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In Reply to: RE: Have you compared a lot of PC mainboards with posted by Sordidman on April 23, 2014 at 12:43:37
"both other PC mainboards, and the boards in CD players & DACs?
They are very different."
Are you talking about actual CD players, or Hard Drive, Streamer type players?
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Very different mainboard animals, - obviously, - from PCs.....
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"Very different mainboard animals, - obviously, - from PCs..... "
Depends what you mean... More similar than you think, depending what you are comparing it to. If you are saying the desktop or notebook you purchase from the big box store, yes different.
But when you look inside, an Intel or ARM board with a BIOS running an OS. Yes reduced instructions, and running generally one application, but they are very similar to what many of us are using. Just not in one box.
When did "one box" become an important consideration for an audiophile???
I am saying two things, - (perhaps not so clearly).
1. That an audio only device's mainboard will be very different because it will not have bus slots for cards, USB ports, video ports, huge processor, and RAM DIMM slots. Many of these audio only boxes do have small circuit boards, but overall, set up with damping materials, better, (sometimes point to point wiring, tubes, etc).
2. There's a difference between what I think is good, and what is available: starting with the HD, - which also shouldn't be included. Separating the power supply(s)from the DACs are/should be a good thing.
Cheers,
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For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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