In Reply to: 12v Computer Power Supply? posted by gusser on August 12, 2012 at 11:49:43:
Sorry to disappoint. We found circuit cards that were all 12v!They're just becoming available. Also, S/S Hard Drives have come down a lot in price lately-- so that's helpful..
We're using 3 separate 12V. supplies-- one for the Mother Board, One for the Processor, and one for the USB card. We had to look to find all 12v. stuff. It's out there!
I got started on this at RMAF where I thought another demo room sounded better than ours. They were using an Apple computer-- the entire thing was run on a 12V. auto battery.
My setup is newer, and it is a P.C. which is what I wanted so I could use Media Center the way I wanted to. The kind guys at Berkeley Audio Design and Al at Goodwin's High End steered me to the right implementations. I got a lot of help from Jeff Fox at Command Performance Audio-Visual..
I built a power supply for these things only because there are NO good ones that I can buy-- which is what I prefer-- I'd rather BUY!. Anyhow, the new P.S. is a real beauty.
I am using BAD's Alpha-DAC2, and their USB link with this system.
Audio drive is direct from the Alpha-DAC2 straight into my amps.
I also bring along my trusty Pioneer Blu-Ray player-- all 33 pounds of it. This was built as the top of the "Elite" Series. I liked the way-strong transport in it.
At shows, we will run the SPDIF output into the Berkeley Alpha-DAC2.
This performance is close to being as good as the computer. On musicals such as "Celtic Thunder", the sound is very, very good.
I did this once before-- even had the Plasma Panel at Denver. No computer, and only Pioneer DVD players. Today, those are unlistenable.
I could show up with a Turntable one of these days, but although I have good tables, tonearms, cartridges and wiring, I find ALL Phono stages that can be bought-- really, really bad, and linestages even worse.
A guy could spend $150,000.00 on L.P. playback and still not get there.
Vinyl freaks! You need some PREAMPS!
I would have to build one. Until I do, the computer is King.
---Dennis---
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- RE: 12v Computer Power Supply? - tube wrangler 20:56:31 08/12/12 (1)
- RE: 12v Computer Power Supply? - gusser 10:11:32 08/13/12 (0)