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1: Computer Audio Asylum, changing direction (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-09-10, 13:49:32 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Guys, After almost 6 years of AOB and cmp(2) i decided to take another route and would like to thank you all for all i've learned. Like Walter i changed from PCI to usb-i2s. I could not follow the .......
2: Computer Audio Asylum, Atom-Asrock revisited (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-05-18, 14:51:24 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all, some time ago i posted about an Atom-based Asrock-mobo which sounds very good, i thought mainly because of simplicity combined with good power handling (6 chokes, which is very nice for Atom b .......
3: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: HDD Question (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-05-18, 13:52:18 (80.100.91.99)
Thanks for your advice. I bought a 2,5 inch hdd for all music and a 120GB SSD for only the well recorded and produced albums. Connected to pc via usb-sata hub. I feed them with 12v sla battery and low .......
4: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: no SSE on Alix-1D's AMD-CPU, (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-05-05, 15:35:19 (80.100.91.99)
This is very interesting news!! I ordered a Wave/IO board a few weeks ago, and already purchased an Alix. nLited XP-Home (running on 4 parallel SLA-batteries) and Foobar on Alix gives lower SQ than At .......
5: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Configuring cMP2 /nLite (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-05-02, 14:08:24 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Playmate, You CAN put a "HDD-configured" CMP2 image on a new SSD. What is important is that you should align the ssd right. You can do it in a few different ways. This is the way i did it: - google .......
6: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Gigabyte 2 oz copper-board: Anyone heard a difference ? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-04-30, 01:08:59 (80.100.91.99)
When i changed from GA-H55M + i3-530 to a Atom-based Asrock board, it was a huge SQ-improvement. I think because of lack of (unneeded) functionality on the Asrock, like hdmi, dvi, usb3 chips. The Atom .......
7: Computer Audio Asylum, HDD Question (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-04-23, 05:45:39 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all, My HDD dropped 2m and died. Before buying new, here's my question. What would be better SQ-wise: A. 2,5 inch hdd, as recommended pro: small, takes less juice con: takes 5v for both electronics .......
8: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: It works for sure, but (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-04-09, 07:34:25 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all, I did some tests on my (Atom-based, no-network, usb-soundcard) machine. I used to load all cuefiles from the data-drive. Now i load individual cuefiles from CMP-drive, this turned out to be th .......
9: Computer Audio Asylum, Good results USB-async (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-03-12, 12:45:34 (80.100.91.99)
Recently i stepped over from Juli@ to USB-async using a modded M2tech Hiface. This unit gets 5v from USB-bus and 3,3v from Lifepo4 batteries. CMP2 setup: nLited small install of XP-pro, minlogon. Hifa .......
10: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Juli@ VR filter (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-19, 08:14:48 (80.100.91.99)
Interesting post Orediger, Inmate hfavandepas did a lot of research and reports on PI-filtering, i think it was around june 2011. He did the same on juli@ and other power lines. If you're gonna try th .......
11: Computer Audio Asylum, Great! we can save one psu on Juli@ if used digital only n/t (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-09, 00:21:26 (80.100.91.99)
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12: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: cMP memory choice (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-08, 12:02:25 (80.100.91.99)
4 cycles@533MHz = 0,00750 microsecond (Value) 5 cycles@667MHz = 0,00749 microsecond (value) 5 cycles@800MHz = 0,00625 microsecond (HyperX) So one would guess HyperX is best choice. Downside is it need .......
13: Computer Audio Asylum, Yes, LiFePo4 connected only 5v hole (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-08, 11:43:17 (80.100.91.99)
Wow, that's fast theob! is there a setting whith which you are told there are new posts? If so, please tel me know. Yes, i cut the 5v-fingers, and put the LiFePo4 into the 5v-hole on the card (DVCC1). .......
14: Computer Audio Asylum, Juli@ @3,3v (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-08, 11:29:29 (80.100.91.99)
My Juli@ (digital part only) now functions @3,3v I posted it under Greg's Further Juli@ Follies: .......
15: Computer Audio Asylum, Juli@ @3,3v (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-08, 11:10:24 (80.100.91.99)
Today i accidentally put 3,3v on the 5v-point of the Juli@ and it worked. I use only the digital part. The 5v 'fingers' of the card are broken to disconnect the mobo-5v. 5v is suplplied by a linear ps .......
16: Computer Audio Asylum, the better for theob, he's still fighting his HAL-demon n/t (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-02-01, 03:05:09 (80.100.91.99)
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17: Computer Audio Asylum, if Snapshot works on your desktop (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-31, 08:30:45 (80.100.91.99)
it should be possible. I assume the dock is SATA. But i think, if you have a small XP iso, it is faster and easier to do a fresh install & reload your own image. I looked at snapshot: difficult dos co .......
18: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: MBR corrupted? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-31, 08:06:28 (80.100.91.99)
according to specs Snapshot can restore MBR, so you could try this before doing a new install. http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/restdos.htm MBR is the first physical sector of a harddisk, which function .......
19: Computer Audio Asylum, another hal-error link (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-31, 06:00:41 (80.100.91.99)
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/missinghaldll.htm .......
20: Computer Audio Asylum, MBR corrupted? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-31, 05:49:23 (80.100.91.99)
I sometimes got the HAL-error when i edited the partition-sizes, or installed dualboot OS's. Errors occurred especially when using windows disk management (no promblems since i use gparted). In this c .......
21: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: cMP2 Has got a danish website (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-23, 14:40:03 (80.100.91.99)
Very nice Play-mate, congratulations! .......
22: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: SoX upsampler (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-23, 08:33:22 (80.100.91.99)
For upsampling i use SoX (like cPlay and Foobar). Ik like it more than SRC. These are the settings i use in batch-resampling: mkdir H:\MUZIEK_ORIGINEEL_3288\A_sox FOR %%A IN (%*) DO sox %%A -b 32 -t w .......
23: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: /maxmem - second thoughts (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-23, 06:06:41 (80.100.91.99)
For me the same experience: without the maxmem it sounds just a bit more musical, more body, more detail. Very subtle though. I implemented it in a former setup (H55M), and continued this in the curre .......
24: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: no SSE on Alix-1D's AMD-CPU, (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-12, 23:13:33 (80.100.91.99)
Great! My speakers ar the PMC OB-1 :))) .......
25: Computer Audio Asylum, no SSE on Alix-1D's AMD-CPU, (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-12, 17:52:15 (80.100.91.99)
so you're probably right: not suitable for cPlay. Thanks Smicyta, i didn't think about SSE. I used to have a AMD-based CMP (Socket-A Athlon Thunderbird) on which cPlay could not function. So a choice .......
26: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: cd-player seems to win over CMP (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-08, 03:33:54 (80.100.91.99)
Mobo is Atom-based Asroch AD525PV3. I tried this, because GA-H55M-USB3 was not satisfying SQ-wise. See my post The Singing Atom: http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/10/100814.html Coax/ .......
27: Computer Audio Asylum, cd-player seems to win over CMP (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-07, 12:17:44 (80.100.91.99)
both connected to modded Benchmark DAC1 by SPDIF: ** CMP - Juli@ optical out (removerd analogue part of the card) - vdHull optical cable - BM dac1 ** Marantz CD63 coaxial out - coaxial 75Ohm cable - B .......
28: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: What mobo for new cMP setup? : Intel NM10 Express (Intel Atom) or socket 1155 + Intel I3 or Celeron (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2012-01-07, 09:19:47 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Mark, Next board i want to try is Alix 1D (don't know when i'll have the time). AMD Geode @500MHz, onboard 256 MB RAM, CF-slot for OS, can handle XP-Home. I think the smaller the better. Downside c .......
29: Computer Audio Asylum, undervolting by HARDWARE tweaks (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-31, 03:40:01 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all, i saw this very interesting post on undervolting by HW-tweaking the mobo. http://www.overclock.net/t/1075300/asrock-525-undervolting-and-other-atom-platforms Could be a nice tweak for atom-us .......
30: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: CMP on XP Home Edition (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-27, 08:12:08 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Junaid, Do you remember what you included/excluded in your minimal nLite? In my setup (dualcore atom) your minimal nLite recognizes two cores, but not the hyperthreading. Despite of this it is very .......
31: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Yes Asrock AD525PV3 is much better (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-24, 06:35:39 (80.100.91.99)
The AD525PV3 uses DDR3, the AD525PV uses DDR2. It will arrive in a few days. Later on i will try to remove the sound-chip. Happy Christmas! Douwe .......
32: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Yes Asrock AD525PV3 is much better (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-22, 06:17:49 (80.100.91.99)
Yes i guess chipset and GPU of the Asrock get cleaner power. Thanks for the advice on audiochip. i'll remove the chip by (de)soldering. Since in bios cpu and memory frequency are directly related, i w .......
33: Computer Audio Asylum, Congratulations Rick! Very curious about your results! n/t (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-21, 01:18:06 (80.100.91.99)
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34: Computer Audio Asylum, Yes Asrock AD525PV3 is much better (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-21, 01:11:41 (80.100.91.99)
Hi JackWong, yes, the AD525PV3 is sounding much better! I'm very happy, and even more happy when i think about implementing your hw-tweaks on bypassing caps and dedicated DRAM-psu!!! Same setup for bo .......
35: Computer Audio Asylum, The Singing Atom (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-20, 14:05:36 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all, this weekend the Atom based Asrock AD525PV3 arrived: AND IT ROCKS!! Boy, this board is SINGING AND SWINGING! Great detail, soundstage etc...MUSIC!! No deletions done yet!! Only: - small nLite .......
36: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I think It’s a balancing act (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-14, 15:49:16 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Mark, I won't get you wrong, i know you appreciate creativity and know your postings on the HW-forum. I agree we need some 'mass' to get enough feedback. Balancing act is nice put. So let's hope th .......
37: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: and also: don't skip 'ration' at any time (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-14, 11:56:15 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Mark, i think you are right, we can use some ration at this moment in our thread. But i think we would never got here without the creativity of the Serge's and others. Steppe could never have reach .......
38: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Totally agree with Rick (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-14, 11:04:34 (80.100.91.99)
I agree that we should't try to assign creativity, and i think we can learn a lot going through all the posts, it's just great! Bibo01 just offered to put the batches & mermaids on his site, in a stic .......
39: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Time to get organized AND KEEP CHAOS (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-14, 10:50:07 (80.100.91.99)
I knew about your site, but totally forgot. It's a great site!! It would be very nice if you could just make a new sticky topic, and put the batches, ini's, mermaids etc on it. Thanks for offering to .......
40: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Time to get organized AND KEEP CHAOS (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-14, 06:39:23 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all! I think Bibo01 is right, and have a few thoughts about this issue. The fact that this issue pops up means we are growing up as a development-forum. What i like about this forum is that everybo .......
41: Computer Audio Asylum, SQ net+battery was better than battery-only - nt. (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-14, 02:34:56 (80.100.91.99)
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42: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Nettop as an alternative (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-13, 14:26:49 (80.100.91.99)
Laptop/notebook will never get higher than second best, SQ-wise. The Lenovo S205 is a laptop, and very difficult to tweak hardware wise (fan control by software is bad for sq and cause vibrations, hdm .......
43: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Nettop as an alternative (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-12, 14:20:26 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Eunegis, About 1,5 year ago i tried cmp on an acer Aspire One ZG5 (Atom N270 and 16GB SSD inside). This was the chain: nettop - hiface (small clock batch / LifePo4-psu) - Benchmark DAC1 (modded ten .......
44: Computer Audio Asylum, select MPS uniprocessor (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-08, 12:40:17 (80.100.91.99)
if you run on one core enabled, you should select MPS uniprocessor. The C-step processor is a very specific and/or old processor. http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-3917.html http .......
45: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Do you mean (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-08, 12:26:46 (80.100.91.99)
yes, both acpi and non-acpi are options during installation. The thing is, the screen where one can choose these options is hidden. Just repeat pressing the F5 button during the first 20-30 seconds of .......
46: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Non acpi install (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-08, 11:45:05 (80.100.91.99)
After comparing one-core and dual-core (on my h55m-usb3) in different setups n tweaks, i now have decided to run on two cores. In my setup this gives slightly more stage and music. So when going non-a .......
47: Computer Audio Asylum, i like non-acpi (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-07, 14:34:41 (80.100.91.99)
Hi, tonight i tried two fresh minimal nLite-installs, one acpi, the other non-acpi. Only lightly tweaked (awe and maxmen=256). The non-acpi sounds better, more detail more musical. For non-acpi i sele .......
48: Computer Audio Asylum, Try this (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-06, 16:50:29 (80.100.91.99)
Hi, i couldn't install awe either, but found a solution (for my machine): Follow the cics-directions until step 9. Then: - when you must enter "Object Types" button, don't do that, but do 'advanced' b .......
49: Computer Audio Asylum, 2 cores still better (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-06, 15:00:43 (80.100.91.99)
I tested: two minimal nLite installs: one single-core, the other dual-core. Two cores give little more space an depth. Sounds better in my setup (h55m-usb3-i3-530). HT is hyperthreading. Later maybe t .......
50: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Sorry to belabor the point but you are not being clear (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-05, 14:43:14 (80.100.91.99)
Does this discussion explain why my setup sounds better with two cores (and HT) enabled? i did the cics- and bios-optimations after install. Should i reinstall wit one core and HT disabled? tia Douwe .......
51: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Why does your setup needs UHF polluted DC too sound good? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-04, 14:26:36 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Mark, thanks for reassuring about LAN-safety, i enjoy the conversation too! I found a picture of your UHF-shunt (or maybe it was HF-shunt) on your picassa-page, which i cannot find now. You didn't .......
52: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Why does your setup needs UHF polluted DC too sound good? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-04, 11:55:44 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Mark, thanks for your post On the ferrites I don't know why too much ferrite chokes dynamics, i'm not audio engineer. So i just try and listen, keeping what works. As you know i use sla-batteries a .......
53: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: it is indeed a pity that power filtering is overlooked by many inmates (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-02, 08:24:37 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Mark, i tried the ferrites a while ago, sorry i didn't report. Thanks for your suggestions. I tried the ferrites on p24 (the flat ones), p4, 12v-line-to-pico, hdd/ssd, and of course on the 220v pow .......
54: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks Junaid!!!! nt (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-02, 07:06:10 (80.100.91.99)
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55: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: nLite Disc (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-02, 06:01:19 (80.100.91.99)
Thanks Junaid, great! What did you include / exclude? Is it a startup like RickMcInnis described? Or are already some steppes/BitchBatch involved? Douwe .......
56: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Bitch Batch Will Be A Bitch, indeed. (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-12-01, 14:48:35 (80.100.91.99)
Thanks Riboge, my keyboard is working again! i think you meant to keep the kbdclass.sys file (you described kbdclass.dll)? Douwe .......
57: Inmate Systems, Douwe01nl's Main (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-29, 11:41:27 (80.100.91.99)
Douwe01nl 's Main System
IP Address: 80.100.91.99
Last Update: November 29, 2011 at 11:41:27
Amplifier: Hexateq Class-D (UcD) prototype. Running on dedicated fuse-group (220v)
Preamplif .......
58: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Registry Slimming (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-29, 11:09:48 (80.100.91.99)
Great Junaid!! I can confirm that ps/2 is better for sq, i never used usb for this reason. Douwe .......
59: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: SSD @ 2,6V (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-23, 14:07:34 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Greg, First the SSD: i fried it. by too often pulling it out an putting back in while mobo is running. Rick's warning came too late. So forget this "nice soundpop-no-ssd-trick". Indeed the .......
60: Computer Audio Asylum, H55M-USB3 experiences and mobo question (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-23, 12:07:00 (80.100.91.99)
Hi Jack, great to read your very interesting posts on MB's! I changed to H55M-USB3 about a year ago, and chose this MB because of the cpu-power circuit. I must say i was a bit disappointed in SQ. A .......
61: Computer Audio Asylum, Headless Atom; IDE or SATA (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-06, 14:30:11 (80.100.91.99)
Right now i'm looking at 2 boards to go atom-headless: Asrock AD245PV3 and GA-D425TUD; both single core, and maybe even underclocking/undervolting possible. The Gigabyte features IDE, Asrock is SATA-o .......
62: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Ever thought about remote controlling the cMP setup through smart phone or tablet? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-06, 12:22:28 (80.100.91.99)
Thanks Dave, important information for me! My modded Benchmark DAC-1 upsamples to 176KHz (Tentlabs clock), and i let CPlay sample up to 88.2. So i understand now Atom can do this. I did understand fro .......
63: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Ever thought about remote controlling the cMP setup through smart phone or tablet? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-05, 11:06:46 (80.100.91.99)
Yes, i used to use this too for a long time (still do for the ccfl backlight), until i just gave it a try to isolate ccfl. Was great improvement. To be sure i just did an A-B test with the same type m .......
64: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: LAN cat 5E 4x2AWG#24. don't think it's shielded n/t (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-04, 17:24:47 (80.100.91.99)
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65: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Removing chips (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-04, 16:47:15 (80.100.91.99)
Thanks Greg, for me it will take some time (job, family) i hope to work on it during christmas holidays. Will post pictures then. Good luck with the Juli@! Douwe .......
66: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: LAN (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-04, 16:34:50 (80.100.91.99)
I did two tests: A: in cMP-Steppe5 i tried different combinations, playing from ssd + monitor + ps/2keyboard (in my xp-cMP2 LAN is disabled / removed). B: same LAN-combinations in the WIN7 setup + ps/ .......
67: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I used to do that until my MB quit working (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-03, 18:00:41 (80.100.91.99)
ok thanks Rick, i will be more carefull (H55M hard to find). Douwe .......
68: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Ever thought about remote controlling the cMP setup through smart phone or tablet? (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-03, 17:55:50 (80.100.91.99)
Yes Mark and Serge, have been thinking a lot about headless, but with more simple mobo like FitPC. Maybe new generation can handle upsampling @ low CPU-frequency. Since PCI is almost 'legacy' it would .......
69: Computer Audio Asylum, Removing chips (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-03, 08:29:25 (80.100.91.99)
To remove chips, would it be posssible to only cut the power-pins of the chip? Maybe more easy to do than removing the whole chip. I'm asking because i'm thinking of removing chips from mobo. Douwe :: .......
70: Computer Audio Asylum, SSD @ 2,6V (0.00)
Posted by Douwe01nl on 2011-11-02, 17:47:28 (80.100.91.99)
Hi all. This is my first post here, so i start with a small introduction. I'm experimenting with AOB/CMP/CMP2 since end of 2006, and learned a lot from your directions and tweaks. Specialy the JackWon .......
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