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« Reply #165 on: October 08, 2010, 04:02:33 pm » |
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I know, but there's nothing I can do about it. I can install firmware from Prodigy 7.1 and have 176kHz available, hence QAP for redbook, but I won't be able to play 48kHz tracks at all, so I choose less evil.
Nick,
What power scheme do you use? Did you try different settings?
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AUDIODIDAKT
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« Reply #166 on: October 08, 2010, 05:32:39 pm » |
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The going back to Vista and using RAMDisk are key and fundamental in our xx project,
I'am not really sure about appying all other tweaks, I did the whole tweaking in a bunch. And did not get the same, BIG change feeling, like i did got from the RAMDisk change.
Nick or Marcin, do you guys keep a log of the changes you made ? can you share those with me.
Roy
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« Reply #167 on: October 08, 2010, 05:37:50 pm » |
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Yep, I keep the log, I'll share it during this weekend.
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« Reply #168 on: October 08, 2010, 05:52:13 pm » |
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... pure from theory W2008 should be the better solution... Currently I am using Windows 2008 R2. I really like this OS, since it allows for easy customization of windows features. Marcin (or anyone), have you tried W2008 R2 with RAMDisk? Mani.
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« Reply #169 on: October 08, 2010, 05:58:20 pm » |
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Unfortunatelly, I haven't tried it on 2008R2, I wasn't aware of RAMdisk back there. Maybe I'll try it, but for I've had enough reinstalls during last days, so give me a break
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« Reply #170 on: October 08, 2010, 06:00:25 pm » |
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Yep, I keep the log, I'll share it during this weekend.
Yea, just to find out at what level it has effect, i mean on SQ. Rule out placebo Funny story: I though I bring me own music to Peter and I (should) could trust my "local" programmer with my 2TB HDD full of precious music, thought wrong there, hehehe While discussing another subject Peter asked: "should it be possible to connect a hdd when the PC hibernates/sleeps?". This was a hard lesson you can NOT, well not on IDE. I think it kept the previous connected USB card/or whatever in memory, PC came out of sleep mode, and OVERwrite my hdd mft/mbr with that USB file that still was in memory. Peter feeling REALLY guilty, he was more shocked then i was, but still there where like 5000 albums on there.(no back-up, yet) He spended several hours on it in maybe get it fixed somehow that morning, but I told him to spend time on the more important stuff, the stuff we came for ...AUDIO ! But afterall I managed to get ALL the data of my disc, I only needed the buy another hdd to write my fixed image to, and some 10 hours work for my pc on writing data back and forth. hehehe, you may stop feeling guilty now Peter, hahaha Roy
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« Reply #171 on: October 08, 2010, 06:12:07 pm » |
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For the Stealth III LPS PC : W10-14393.0 - July 17, 2021 (2.11) XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13* (max 10.13) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3 A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control). Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).
For a general PC : W10-10586.0 - May 2016 (2.05+) *XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10 (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.
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« Reply #172 on: October 08, 2010, 06:56:53 pm » |
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Roy,
What dpclat are you getting from your tuned OS? This is not a hard wired indicator to music performance but it gives me a feeling for how far you have gone with tuning. Are you on vista? What have you stopped / done so far?
When settled what are max, min and estimated average dpclat scores ?
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w10 14393 RAM OS => XX V2.10 / adaptive mode / XX buffer 4096 / NOS USB driver v 1.02 buffer 16ms / Q1,2,3,4,5 = 10,-,1,1,1 / xQ1 =15 / unattended / SFS 0.69Mb / memory straight continuous / system clock 15.0ms / Threadprio RealTime / Playerprio Low / CPU scheme 3-5 / 16x Arc Prediction / Peak Extend off / Phase alignment off / Phase off / XTweaks : Balanced Load 35 / Nervous Rate 10 (or15) / Cool when Idle n/a / Provide Stable Power 0 / Utilize Cores always 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability On => Lush USB cable => modified NOS1 USB DAC => no pre amp => Orelo active horn loudspeakers with modified bass channel DSPs.
Music server: X99, Xeon 28 thread PC.
System power two 3kva balanced tranformers with dedicated earth spur.
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« Reply #173 on: October 08, 2010, 07:18:14 pm » |
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Roy,
What dpclat are you getting from your tuned OS? This is not a hard wired indicator to music performance but it gives me a feeling for how far you have gone with tuning. Are you on vista? What have you stopped / done so far?
When settled what are max, min and estimated average dpclat scores ?
Nick.
He Nick, You guys are a week ahead on me, I was 2 days at Peters and such, repairing hdd, setup vista blah blah. Lot of catch-up to do So I am around 13-15 us range on DPClat, on minimal services, applyed all yours and marcin's tweaks, but i am not sure if i did all. But if you are working organized, you should kept a log right ? I also did, so i want to compare reg, sys and windows settings, we also need a log when we want to write something to automate all these registry entries. Best regards, Roy
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« Reply #174 on: October 08, 2010, 08:00:39 pm » |
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Roy,
What dpclat are you getting from your tuned OS? This is not a hard wired indicator to music performance but it gives me a feeling for how far you have gone with tuning. Are you on vista? What have you stopped / done so far?
When settled what are max, min and estimated average dpclat scores ?
Nick.
Nick, do you use underclocked and undervolted system? It brings great improvements imho...
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« Reply #175 on: October 08, 2010, 08:05:44 pm » |
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At this moment I have the feeling it's the other way around. Will tell about it later ...
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For the Stealth III LPS PC : W10-14393.0 - July 17, 2021 (2.11) XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13* (max 10.13) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3 A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control). Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).
For a general PC : W10-10586.0 - May 2016 (2.05+) *XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10 (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.
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« Reply #176 on: October 08, 2010, 08:35:09 pm » |
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Martin hi,
I tend to go for responsivness as the guiding principle. RAM and CPU give moderate improvements. I also over volt a little. On my system the last 5 % or so of clock speed is -ve for sound so I back off from ffull potential. 2 cores seems best I have a quad core but run 2 by setting boot options.
There was a build paper for another player with great configs but to low volt underclock did not work for me.
Cut the background load and run fast !
Nick
Ps will post autoruns later then thighs get interesting :-)
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C621 motherboard, Xeon 40 thread CPU.
w10 14393 RAM OS => XX V2.10 / adaptive mode / XX buffer 4096 / NOS USB driver v 1.02 buffer 16ms / Q1,2,3,4,5 = 10,-,1,1,1 / xQ1 =15 / unattended / SFS 0.69Mb / memory straight continuous / system clock 15.0ms / Threadprio RealTime / Playerprio Low / CPU scheme 3-5 / 16x Arc Prediction / Peak Extend off / Phase alignment off / Phase off / XTweaks : Balanced Load 35 / Nervous Rate 10 (or15) / Cool when Idle n/a / Provide Stable Power 0 / Utilize Cores always 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability On => Lush USB cable => modified NOS1 USB DAC => no pre amp => Orelo active horn loudspeakers with modified bass channel DSPs.
Music server: X99, Xeon 28 thread PC.
System power two 3kva balanced tranformers with dedicated earth spur.
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« Reply #177 on: October 08, 2010, 08:43:09 pm » |
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Yes, maybe you're right for external interfaces that doesn't feed power from PC. For PCI soundcards, I can't be wrong...
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« Reply #178 on: October 08, 2010, 08:49:49 pm » |
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Ps will post autoruns later then thighs get interesting :-)
That would be great Nick, take your time ! I think i managed to degrade my sytem again, meaning worse sound. Something is not right. Roy
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« Reply #179 on: October 08, 2010, 09:52:26 pm » |
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Nick, do you use underclocked and undervolted system? It brings great improvements imho...
I also disagree. What I think it really matters is to disable the energy saving features from bios, including EIST and C1. Then i undervolt 0,1V just for keeping the cpu coooler.
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