Dennis Graves

I do have JPlay set to the max of 2GB. As high res files get bigger, this issue will become more of a concern for CAPS2. Perhaps its time for a much bigger capacity CAPS3, with a better power supply.

I should note that the problem of hangup after a track is played under kernel streaming does not exist when I use JPlay plugin to JRiver (with JPLay running in kernel streaming). Doesn't that indicate that the problem is with JRiver and not with the audio output device or hardware ?

With larger files (eg, high res long symphony movement), I sometimes get an insufficient memory notice. I would like to have 8 or 16GB with my server. Is there any way to get this with CAPS2?

I posted the following to the JRiver forum: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I have version 17.0.165. Running under Kernel Streaming, when I try to play a playlist consisting of the 4 movements of a symphony or quartet, JRiver stops after each first track (movement) and I see a "waiting" message. That defeats the purpose of a playlist. If I switch to Wasapi Event, the problem does not exist. This is the same problem I noted in a previous post 2 or 3 months ago. (I thought it would be corrected by now with new versions.) Your prior response was "just run WAsapi as it sounds the same". But that is simply not the case. YOU may not hear a difference with your test system (especially playing rock or pop or jazz), but everyone I know who has a really highly resolving system and plays classical hears a difference: Kernel STreaming is better. Is there a fix for this problem??" I received the following reply: "You have a hardware or driver issue. You might talk to the manufacturer of your hardware. Feel free to give them our contact information (I'm matt at jriver). However, if you use gapless or cross-fading, the output side doesn't even know about track transitions so there's no reason they would stall. You might try that." I have a CAPS2 server. I tried the suggested workaround but that did not solve the problem. The Big Question: Does a CAPS 2 hardware or software (driver) issue prevent the maximizing of computer audio under CAPS2 and JRiver? Chris, can you shed some light on this? Perhaps contacting Matt at JRiver? CAPS2 with JRiver running Kernel Streaming allows computer audio to reach its real potential. Anything less does not and is not nearly as musically satisfying to those with high resolution systems who listen to classical. Thanks. Matt Administrator Citizen of the Universe Posts: 23125 Sorry about your shoes. Re: Playlist stops after first track with Kernel Streaming « Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 01:54:59 pm » Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have a hardware or driver issue. You might talk to the manufacturer of your hardware. Feel free to give them our contact information (I'm matt at jriver). However, if you use gapless or cross-fading, the output side doesn't even know about track transitions so there's no reason they would stall. You might try that. You have a hardware or driver issue. You might talk to the manufacturer of your hardware. Feel free to give them our contact information (I'm matt at jriver). However, if you use gapless or cross-fading, the output side doesn't even know about track transitions so there's no reason they would stall. You might try that.

I have just become aware of the Nova Physics Group Memory Player. The concepts on their website indicate that they may really have something different -- and potentially better -- than anyone else. They produced their first memory player circa 2006 and now have a new version. Has anyone tried their product in a highly resolving high end system? Pros and cons? When something sounds to good to be true, I guess I am always left to wonder whether in fact it is to good to be true. I realize it is a bit expensive, but if indeed it does what they say and does it so well, why hasn't it taken over the world of high end audio?

This is an interesting discussion, but for us non-technical people, could someone please provide the bottom line re optimizing sound quality with my CAPS2. For most playback, I use JRiver, with DSP studio settings at 88KHZ for 44 KHZ source files and "no change" for higher sample rates. Bit rate is source bit rate or 24 bit. I use Kernel Streaming mode. When I use the JPlay plugin it is usually in hibernation mode, as that is the purest sound I have yet found. As to JRiver: When using JRiver 17 I have checked the "play from memory" box. I also have disabled page file in Win 7 -- based upon someone's recommendation. Should I be doing something in Win 7 to set page file size in order to optimize JRiver 17 sound quality? If so, what page size? As to JPlay: When using the JPlay plugin to JRiver, it is my understanding that the DSP studio functions(and much else of JRiver) are "short circuited" and do not function. To optimize the JPlay plugin, what should the Win 7 page file settings be? Thanks.

This is the URL for the dPlay software: http://www.cicsmemoryplayer.com/index.php?n=CPlay.Download The specs are hard for me to interpret. Can cPlay work on a CAPS2????????? Has anyone tried it? How does it compare to JPlay?? Thanks.

Some very basic questions: Is Jremote software that runs on CAPS2 to allow you to connect remotely (wirelessly)and control CAPS2 with a laptop? If so, how does it differ from the Win 7 remote control function, which allows you to sit across the room and take over the monitor on your CAPS?

The WW platinum, like most high end cables, does need substantial burn in time. I found it significantly better than the WW starlight in my system.

Hi Chris, Thanks for the info. I have had a lot of trouble with eSata external drives, but I think I may have found the source of the trouble. It seems you cannot "hotplug" an eSata drive. You have to connect and power up the eSata drive before starting the computer. Are you saying the eSata is better for an external drive because it provides better sound with CAPS2 or because it is simply faster than a USB connection? If the latter, I am not too concerned as I have not had a problem with delays in processing with CAPS2 and either JRiver or JPlay. Thanks. Dennis

Murray, I have both JRiver and JPlay on a CAPS2, with a high resolution system. On my system, JPlay is a quantum leap forward -- considerably better than JRiver. Dennis

I have a CAPS2 with the SotM USB card. The SotM card has two USB ports. In addition, the CAPS2 motherboard has several USB ports. As I understand it, the intent of the SotM USB card is to significantly enhance sound quality when used to output to a DAC (or, in my case, a Berkeley Audio Design USB Converter which then goes to a Berkeley Adio Design Alpha DAC). I store my music files on an external 2TB hard drive, which I have been connectiong to the CAPS2 via a motherboard USB port. My questions: 1) would you expect a sonic benefit by connecting the external hard drive to the CAPS2 via the second USB port on the SotM card (rather than connecting to a USB port on the motherboard)? 2) Are there any disadvantages to such a connection, such as introducing sound from the external hard drive into the SotM card? 3) Do you think I am now introducing noise from the external hard drive into the CAPS2 by virtue of connecting via a motherboard USB port? 4) If so, is there any type of filter (or other solution) to eliminate or lessen such noise? Thanks very much. Dennis

I have a CAPS2 server, and had been using JRiver. Once thoroughly tweaked, JRiver can sound quite good. Actually, better than my quality transport. BUT, I have had a lot of problems with JRiver -- it is a complex program, which does a lot, but periodically does terrible things to my files. Frankly, I just don't think I can get JRiver to operate in a way that will maintain the composer, type, piece organization that I need. Enter JPlay: a simple, easy to use program that does not have the bells and whistles of JRiver and other programs. It has no GUI. It is just for playing music. While everything is "system dependent", in my highly resolving system I can unequivocally state that JPlay allows me to achieve sound that is better than anything I have heard outside a concert hall. If your system is not as resolving as mine, the difference may not be as great, but I expect you may still find JPlay to be better than anything else you have heard in high end audio. In short, JPlay should be a quantum leap forward for most who have quality systems, especially if they listen to classical music. Violins are the backbone of classical music and, invariably, seem to be the most difficult instruments to get right, especially when full string sections are playing in the high range at loud volumes. Classical listeners need a player that can accurately reproduce such violin passages and, in my system, JPlay does so with a clarity and beauty that I had not thought possible. Moreover, the mids and lower end of the spectrum (eg, cellos and basses) are reproduced with a richness, timber and beauty that is not approached by anything else I have heard. I will provide more detailed information in a future post, giving an in-depth review of some very difficult pieces and explaining how JPlay makes them highly listenable when no other player has been able to do so (eg, Shostakovich 8th Symphony). In my system, JPlay is good enough that I am no longer considering buying that $20,000 transport. Incidentally, I should state for the record that I have no financial interest or other connection to JPlay. In fact, I did not know the program existed until I read about it in a CA post a week ago. Fortunately, I tried the trial version and decided to buy it within 5 minutes. The best $125 I have spent in my entire audio history.

Mani, I have noted in another post that the large and apparently better quality power converter that came with my Origen case does not work. From what others have said, that is because of the power demands of the SotM USB card. I also noted that, to my surprise, using different power cords to the power converter makes a noticeable difference. (I now use a Dynamic Design Spirit C power cord to the power converter.) I am very interested in your comments on a high quality linear power supply, although I must confess I don't know what "linear" means in this context. A basic question: is the power supply you talk about something that would replace the $10 power converters that we ordered using Chris' specs for CAPS2 or is it the internal power supply inside the Origen case? Please do let us know how the Paul Hynes power supply works out, as I would like to get one if it improves the CAPS2 sound. Thanks. Dennis

I keep seeing the term "headless" used with respect to CAPS. For those who don't have a background in tech slang, what exactly is meant by headless???????????