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by rephlex
Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:53 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: SSD 2.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure - Recommendation
Replies: 18
Views: 6796

Re: SSD 2.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure - Recommendation

Goldenboy wrote:
I want to get an enclosure that will max out the drives performance.

Then you need an enclosure that supports UAS (USB Attached SCSI).
by rephlex
Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:53 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?
Replies: 62
Views: 11372

Re: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?

I would like to know what that achieves though. It's been playing on my mind.
by rephlex
Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:47 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?
Replies: 62
Views: 11372

Re: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?

Yeah, it's weird. Why would it swap the first two partitions around though?
by rephlex
Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:37 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?
Replies: 62
Views: 11372

Re: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?

I don't think the partition alignment issue will be a problem as it's only the Microsoft reserved partition affected, all of the other partitions start on a multiple of 2048.
by rephlex
Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:02 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?
Replies: 62
Views: 11372

Re: Just installed an SSD. Anything I should be wary of?

The only thing I would be wary about is that the free drive cloning software provided by Crucial (a version of Acronis True Image) doesn't do a true clone, it changes the disk identifier and the volume serial numbers. RealVNC did not like this. Actually, it even changed the size of the MSR partition...
by rephlex
Thu Feb 22, 2018 2:03 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: USB to XLR
Replies: 23
Views: 11120

Re: USB to XLR

Not cheap but worth mentioning: https://mutec-net.com/product_mc-12.php
by rephlex
Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:25 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: USB to XLR
Replies: 23
Views: 11120

Re: USB to XLR

Dashak wrote:
morphine wrote:
Fohhn Airea. Does exactly what you want and is bus-powered, but hard to find.

Your Google-Fu is strong and wonderful. Contacted.

It's only 16-bit/44.1 kHz/48 kHz. Can you live with that?
by rephlex
Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:27 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: the most advanced 80's 8-bit CPUs?
Replies: 64
Views: 30877

Re: the most advanced 80's 8-bit CPUs?

UberGerbil wrote:
The 6800 later grew more directly into the 68000


This is a myth actually. The 68K was a clean sheet design. The 6800 peripheral chip compatibility it initially had was tacked on and was removed fairly early on.
by rephlex
Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:54 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Nintendo Switch
Replies: 40
Views: 10257

Re: Nintendo Switch

drfish wrote:
It's confirmed as launching for the Wii U on 3/3 as well.

Yes, I see Nintendo have now clarified this.  That's good news for gamers, maybe not so much for Nintendo since it's just one less reason to buy a Switch.
by rephlex
Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:12 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Nintendo Switch
Replies: 40
Views: 10257

Re: Nintendo Switch

Our household got a lot of millage out of our Wii U (until some idiot destroyed all our save files switching to an SSD for external storage). We're ready for one last fling with it when Zelda comes out. Hopefully Zelda does actually come out for the Wii U.  I wouldn't be surprised if it's released ...
by rephlex
Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:08 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Nintendo Switch
Replies: 40
Views: 10257

Re: Nintendo Switch

£280 in the UK. What are they smoking. It's like the Wii U all over again. Too many gimmicks (detachable controller, dockable console) pushing the price up.  I doubt the gimmicks cost very much.  Nintendo's desire to make Apple-like profit margins is what's responsible for the overpricing of the Sw...
by rephlex
Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:52 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Are you buying a RX 480?
Replies: 193
Views: 25900

Re: Are you buying a RX 480?

Ryu Connor wrote:
https://youtu.be/zWASNajSdpg

Looks like the XFX RX480 GTR should be on the short list of models to consider buying.

Not really.  He just really lucky with the silicon lottery.  The MSI, Gigabyte, XFX, Sapphire, Powercolor, Asus RX 480 custom cards are all pretty close in quality and performance.
by rephlex
Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:59 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Gaming Audio for Dummies, Help?
Replies: 43
Views: 8779

Re: Gaming Audio for Dummies, Help?

It sucks your Dell 8700 has noise issues. Clearly I did not state ALL sources are good though. I was responding to Captain Ned's priority list which was in response to someone else's. If your issues are a source as bad as your 8700 then yes, obviously fix that first. I just wanted to make the point...
by rephlex
Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Gaming Audio for Dummies, Help?
Replies: 43
Views: 8779

Re: Gaming Audio for Dummies, Help?

so yeah. in general, breaks down like that. speakers > AMP > DAC Whereas I would reverse that priority order. If the source sound quality is no good, all a really good set of speakers is going to do is tell you how bad the source is every time you listen to it. [/PM sent to fix double post] People ...
by rephlex
Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:43 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Are you buying a RX 480?
Replies: 193
Views: 25900

Re: Are you buying a RX 480?

You need "Will buy an RX 480 but am waiting for the 1060 to be released and for the price to drop due to the resulting competition" as a voting option. Well, that sort of falls into the "wait to see how the 1060 does" bucket. You're waiting to see how much of a price drop on the...
by rephlex
Sat Jul 09, 2016 7:22 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Are you buying a RX 480?
Replies: 193
Views: 25900

Re: Are you buying a RX 480?

You need "Will buy an RX 480 but am waiting for the 1060 to be released and for the price to drop due to the resulting competition" as a voting option.
by rephlex
Tue May 17, 2016 5:04 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Anyone repair anything today?
Replies: 1407
Views: 200141

Re: Anyone repair anything today?

The killer here, at least on space, is amp power supplies. True attempts at real high-end always use toroidal transformers on the incoming wall juice and, if you're really gilding the lily, use a separate transformer for each channel. Plus, they incorporate truly heroic-sized capacitor banks (up to...
by rephlex
Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:44 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: What is wrong with the Fury X?
Replies: 71
Views: 9003

Re: What is wrong with the Fury X?

I'd like to see more tests that focus purely on measuring the actual memory bandwidth of HBM as it is currently implemented on the Fury X.
by rephlex
Thu May 14, 2015 3:33 am
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Any cure for a whining power supply?
Replies: 40
Views: 15263

Re: Any cure for a whining power supply?

KingLear wrote:
I wouldn't use hot glue, coils get hot, use epoxy since it hardens with heat.

My personal choice for this sort of application isn't glue, but something like this. No equipment needed to use it and it's easy to apply with no high temperatures involved.
by rephlex
Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:06 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: best USB speakers
Replies: 34
Views: 10030

Re: best USB speakers

Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Alesis M1 Active 520 USB I've listened to the latter, and they're pretty good. I used to own a pair of Alesis's older M1 Active 520 (no USB) monitors and they were quite disappointing. Ridiculously noisy for something that was supposedly a professional product. Hopefully th...
by rephlex
Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:47 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: best USB speakers
Replies: 34
Views: 10030

Re: best USB speakers

derFunkenstein wrote:
What are you using for a DAW? Cubase 4? Pro Tools 7?

Adobe Audition. I've also played around with Reaper.
by rephlex
Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:48 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: best USB speakers
Replies: 34
Views: 10030

Re: best USB speakers

I'm usually not a fan of USB for sound. It requires additional CPU overhead, Is this even an issue any more these days? With all the extra cores on modern CPUs, and the inability of most consumer applications to leverage multithreading to its full potential, we've got CPU cycles to spare. It's not ...
by rephlex
Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:35 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Question about Coil Whine
Replies: 30
Views: 9275

Re: Question about Coil Whine

Something like this: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1295863 is a better choice than hot glue.
by rephlex
Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:38 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Replacement Wall-Wort for DAC
Replies: 24
Views: 7541

Re: Replacement Wall-Wort for DAC

I thought it was pretty well designed too. If the analog layouts are done with care, I would expect the limiting factor to actually be the DACs - assuming that isn't a knock off Burr Brown op-amp. Unlikely I would think. Everything I've seen from Topping seems to be nice, well made stuff. The brand...
by rephlex
Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:17 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Replacement Wall-Wort for DAC
Replies: 24
Views: 7541

Re: Replacement Wall-Wort for DAC

Not one for audio equipment but coming from using a Raspberry Pi making sure that the wall wort is providing the full power required can be a big deal, especially under draw. +1 for making sure you have a decent power source, especially if it is suspect to you already. Yes, but it should be pointed...
by rephlex
Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:40 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Replacement Wall-Wort for DAC
Replies: 24
Views: 7541

Re: Replacement Wall-Wort for DAC

The Egg wrote:
You want to replace it with EXACTLY the same voltage and amperage.


Not true. With power supplies only voltage matters as the attached device will draw only the current it needs, no more. Just make sure the replacement power supply is rated to supply at least as much current as the original.
by rephlex
Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:25 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Raspberry Pi Xbmc
Replies: 8
Views: 2894

Re: Raspberry Pi Xbmc

even buy using one of the addon scripts? see: http://lifehacker.com/netflixbmc-brings-a-better-remote-controlled-netflix-t-1484237283 Nope. Their workaround involves a wrapper that allows a Linux browser to load the Microsoft Silverlight DLLs. This will only work on x86 based systems; Raspberry Pi ...
by rephlex
Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:04 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Share Your Thoughts about Onboard Audio
Replies: 195
Views: 30508

Re: Share Your Thoughts about Onboard Audio

I hope some well-known sound card maker takes one of VIA's Envy chips, builds a good sound card around it, and sells it for something like $50 - $70, something that undercuts the popular Sound Blaster models. Or maybe they can go after the likes of the Xonar Essence STX and build a $200 card with V...
by rephlex
Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:27 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Share Your Thoughts about Onboard Audio
Replies: 195
Views: 30508

Re: Share Your Thoughts about Onboard Audio

Yes, and that's the problem. The statement "tubes distort in even-order while sold-state distorts in odd-order" oversimplifies to the point of falsehood. Like most things in life, it's a generalization. When does that cross the line into oversimplification? When it is more likely to misle...
by rephlex
Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:56 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Share Your Thoughts about Onboard Audio
Replies: 195
Views: 30508

Re: Share Your Thoughts about Onboard Audio

And then we get into the "order" of the distortion, even or odd. Tubes distort in even-order, which sounds good to the ear (and is why really good guitar amps still use tubes) while sold-state distorts in odd-order, which sounds discordant to the ear. Out of all the myths which exist abou...
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