337alanT system

[337alant]

DAC
M2Tech Young Dac


young dac by 337alant, on Flickr


DIY Power Supply


Young Dac power supply by 337alant, on Flickr

Alan

[337alant]

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

[DSJR]

It's just getting better and better Well done you!

[wiicrackpot]

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.

[WOStantonCS100]

Tascam BR20... nice. And, great blend of analog and digital.

[337alant]

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

[Audio Al]

Hi Alan

Just had a look at your systems

Quality my man and respect for all the DIY kit

Like the tape over run

[jason]

Wow that's a nice looking system Alan very nice.

Jason.

[337alant]

Thanks Jason and Alan

[786]

Some very special efforts on display, i admire your skills, must make enjoying the music all the more satisfying.