Well it took me a lot of time but the system is up and running again!
The building of the new music server didn't take very long but placing it in the system did. To fit it all in the lowboard I'm using I had to modify it and shuffle things in it a bit. In the process I took the chance to clean each and every cable and device on the outside and also treated the all contacts and plugs. All in all this process took me around 6-7 hours.
This is the low board I'm using, it's a Just Racks JRL-1650 (=Spectral). The Devialet is on top of it in the middle but eveything else is in it.
When I received the Hynes PSU I had already modified the drawer to give me extra shelf space that came in handy again. The Mutec, SOTM SMS-200, DSPeaker Anti-mode and music server are now in the middle. The Lyngdorf power amplifier and Tag McLaren surround pre/pro (both for surround duties only) are on the right.
I moved the Hynes PSU to the right where it's on top of my PS Audio P3 Power Plant. I might make an extra shelf myself to separate the two a bit. For now I've used small pieces of cork.
I wanted to make extra holes in the lowboard to improve cooling through natural convection. For this I of course had to empty the entire thing. I made two circular holes in the bottom and an additional four up in the back of the middle compartment. I once already made holes in back of the right compartment. Cool air can enter from the bottom and leave top back.
This seems to work great. I left the fronts closed since I powered everything up yesterday and just checked the temperatures with everything running overnight up to now.
As you can see the temperatures are actually suprisingly low, CPU temperature in the music server is only 38 degrees. I had expected much higher temps. Not seen in the screenshot is the PCH temperature inside the music server which is at 48 degrees, this is the "chipset" on the motherboard which is always the hottest component in a computer since it's passively cooled. The system temperature is 41 deg and the Samsung SSD 34 deg. Nice, no need to worry about temperatures!!
In the next post, a bit more about the music server.
The building of the new music server didn't take very long but placing it in the system did. To fit it all in the lowboard I'm using I had to modify it and shuffle things in it a bit. In the process I took the chance to clean each and every cable and device on the outside and also treated the all contacts and plugs. All in all this process took me around 6-7 hours.
This is the low board I'm using, it's a Just Racks JRL-1650 (=Spectral). The Devialet is on top of it in the middle but eveything else is in it.
When I received the Hynes PSU I had already modified the drawer to give me extra shelf space that came in handy again. The Mutec, SOTM SMS-200, DSPeaker Anti-mode and music server are now in the middle. The Lyngdorf power amplifier and Tag McLaren surround pre/pro (both for surround duties only) are on the right.
I moved the Hynes PSU to the right where it's on top of my PS Audio P3 Power Plant. I might make an extra shelf myself to separate the two a bit. For now I've used small pieces of cork.
I wanted to make extra holes in the lowboard to improve cooling through natural convection. For this I of course had to empty the entire thing. I made two circular holes in the bottom and an additional four up in the back of the middle compartment. I once already made holes in back of the right compartment. Cool air can enter from the bottom and leave top back.
This seems to work great. I left the fronts closed since I powered everything up yesterday and just checked the temperatures with everything running overnight up to now.
As you can see the temperatures are actually suprisingly low, CPU temperature in the music server is only 38 degrees. I had expected much higher temps. Not seen in the screenshot is the PCH temperature inside the music server which is at 48 degrees, this is the "chipset" on the motherboard which is always the hottest component in a computer since it's passively cooled. The system temperature is 41 deg and the Samsung SSD 34 deg. Nice, no need to worry about temperatures!!
In the next post, a bit more about the music server.
PS Audio P3, Shunyata ΞTRON Alpha Digital and HC/Furutech power cables, Paul Hynes SR7EHD-MR4, DIY Roon Server & Roon Endpoint running AudioLinux Headless, Phasure Lush^2 USB cable, Audioquest Diamond RJ/E ethernet, Uptone Audio etherREGEN, Mutec MC-3+ USB, Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU, Devialet Expert 250 Pro CI, Nordost Tyr Reference LS cables, Von Schweikert VR-5 SE Anniversary Edition, Anti-Mode Dual Core 2.0, JL Audio Fathom F112. More detail here.
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