A short run is all I need but I like the electrical disconnect advantage anyway

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Posted by dave in gva on February 21, 2007 at 11:02:59

In Reply to: Long runs are a good idea posted by Christine Tham on February 21, 2007 at 10:30:05:

Thanks Jim and Christine. My plan is to have the PC, DA10, and integrated amplifier all out of sight and sitting adjacent to one another on a shelf I'll build in the basement, just below the listening room. The amp and DAC will be powered off one of those master/slave extension cords with the PC on the master outlet, meaning that when the PC is shutdown the DAC and amp will automatically power down as well (and repower on when the PC is remote booted via a wake on LAN call).

This means I am talking about very short runs on the interconnects between PC and DAC, and DAC to amplifier. The longest run will be the speaker cables off the integrated amplifier up through the roof of the basement into the living room, but even this run will be on the order of 2-3 metres max. From what I've read on cabling discussions one is better off with longer runs of speaker cables than equipment interconnects.

So the only evidence of an audio system in the listening room will be the speakers. I'm not thoroughly decided on remote control but at this point I'd have to say I'm inclined towards a UMPC that accesses the remote PC via the remote desktop facility of Windows XP. I'm planning volume control via this as well by asking the remote PC to fire an IR blast (it will have a USB based IR transceiver) at the integrated amp. This latter process can be accomplished with something like Girder on the remote PC.

So I feel like I am closing in on the architecture of the system. These threads help enormously. Thanks for allowing me to benefit from your experience.

Best,

Dave M

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Topic - Most basic questions - mose 10:00:51 02/20/07 (16)

My understanding is you only need bit perfect output into your Lavry DA10... - dave in gva 10:55:05 02/20/07 (15)

Re: My understanding is you only need bit perfect output into your Lavry DA10... - GCrouser@hvc.rr.com 07:40:53 02/21/07 (0)

Re: My understanding is you only need bit perfect output into your Lavry DA10... - Jim F. 15:34:19 02/20/07 (13)

Speaking as a Prodigy 7.1 owner - Christine Tham 15:52:09 02/20/07 (12)

Better negative than uninformed... - dave in gva 22:27:14 02/20/07 (11)

Cheapest possible solution - Christine Tham 22:53:32 02/20/07 (10)

Re: Cheapest possible solution - ThomasPf 01:49:34 02/21/07 (8)

Thanks Thomas - what digital out are you using off your Juli@? - dave in gva 02:13:18 02/21/07 (7)

Re: Thanks Thomas - what digital out are you using off your Juli@? - ThomasPf 10:55:18 02/21/07 (0)

Re: Thanks Thomas - what digital out are you using off your Juli@? - Jim F. 07:45:57 02/21/07 (5)

Long runs are a good idea - Christine Tham 10:30:05 02/21/07 (4)

A short run is all I need but I like the electrical disconnect advantage anyway - dave in gva 11:02:59 02/21/07 (3)

Here's a crazy idea - Christine Tham 12:05:31 02/21/07 (2)

Thanks will give it some thought.....whats X10 (nt)? - dave in gva 19:54:14 02/22/07 (1)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard) - Christine Tham 20:41:03 02/22/07 (0)

Cool. Thanks Christine (nt) - dave in gva 00:48:05 02/21/07 (0)

Follow Ups

A short run is all I need but I like the electrical disconnect advantage anyway - dave in gva 11:02:59 02/21/07 (3)

Here's a crazy idea - Christine Tham 12:05:31 02/21/07 (2)

Thanks will give it some thought.....whats X10 (nt)? - dave in gva 19:54:14 02/22/07 (1)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard) - Christine Tham 20:41:03 02/22/07 (0)

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