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In Reply to: OK Asylum Hard Drive Server owners: Post posted by davehg on October 17, 2004 at 11:19:11:
Been waiting for this forum for months - didn't think it was going to happen but here it is - thank you asylum!I like my computer-based storage/playback system but I have to admit my last few weeks have been spent in the vinyl realm as I just scored a new TT.
Server - Nothing special at all here. An old Compaq Pentium II with a 40GB and 120GB hard drive, Windows 2003 Server, 128MB memory. My entire CD collection - 200+ CDs - is stored on the 120GB using FLAC and APE w/ room to spare. I think it's crucial to separate the server from the PC used as the player because of noise. I know its possible to build a silent PC but I was trying to do this the best I could on the cheap. The big advantage is that I can use the client system on any rig in my house - or outside - and have access to my entire CD collection - no cords, no cables, and IR remote control.
Client - IBM Thinkpad P3 w/ 15" screen. Music is streamed from server to client via 802.11G wireless. Experimented with built-in audio (headphone jack, no line out), Creative Labs Sound Blaster MP3 USB and Sonique USB (forget the name, the little blue box) - Sonique is clearly the best (and it's begging for some mods) followed by the headphone jack on the ThinkPad - creative is a very distant 3rd - thin and lifeless. No DAC as of yet - eventually I'd like to try a non-OS DAC ala TDA1541, etc. Cheapie Creative Labs infrared remote module plugged into COM port - using a remote control from an old DVD player to control the whole thing from about 10' away. Girder for IR support. Running MyHTPC software for UI and Winamp as a player. MyHTPC is about the best I found but unfortunately I don't think it's available anymore for free and it's still not without it's quirks.
Rest of the system - Alternate between HK Citation V, Dynaco ST-70, pair of modified heathkit EA-3, Channelmaster 6BQ5 integrated, and 2A3 SET - Loftin-White Fi-Primer circuit. Behringer Ultracurve DSP8024. Dynaco PAS 3X and a 12AU7 preamp of my own design. My own speakers, ~ 97db/1W, JBL 2226H in 5 cu. ft. box, Renkus-Heinz CD horn lenses, Emilar compression drivers, 800hz 2nd order crossover.
-jd
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