To clarify; I will place this PC inside the 'low board' in which all the AV/Stereo components are placed. It should fit, like it did with my previous music server. This one is smaller.
It'll have two ethernet NIC's so I can keep using the "Romaz" bridged (or routed setup in my case which I believe to be even more efficient as the SMS-200 is then on a separate subnet and will only receive the traffic it's meant to receive, since there's no other devices on this subnet).
The "dual network leg" chain will be (I'll update the system diagram later this week ):
music server (ethernet 1) -> AQ Diamond ethernet cable -> SMS-200 -> Curious USB 20cm cable -> Mutec -> Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU -> Devialet 250 Pro
music server (ethernet 2) -> Supra CAT 8 ethernet -> FMC -> fiber cable to upstairs -> FMC -> Supra CAT 8 -> switch -> router -> Internet
(I may experiment with the EMO Systems EN-HD70 LAN isolator in leg 1 or 2).
The new server will be powered by my Paul Hynes SR7-EHD-MR4 using the 12V high current output (max 8A which is more than twice I need) as the thin-ITX motherboard has a direct 12V input.
Of course I'll have the option to insert an audiophile switch or some future "ethernet regen" in 'leg 1' to the SMS-200. There's also the option to upgrade the clocks on the mainboard and/or ethernet NIC using, for example, the SOTM SCLK-EX clock board (http://www.sotm-audio.com/sotmwp/english...m/sclk-ex/).
Will play with the cheap but good performing SATA cables I mentioned earlier and I will power the SSD using a separate LPSU or perhaps a LPS-1 (though that's a bit expensive to just just power a SSD of course).
Of course I'll install Windows Server 2012 R2 plus AO (Audiophile Optimizer) again.
It'll have two ethernet NIC's so I can keep using the "Romaz" bridged (or routed setup in my case which I believe to be even more efficient as the SMS-200 is then on a separate subnet and will only receive the traffic it's meant to receive, since there's no other devices on this subnet).
The "dual network leg" chain will be (I'll update the system diagram later this week ):
music server (ethernet 1) -> AQ Diamond ethernet cable -> SMS-200 -> Curious USB 20cm cable -> Mutec -> Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU -> Devialet 250 Pro
music server (ethernet 2) -> Supra CAT 8 ethernet -> FMC -> fiber cable to upstairs -> FMC -> Supra CAT 8 -> switch -> router -> Internet
(I may experiment with the EMO Systems EN-HD70 LAN isolator in leg 1 or 2).
The new server will be powered by my Paul Hynes SR7-EHD-MR4 using the 12V high current output (max 8A which is more than twice I need) as the thin-ITX motherboard has a direct 12V input.
Of course I'll have the option to insert an audiophile switch or some future "ethernet regen" in 'leg 1' to the SMS-200. There's also the option to upgrade the clocks on the mainboard and/or ethernet NIC using, for example, the SOTM SCLK-EX clock board (http://www.sotm-audio.com/sotmwp/english...m/sclk-ex/).
Will play with the cheap but good performing SATA cables I mentioned earlier and I will power the SSD using a separate LPSU or perhaps a LPS-1 (though that's a bit expensive to just just power a SSD of course).
Of course I'll install Windows Server 2012 R2 plus AO (Audiophile Optimizer) again.
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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