DAC
M2Tech Young Dac
young dac by 337alant, on Flickr
DIY Power Supply
Young Dac power supply by 337alant, on Flickr
Alan
DAC
M2Tech Young Dac
young dac by 337alant, on Flickr
DIY Power Supply
Young Dac power supply by 337alant, on Flickr
Alan
HTPC,
Modushop HTPC case, soon to be replaced by a Quiet PC case.
Motherboard = ASUS AT5ion-T deluxe
4 gig Ram
128GIg Solid state drive
Blue ray player just for loading disks (overkill really)
Put a big fan in it at first but not necessary as the MOBO runs cool enough without it so Its silent anyway with or without.
Power supplu is a laptop brick, this could be improved with a linear power supply which is a future project.
Samsung LED monitor. HTPC + Monitor came to approx £500
I also use a Samsung 10.1 Tablet as a remote using the Gizmo app
Operating system is Windows 7 and music player is JRiver Media 18.
Music is all stored in FLAC on a NAS drive in my study and hard wired with Cat6 cable.
Audio output using Wasapi event style with Async USB out to the Young Dac.
Excellent sound quality as good as my other sources and CD player is now redundant
HTPC 8 by 337alant, on Flickr
HTPC 4 by 337alant, on Flickr
HTPC 5 by 337alant, on Flickr
HTPC 6 by 337alant, on Flickr
Alan
Last edited by 337alant; 26-05-2013 at 17:46.
It's just getting better and better Well done you!
Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
Crying out at the top of my voice; Tell me now if you can hear me
Alan,
You're amazing, i am afraid i'm just a dinosaur from yesteryear and am lost with your techy descriptions,
i don't have a streamer as i don't know how to set one up.
Frank...made me do it.
Location: Eastern, US
Posts: 1,869
I'm afesteringvinylphile.
Tascam BR20... nice. And, great blend of analog and digital.
Lyrics are the ramblings of man, sometimes inspired by The Creator, most often, not.
But music (melodies, harmonies, rhythms), that's God stuff.
Always was. Always will be.
One of the biggest lies ever told was that only certain kinds of people should listen to certain kinds of music.
(silent) VINYL LP SLIDESHOWS
Thanks for the kind comments guys.
The HTPC is just so convenient to use and easy access to most of my music as the digital system gets better is seriously challenging the analogue sources but I happy to listen to either.
Nothing can match the Visual stimulation you get from watching a record or those 10" reels going round
Alan
Last edited by 337alant; 28-05-2013 at 11:05.
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
Hi Alan
Just had a look at your systems
Quality my man and respect for all the DIY kit
Like the tape over run
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Wow that's a nice looking system Alan very nice.
Jason.
Thanks Jason and Alan
Location: Bedford
Posts: 44
I'm Shaid.
Some very special efforts on display, i admire your skills, must make enjoying the music all the more satisfying.