That's an odd assertion. Why would an SSD be any better than a standard hard drive? Or an optical drive?
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That's an odd assertion. Why would an SSD be any better than a standard hard drive? Or an optical drive?
No mechanical/introduced vibration to adjacent/close by components, silent, faster read/write speeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
roon say music on an ext hdd is fine but program and the os should be on a ssd. thats how i run mine. tbh ssd's the size i need would cost a fortune. i dont really see why a ssd would be better as an ext drive. speed isnt really an issue as usb3 is fast enough
Yup, 500G internal SSD for my most listened to stuff, for anything else I fire up the (noisy!) 4TB NAS drive, movies on that too. Not necessarily audio related but an OS stored on an SSD rather than HDD will boot up 10X faster, maybe more.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Still very much a cd & cdp user, I don't see my 2 box Lector CDP7TL going anywhere, and have not heard anything yet that comes close for digital replay. Also it having a valve output stage has meant I have been able to take it further by swapping out the ECC81 JJs and subsequent EH Triple mica for a pair of TELEFUNKEN, now the TFKs are something special in the Lector bringing it much closer to my Bardo/Conqueror/Hana ML tt combo.
This indeed. HDs are donkey's years old and SSDs have replaced them with far more advantages and few drawbacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opti-cal
I know - simply gorgeous. I almost bought one last night, and I only have four CDs (which I ripped to my server as soon as I got them :lol:).Quote:
Originally Posted by Opti-cal
Sorry, I meant in relation to sound quality. I know SSDs are better than the old magnetic drives for computing purposes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opti-cal
Debatable effect but certainly won't 'hurt' playback quality. My feeling is that it is better but for what exact reason I can't scientifically give. I think less mechanical vibration anywhere in the audio chain can only be a good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The amount of vibration from a hard drive is quite massive; all sorts of damping methods are used in computers to counteract it. Can't be good for replay in any system, and the noise - both electrical and physical, must bring negatives as well.
SSDs in everything for me. :)
this year alone marantz have bought out 2 midrange Cd players , project has a new Cd transport , companies are still bringing them out so there must be a market