usually cancel only closes the dialog box, then im stuck in winblows limbo

it hasn't always been this way, I probably updated my soundcard driver most recently but I don't normally run in minimized os because I work/study when i listen to music

I'm going to try to uninstall a few things nd see if I can get the problem to go away

My own issues with minimize os:

when in normal (os) mode unattended works perfectly and quickly

when I use the minimize OS button to reboot, unattended gets hung up waiting for services to stop

i've let it sit for over 4 hours and then window never closes, music doesnt start

sometimes alt-x will get me out but other times I can access the task mgr but cannot shutdown the system or reboot without a hard reset

received the dongles today

received an email / sent a payment

So should we submit a payment via paypal peter?

I just got back in town from a business trip and haven't had time to review the whole thread for instructions yet

 halfway there



47 pairs by my count

make it two sets, i see were at 28 already...come on ppl lets keep moving forward

if a pressure change is the culprit you would be able to recreate the increased pressure with some compressed air fed into the room

in combination with an accurate (digital) barometer and the db meter

I definitely prefer to have the sliding glass door open in my listening room open, somehow adds to clarity and bass

68 deg F winter days in San Diego, CA help

sorry to hear you're having so many issues...

I too had trouble getting everything dialed in and stable

this was a great help:

   
A Guide to Glitchless Playback http://www.phasure.com/index.php?topic=1356.0

I've only gotten the "Necessary Privileges have been set. Reboot to make them effective!" msg when playing with sfs file size and type settings

if that helps at all, from what i've read 4gb of system memory does limit you to smaller SFS sizes

I had a tv that had a picture quality setup wizard that was awesome

instead of showing the color values, it just had the user make a series of choices:

"which picture do you prefer": (using identical images with different values applied, side by side)

a or b

and it used images that for each setting, emphasized the effects

maybe a similar setup "wizard", could be arranged for sound quality. using samples for each setting that emphasized the effect being altered at first,

then allowing the user to run specific music through the wizard
a tune/eq on the fly sort of deal

the ability to have track specific setting, and save to user selectable presets

I'm sure once the actual engine is done (like anything is ever done) being developed then the interface is the next thing to dial in

love your work peter

disclaimer: (I am an admitted tube roller, waiting for a matched quad of Gold Lion KT-88's to arrive any day)

its vista 64-bit, and basically the fix you worked back when you were having the issue with an earlier build worked for me when I figured out it was the 64 bit system folder i needed to install the ocx files in

OK SO everything works (under my fresh vista install) now!

i ended up uninstalling the OCX files with the setup program then copying them to the \\windows\SysWOW64

manual regsvr32 successfully registered the OCX files

XXHighEnd then started with no hitches besides my own retardation trying to activate on the dedicated PC but I did figure it out with all of the excellent info here on the forum

now if microsoft's MSDN would let me download Windows 7 as opposed to just saying its going to.

EDITED for clarity- sorry for the garbled post my browser crashed in the middle of my post and I gave up last night

the very first time I hooked up my external DAC (VIA USB) the noise was so bad I immediately called the vendor to complain and he suggested trying the other connections, cheater plugs for the power cords (to eliminate ground loop)

the coaxial digital had much less noise (shielding)

and the optical was the quietest of all (Im sure due to the lack EMI with the optical cable)

but by your comments I'm assuming that the ideal connection to an external DAC (barring the NOS1 of course, I'm a few years away from that...) would be a high quality PCI sound-card with SPDIF out then?

I'm just wondering if an external DAC is handling the main load of conversion what sort of card should I be looking for a Cantatis  (used for less than $300 hopefully), or just a high end creative labs (quite affordable) to get a better optical out than my Mainboard

Just thought I'd ask if anyone could list the specific benefits of using a USB to spdif converter vs the integrated SPDIF on my motherboard?

I'm wondering how much it impacts SQ versus say upgrading the DAC as opposed to the SPDIF output (weakest link theory always to be considered) but i figure the USB converter could have superior clocking to the integrated SPDIF...