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Posted on February 3, 2017 at 18:10:33 | ||
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Better off with a NAS in another room. (NT), posted on February 3, 2017 at 18:18:45 | |
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RE: Quiet storage, posted on February 3, 2017 at 18:33:54 | |
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2.5" drives typically used in laptops are very quiet. Unless you put your ear right up to them you are not likely to hear them at your listening position. An external USB drive that uses 2.5" HDD technology will work great and cost very little. USB SSD's will be totally quiet but at that capacity they can be rather pricey. The other option is a NAS in another room but now you have another device on the network that needs to be managed. No big deal but it's not quite as straight forward as plugging in a USB drive. Seagate 2TB USB HDD on Amazon Samsung 2TB USB 3.1 SSD with USB adapter cable on Amazon. This one is about $750. They have a smaller capacity version at 1TB for about $400.
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Your sonicTransporter is basically a music-only NAS, posted on February 4, 2017 at 06:14:24 | |
So why not just move it into another room? |
No, it's a player!, posted on February 4, 2017 at 06:30:48 | |
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I connect it directly to my DAC and run Roon. |
RE: What product do you own exactly?, posted on February 6, 2017 at 08:59:01 | |
Here is where I saw it: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/what-do-you-use-on-a-sonictransporter-usb-3-0-connection/16732/11 And also here: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/inputs-outputs-on-the-sonictransporter-i5/17831/2 See here for their recommended setups: https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/pages/what-do-i-need |
Thanks!! , posted on February 6, 2017 at 12:24:45 | |
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Interesting indeed! -nt, posted on February 7, 2017 at 14:55:24 | |
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That pretty much sums it up. Done! Thanks - nt, posted on February 8, 2017 at 09:04:13 | |
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