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Re: Example for the Configuration of an Audio PC

Posted by Urs (A) on October 25, 2004 at 01:10:41

In Reply to: Re: Example for the Configuration of an Audio PC posted by Lynn on October 24, 2004 at 19:51:49:

Thanks for the interest. Yes, it sounds fantastic!

1. No there are absolutely no drawbacks caused by the length of the firewire cable. RME has tested cable length up to 10m. Basically this can be considered as a network connection.

2. The T41p has a P4 1.7GHz Mobile CPU

3. During playback with Winamp the CPU usage is around 5-6%. It's even less with foobar (3%)

4. Arguments for FLAC:
An APE file is a few percent smaller than the corresponding FLAC file (which is its only advantage). On the other side it really uses more CPU ressources during playback (about twice as much, if I remember correctly).
You cannot apply "replay gain" to an APE file. That's a big disadvantage in my oppinion.

5. Why foobar2000 and Winamp over any other Jukebox software:
These are my requirements (which are not met by other Jukebox software):
- encode/decode FLAC
- apply replay gain
- use ASIO output
- easily convert to any compressed file format (mp3 for iPod). You can do this with foobars diskwriter plug-in (which then calls lame.exe)
- remote usage of the Jukebox software from a handheld.

Urs

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