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Re: The art of building Computer Transports

Sorry, I respect your views but the methodology you post is Voodoo stuff. One simply cannot take a Philips transport and use Toslink to validate differences. Also, what is the optimal setup for a particular box? There are as many variables as as in your computer setup.

It seems to me that there are just too many variables in your paper to make valid ascertations in general.

I have over several years developed my fanless low power computer system in parallel with my hifi. My conclusion after many iterations is as follows.

'An optimised HD system can be better than a non optimised high end system but an optimised high end system is even better. The problem with an HD system lies in inferior hardware and software limitations over which the user have little control'

The Audiogon stuff you posted doesn't allow anyone to make a valid judgement. Also jitter is not properly understood in postings on computer ausio and this is a major issue not caused merely by drives and interfaces, but also power supply and data transfer issues.

Finally, you must know that a cumputer with a fan degardes the effective signal to noise ratio from say, -105 dB to perhaps -70 to 80 dB unless you isolate the computer. Even then, the vibrations in an HD can be very significant by way of microphony!

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