Started Digital journey for some time (
Beginner ,
Still Beginner ) . Already had CAPS v3 topanga , running jriver and Bughead from it. Now moving to something higher , in general this be an ongoing journey , not sure destination is intended.
First :Get a audio PC . Fanless , faster the better , dual sided ram for Hqplayer and can be powered by HDPlex linear power supply. After lot of searching i was able to get a good deal on an
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i7 4500u PC •
16gb DDr3 RAM .
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128gb SSD .
• Power is supplied by
HDPlex 100W linear power supply the PC and SSD.
As this is my Baseline PC. First Phase this will be configured as Single PC , this will connect to another PC which has 5TB hdd shared as music. Again the other pc in First phase only job is to act as a NAS server nothing more. Eventually we will get to dual PC ,Jplay and AO.
Also as this is digital the network is also important, currently the NAS is connected to a switch which has a wireless router acting as Accesspoint and Audio PC is connected to wireless bridge. We will be moving towards a Fiber optic network down the line.
Before going into what i plan to do, it would be good to know what my system would be . I currently have PureDAC from BMC, this goes to EAR 868 preamp into EAR 890 amp and finally to Omega 3 Alnico(internally wired with expensive furutech cable ) with dual subwoofer on skylark stand. Sound from my earlier CAPS was amazing .
Every time i make a change i plan to listen couple of songs. Some of them are
Coal Train First time i saw your face Will keep on adding. With every change i will try to tell what i felt. Hopefully i can be clear . If you like something specific in some song please share.
Phase 1 :
Basic:
• Install windows 10 on 60gb partition . Install Bughead and connect Pure dac and listen for some time.
• Changes/addition :
MX-U8 heard it makes an amazing upgrade . Should be delivered by Aug End.
Tweaks :
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Put 3M 5050 Should help in EMI reduction. Inspired by
EMI reduction .
• Sata cable shielding :
For Reference .
• Lan cable to be changed from Cat 5 to Cat7.
• Sata Drive Filtering :
SATA Filter .
Again this a journey and i have no set destination, so this is just place i want to write down what i found that works for me or not.
Thanks
V