufactured past summer 2010 so original 192 KHz and not upgraded from 96 Khz to current specs. Sorry if this wasn't clear. Martin

Hi Claudius, I have the Ayre QB-9 24/192 (not upgraded) and live in Berlin also. If you couldn't solve your problem by changing the USB cable or fidling with your OS give me a note. I would be glad to help verifying if your Ayre is faulty or not... Grüße aus Schöneberg, Martin

Thanks for the replay ! what you said make sense because the CPU at my X31 went to about 50% using the EMU-0404. But I also use the non oversampling DAC around the TDA 1543 (design from Peter Daniel and a real pleasure to listen). In this case the CPU with the X31 is quite down but the sound is still bad. So I'm curious about that further more. I've ordered today 2GB RAM for the X31 to bring the notebook up to date and will see if things gonna better. I'll keep informed (if you want...) Martin

Hi Claudius, thanks for your comments. The XP is fresh installed, I have tested the USB (ok), HDD is connected via FW, disabled all unnecessary services. RAM is an issue and I will rise it to 2GB in the near future. But isn't this an issue of working/working not ? I'm really confused about this. I thought that in computer audio I didn't have to cultivate my 'audiophile-nerviness' any more but I'm obvious wrong.... Thanks, Martin

Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum and also new to computer based music at all. I'm listening to vinyl (Garrard 301) and CD (RA Opus 21) but thinking about doing it more consequent - vinyls for the haptics (and the better sound...) and all digital ripped (FLAC) on a 1TB HDD. First I used my main laptop (Thinkpad T60 / 1,8 GHz / 1GB RAM) with a HagTech USB - S/PDIF converter to feed the Opus 21 with really encouraged results. Next step was an EMU 0404 for 24/96 files and also a Audiosector USB-DAC for 16/44. Result wasn't as engaging as with the Resolution Audio with CD but even close. So I decided to buy an older Thinkpad X31 (1,3 GHz / 512 RAM) as an audioserver. All parameters are the same - XP SP3 / JRiver14 / ASIO / USB>EMU0404 but the X31 sounds really crap in comparison to the T61. There are no clicks or glitches but the sound is more compressed and less involving. How could this be ? Faster CPU and larger RAM is always a good idea but does it really matter for audio playback ? Any idea will be loved because I'm really frustrated at this point... Cheers from Berlin, Martin