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In Reply to: RE: Nonsense. posted by Kal Rubinson on December 22, 2016 at 08:18:07
The server is always on? I turn off my system when I'm not listening. How long does it take from boot strap to music playing?
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Just fyi, it's better to leave a computer on than to cycle it on and off. One of the biggest problems with computer circuitry is heating and cooling over and over and over. (Ditto for audio electronics.) In fact, it's actually a reliability test used by chip manufacturers.
Get a good surge protector and leave the 'puter on except when you're on vacation or during a storm.
:)
The server is a single task computer and, like the rest of the music system, it is always on when we are home. When I do boot them up, I push the power button on the server first, so that after I do the same for the preamp and power amps, it is ready to play.
Using a server is a no brainer if looking for convenience and storage , as far as sonics , IMO CD's sound best on a CD player , no server based system i have ever heard ( $$$$) when playing back CD material sounded better than a good CD player of equivalent expenditure..So i have both one for when i want to just run a playlist and the CD player when i want to spin some disc , as well as a TT and a RR and a Tuner when i want my local jazz station to entertain and a DAT recorder for doing my own recordings ...and ...
Ok , Ok , i admit it , I wont throw out anything .... :)
Edits: 12/23/16
I play a range of digital formats with my server including movies. Across four different systems.
Hi, When the sun spots or gamma ray bursts or Godzilla brings down the web we'll still have a cd to hold in our hands. If you think of it in a money sense it's like having the old (physical) bank passbook to show as proof if something bad happens.....my 1988 560 Magnavox cd player is still working great too...made in Belgium....Mark Korda
I still own a couple of players and I have my discs boxed up in the basement. I just don't use them any more.
"Using a server is a no brainer if looking for convenience and storage , as far as sonics , IMO CD's sound best on a CD player , no server based system i have ever heard ( $$$$) when playing back CD material sounded better than a good CD player of equivalent expenditure.."
I disagree but that is only partly due to my preference for > CD resolution and for > CD number of channels.
Thanks Kal. I remember going into the record shop and there was some old dude way in the back flipping through the 78rpm records. I guess I'm that guy now with my CDs?
My server has two jobs ... to serve music or media files when I'm home, or to operate and record security cams when I'm not. Uptime is measured in years, not hours.
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