Whoopee, back in the UK for a whole week, that means real hifi, vinyl, transporter instead of duet, and whopping great speakers instead of headphones.
I use a QNAP for a server, and I'm wired to and from the router (don't really want a wifi transceiver hovering above my pre-amp). The QNAP is in another room, with a large Dell desktop, which is also wired to the router. This room is on a different ring main to the hifi. So I'm sat listening to my TP wondering why sometimes it sounds good, but uninvolving, and at other times it sounds simply great. My mind is wandering because exactly then was one of the uninvolving times. Anyway I wander into the study to see how my spyware scan is doing, nothing found, and so the desktop is not required. I switch it off and go back to listening. Thing is, when I walk back into the room I'm staggered by the change in sound. Now the TP sounds great again. Clearly switching on and off the desktop affects the sound, and it's not subtle. Why on earth? I mean CAT5 is decoupled AFAIK. It's a different ring main, different room. BTW, I wasn't even looking for a change, or experimenting, I simply turned off the computer because I didn't need it running. I have no sensible explanation. All I know is I'll be making sure the desktop is off when I listen seriously in future. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49190 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
