01-Aug-2014, 12:49
@AlexS, tegarding the pausing of tracks I did, the pauses were short, <1 minute.
@Confused, yes, you're right about the direct connection; one single cable between playback PC and Devialet. No routers/switches.
What I have not mentioned yet is that I 'tuned' the Windows 8.1 playback machine as much as I could. I however did not record all the changes I made and there have been a lot. There's a minimum of active processes and drivers active. I've disabled or removed everything I don't need in Windows and the BIOS and disabled most of the power saving features of devices except for C1/C3 CPU power states to keep the heat down (my case is a passive cooled case).
Most of the things I did can be found here: http://www.computeraudiodesign.com/computer-setup/ and here: http://www.tirnahifi.org/forum/viewtopic...=15&t=2456 Although I didn't blindly follow all their ideas or simply run the scripts. I made a selection to suit my needs.
It may be that if your machines are 100% stable one of those changes "did the trick" here in my situation but I would in no way imply that they should be necessary. Devialet of course has to create a solution that works on a vast range of machines, out of the box and "untuned".
@Confused, yes, you're right about the direct connection; one single cable between playback PC and Devialet. No routers/switches.
What I have not mentioned yet is that I 'tuned' the Windows 8.1 playback machine as much as I could. I however did not record all the changes I made and there have been a lot. There's a minimum of active processes and drivers active. I've disabled or removed everything I don't need in Windows and the BIOS and disabled most of the power saving features of devices except for C1/C3 CPU power states to keep the heat down (my case is a passive cooled case).
Most of the things I did can be found here: http://www.computeraudiodesign.com/computer-setup/ and here: http://www.tirnahifi.org/forum/viewtopic...=15&t=2456 Although I didn't blindly follow all their ideas or simply run the scripts. I made a selection to suit my needs.
It may be that if your machines are 100% stable one of those changes "did the trick" here in my situation but I would in no way imply that they should be necessary. Devialet of course has to create a solution that works on a vast range of machines, out of the box and "untuned".
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