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In Reply to: RE: About time posted by fmak on June 16, 2016 at 09:15:26
"The issue has not been whether he wanted to go his own way but the inability to accept that there are other approaches (to me more measured)bar very expensive dedicated PCs such as the Total DAC system etc."
There is no issue. I don't have an inability to accept other approaches. Never have, but computers are needed to evaluate many of the components I review. I like to use stock computers that everyone has access to as opposed to a customized setup.
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''The Syrah Server
The dedicated server has a number of technical advantages over the use of a multi-purpose computer. By eliminating the many background process that are unnecessary for music reproduction, superior music reproduction can be obtained.
I asked Andres to comment why he felt Playback Designs needed to introduce a dedicated server to advance playback capabilities of the products in his new Sonoma Series:
"A computer is general purpose and therefore needs all the facilities, storage, bandwidth, memory, CPU speed etc. to perform and unimaginable amount of tasks that the user may ask for. If all we want to do is play audio files and load them into the system, then we can minimize the system dramatically, down to a point where there won't be a need for a cooling fan, and where the CPU is not busy servicing unnecessary tasks etc. The system becomes small, cool, quiet and less taxiing on the CPU. These are all features that have an effect ultimately on the sound quality.''
Some of us have been saying this for years, even well before cMP. You can actually strip down a $200 4 core fanless PC running from a linear supply without spending more than $500. The process is not difficult but yields vastly improved sound quality over an overloaded though powerful PC.
Equally some inmates have consistently rejected this idea and have gone for 'Ultimate Pro' types of PCs with 16G Ram loaded with multple' optimising' software and hardware.
"I like to use stock computers that everyone has access to as opposed to a customized setup."
As a reviewer, of course you do. Otherwise any comparisons you make would be meaningless to your readers.
We understand that.
Fred?
Not so much it seems. :-(
When you take an OS, loads 3 lots of 'optimisation' software to get the 'right' SQ, you end up with a grey puddle. This is more so if you 'update' your OS and optimisation software constantly so that there is no reference point wrt to which is better than what. Add on top your cables, your thousands worth of other audio improvement hardware, and you end up with just one, very customised system that can only apply across a narrow range of setup conditions.
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