Requesting Upgrade Advice for Dual PC Music Server

[PaulJL]

Hello--I've just assembled my first music server. It's a dual PC setup and I want to begin upgrading it and need some advice about the best ways to invest. This is the current config:

 

Asus H87 Plus MoBos in both machines

Fanless aluminum low profile PC chassis for both machines

Control PC: Windows 10 Pro, Intel i3 4130T 2.9 GHz, 8GB RAM

Audio PC: Windows Server 2012 R2, Intel Pentium G3220 3 GHz, 8GB RAM, 3 SSDs

M2 Tech HiFace USB adapter

Jplay, Audiophile Optimizer, Roon

Both machines use standard, mid quality PC power supplies

 

I'm mostly a vinyl listener and have a pretty high qulaity analog rig:

Jeff Rowland Coherence 2 Preamp

Jeff Rowland Model 301 mono blocks

Innersound Kaya electrostatic hybrid speakers

Pass Labs XP25 2-chassis phono

Esoteric D-03 DAC

High quality XLR and speaker cables

 

I think the best place to begin is upgraded power supplies and a new USB-DAC interface but I'd appreciate your advice. Please be as specific as possible with brands, models, etc.

 

Thank you,

 

Paul

[EuroChamp]

Hi Paul,

 

pretty nice config you have. (Why are there 3 SSD's in the audio pc?)

My recommendation for you would be, as you already wrote, the power supplies.

Mine are DIY, do you want to go this way? No?

 

Bernhard

[firedog]

My personal experience is that the PS makes a noticeable difference on the audio PC, not so much on the control/server PC in a 2 PC setup. So I'd put the big money in the audio PC PS.