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Re: I'm so out of touch with the latest technologies

Hey Kurt,

I feel your pain. WHile I am competent on the computer front, I am not a genius there, and would never never never buy a 1st addition of a microsoft OS. I won't adopt it until service pack 2 shows up. I was given a mediacenter pc (1st edition) and it crashes all the time...not going that route again.

The really cool thing about a music computer is that the hardware needs are very basic. ALl this thing is going to do is run a few audio programs, and that is it. Hell, mine is not even connected to the web...it just plays music.

FWIW, Gordon Rankin of Wavelength audio has a really easy solution. BUy a mac and his usb Dac. Macs are easy to use and set up, and his Brick or Crimson has gotten great reviews. I Tunes is very easy to use they say, and you don't have any of that PC complication. I mention this because Gordon is a tube guy too, and routinely runs his pc system into highend tubes and efficient speakers.

Or you could buy a mac and use your EE skills to build a usb dac as there are kits available.

Or, here are some links to a few other products where all the heavy lifting has been done by someone else and all the benenfits of a pc based system can be realized without having to go to college:

http://www.vrsaudiosystems.com/
http://www.zerooneaudio.com/product_Ti48.htm
http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/
http://www.empiricalaudio.com/frComputer_Audio.html

Hell, if a ba in philosophy can make a pc based system, an ee is a shoe in. ALso, here is a post you might enjoy:

http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/19055.html


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