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I'm ILOB.
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Loves anything from Pain of Salvation to Jeff Buckley to Django to Sarasate to Surinder Sandhu to Shawn Lane to Nick Drake to Rush to Beth Hart to Kate Bush to Rodrigo Y Gabriela to The Hellecasters to Dark Sanctury to Ben Harper to Karicus to Dream Theater to Zero Hour to Al DiMeola to Larry Carlton to Derek Trucks to Govt Mule to?
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Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
Mac +10
" A apple a day keeps a PC away "
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Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Have to say, been using Win8 for a while now and I wouldn't go back to 7.
A lot of good stuff happening "under the bonnet", you just need to get used to the interface.
..and you do.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Senior Member
Location: Valley of the Hazels
Posts: 9,139
I'm AMusicFanNotAnAudiophile.
I do hope this isn't an attempt to prolong the Apple "superiority" over all else computing wise non-debate.Originally Posted by Audio Al
Mac +10
" A apple a day keeps a PC away "
The recent iPhone dropped bollock over the removal of Google Maps should tell you that it's wise to shut up now, while you're not under fire.
The addition of Google Maps on the latest version of IOS6 on the iPhone5 (yes, that's right, there's a latest version -gasp, horror) tells you that even Apple fuck up
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
Banned
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,937
I'm ChrisB.
As Tim quite rightly said:
And guys, for goodness sake Rich asked for advice on buying a new PC, lets keep the Apple/PC war where it belongs, which is not here
Senior Member
Location: Valley of the Hazels
Posts: 9,139
I'm AMusicFanNotAnAudiophile.
I fully agree.As Tim quite rightly said:And guys, for goodness sake Rich asked for advice on buying a new PC, lets keep the Apple/PC war where it belongs, which is not here
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
Senior Member
Location: Valley of the Hazels
Posts: 9,139
I'm AMusicFanNotAnAudiophile.
PC World have some reasonably priced machines http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compaq...92836-pdt.html
Unfortunately you're going to need to get used to the feel of a new OS, but that was always on the cards Rich.
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
Pishanto Specialist & Super-Daftee
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
Who was talking about I phonesI do hope this isn't an attempt to prolong the Apple "superiority" over all else computing wise non-debate.
The recent iPhone dropped bollock over the removal of Google Maps should tell you that it's wise to shut up now, while you're not under fire.
The addition of Google Maps on the latest version of IOS6 on the iPhone5 (yes, that's right, there's a latest version -
The OP wanted to replace his old PC
An alternative to PC was mentioned before I mentioned it
And NO I won't shut up
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Purveyor Of Tunes
Location: Cricklewood
Posts: 9,074
I'm ILOB.
I think what we saying is that we do not want another war about the merits of Apple or Windows
Loves anything from Pain of Salvation to Jeff Buckley to Django to Sarasate to Surinder Sandhu to Shawn Lane to Nick Drake to Rush to Beth Hart to Kate Bush to Rodrigo Y Gabriela to The Hellecasters to Dark Sanctury to Ben Harper to Karicus to Dream Theater to Zero Hour to Al DiMeola to Larry Carlton to Derek Trucks to Govt Mule to?
Humour: One of the few things worth taking seriously
Senior Member
Location: Hampshire, England
Posts: 722
I'm Martin.
Hi Rich,
In the last year or so, I've bought 3 of these Zoostorm PCs - 2 for work and 1 for my Dad. Great value and very well rated too. http://www.ebuyer.com/395297-zoostor...p-pc-7873-0436
Mine came with branded components inside and so far haven't missed a beat. The only thing I changed on the work ones was the CPU fan, as they had the std intel one, which are a bit noisy if you have the unit on the desktop right next to you. Otherwise, everything is good.
Intel core i5, 8gb ram, 2 tb HDD, windows 8 pro for £400. Nice
Martin
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