Hello Everyone,
I'm a new member here and thought I would share my experiences with using a pc as part of stereo system.
This fall I was in a position to put together a hi-fi music system including a PC.
After some research I purchased a,
Nad C390DD integrated amp,
A SurgeX XR315 surge suppressor/ power conditioner
a pair of Pioneer HPM-200 speakers
For the computer I went with,
Windows 7 Ultimate
Jriver, audio player
Asus Z87-PLUS motherboard.
Intel I5-4430, LGA1150
Off the shelf water cooling, Water 2.0 by Thermaltake
1, Samsung SSD 128 gb hdd for C:/ drive
2, 3 tb Western Digital Hdd for storage
16 gigs of Corsair vengeance ram.
Corsiar GS-500 power supply
Esi Juli@xte sound card
I have been playing with computers and computer based audio for about 23 years as a hobby, and has had varying degrees of success along the way. When I put this system together what I was aiming for was a system that is neutral in the sound reproduction, and the results are far better than I had hoped for. There is no noise other than from the music, recording conditions, recording equipment or records that were scratched ect. From the sound card I used Toslink to the Nad c390dd. Both the Nad and the computer are powered through the Surgex power conditioner and using a power conditioner made a huge difference in the quality of the sound. I chose to spend the bulk of my budget on amp and speakers , I had the speakers into a shop and had the speakers completely tested and repairs made to one midrange and some caps and wires replaced . I am happy to answer questions anyone has about my choices that I made when putting this system together .
Mike
I'm a new member here and thought I would share my experiences with using a pc as part of stereo system.
This fall I was in a position to put together a hi-fi music system including a PC.
After some research I purchased a,
Nad C390DD integrated amp,
A SurgeX XR315 surge suppressor/ power conditioner
a pair of Pioneer HPM-200 speakers
For the computer I went with,
Windows 7 Ultimate
Jriver, audio player
Asus Z87-PLUS motherboard.
Intel I5-4430, LGA1150
Off the shelf water cooling, Water 2.0 by Thermaltake
1, Samsung SSD 128 gb hdd for C:/ drive
2, 3 tb Western Digital Hdd for storage
16 gigs of Corsair vengeance ram.
Corsiar GS-500 power supply
Esi Juli@xte sound card
I have been playing with computers and computer based audio for about 23 years as a hobby, and has had varying degrees of success along the way. When I put this system together what I was aiming for was a system that is neutral in the sound reproduction, and the results are far better than I had hoped for. There is no noise other than from the music, recording conditions, recording equipment or records that were scratched ect. From the sound card I used Toslink to the Nad c390dd. Both the Nad and the computer are powered through the Surgex power conditioner and using a power conditioner made a huge difference in the quality of the sound. I chose to spend the bulk of my budget on amp and speakers , I had the speakers into a shop and had the speakers completely tested and repairs made to one midrange and some caps and wires replaced . I am happy to answer questions anyone has about my choices that I made when putting this system together .
Mike