some more listening tests i suggest: * different SATA cables for your hard drive * different versions of CPUs on your media server * Different RAM on your media server * different vendors chipsets * onboard versus USB hubs * SSD versus Spinning Disk
so many things can make a difference way before you even hit that high end USB cable! to me SSDs sound too digital, the rotating nature of a classic hard drive naturally is able to deliver on a more analogue sound, since it resembles a turntable! wish i could upgrade the reading heads on the hard drive some! i have put a dried avocado pit on a drive and it decisively improved sound. versus the SSD and pitless HD i got an extra analogue dimension. maybe the ants helped, too. i have an upcoming review on different eSATA cables, suffice to say i have come up with my own audiophile line of cables to address this flawed element where digital audiophiles still fall prey to the pitfalls of cheap standard cables! ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> MusicalFidelity M1PWR -> Totem DreamCatcher Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
