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In Reply to: RE: Quality control of computer parts for audio can result in significant sonic difference posted by audiozorro on July 02, 2012 at 11:13:34
It may be worth you while to get rid of all those features that are not necessary; there are just far too many services running with that OS.
Implement all the SSD configuration recommendations (see OCZ forum even though you have no SSD) and disable unused services.
You may find quite a difference.
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I know many people aready are aware of and us Blackvipers web site on slimming services.
http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-vista-service-pack-2-service-configurations/
For sure, getting rid of all the bloat-ware and removing unneeded programs is essential.
Dynobots Audio
Music is the Bridge between Heaven and Earth - 音楽は天国と地球のかけ橋
My next step (when I'm not pursuing some other aspect of this or some other hobby) is to install XP so the only difference between the seemingly identical computers will be the different Gigabyte motherboards.
If I can't get a sonic match, I may ditch the motherboard for whatever is currently produced and recommended on the cMP website.
I've heard wonderful SQ from Vista. Who knows how many variables there are but OS-wise it's crucial to set the Vista default sample rate to match your source, other things like power management settings and such also are audible but from my experience the default rate is the most important.
Just a thought...
Rick
OEM Vista Ult installs are aweful, full of gimmicks.
By slimming my son's Dell laptop, I was able to transorm it from a pain-in-the-xx to a responsive computer.
My version, Vista: Vista lite or Vista anorexic or something like that is probably the best then as it's the one that came with the computer almost as an advertisement for the one that they hope that you will "upgrade" to. Guess sometimes cheap is good...
Rick
I have also found this to be the most responsive version and on the same hardware and players, sounds better than Ultimate!
I can remove the 2GB Ram limit and get it working on 4G. At idle RAM use is 200MB lower.
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