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In Reply to: RE: Most important component for a music server system posted by bryan on November 02, 2009 at 16:38:44
For me, going analog out from the PC with a 1212m, the most important thing would have to be the power quality - dedicated circuit for the PC, nice beefy power cable (10ga or bigger), low ripple PC power supply. Power supply quality is also important for low jitter with digital out to a DAC, but I can't really speak to that from experience. I just know I have nice low jitter with the 1212m DAC now that I have a sweet power set up for the PC.
Finally, make sure hard drives, fans, and CD/DVD drives are powered from a different circuit than the PC. I'm running with no fan on the CPU directly (just a Zalman HSF, heatsink only), but I get incredibly good cooling by attaching a quiet Nexus fan to the rear of the case and powering it externally. I also power the Bluray drive externally.
If you use a pro audio card with only 1/4" analog out, I can highly recommend the Mogami Gold 1/4" to RCA cables - huge bang for the buck.
Enjoy the music server journey!
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