PC audio
 

I'm about to set up a pc based audio system and have a thousand and
one questions. It appears that there's little discussion of this topic
on this NG. Can anyone recommend where I should be looking (websites,
forums etc). Thanks.

PC audio
 

Keiron in uk.rec.audio:

I'm about to set up a pc based audio system and have a thousand and
one questions. It appears that there's little discussion of this topic
on this NG. Can anyone recommend where I should be looking (websites,
forums etc). Thanks.

three points:

1) silence. The computer should not be full of noisy fans
2) hifi case. Lian-Li do quite a few aluminium pc cases now designed to fit
in a standard sized hifi stack and look the part.
3) audiophile soundcard.

--
Jim H

3.1415...4999999 and so on... Richard Feynman

PC audio
 

Julian Fowler wrote in message . ..
On 30 Jul 2003 02:56:30 -0700, (Keiron) wrote:

(...)

It appears that there's little discussion of this topic
on this NG.

ISTR a recent and lengthy thread about selecting/building PCs
specifically for audio use.

There have been several threads about this topic over the last year or
so, and several people - I'm one of 'em - have built HiFi PCs in
various configurations. I have one of the less sophisticated setups,
other have fancy networky gubbins.

So, as Julian says - ask questions, or Google this group...either will
get you some good (maybe!) info...

Steve.

PC audio
 

"Paul Dormer" wrote in message

James Perrett wrote:

Take a look at Arny Krueger's web site (www.pcavtech.com)

Out of date...

Compared to Dormer's site at:

Paul Domer fills in the URL

PC audio
 

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:40:41 +0000 (UTC), Jim H
wrote:

Keiron in uk.rec.audio:

I'm about to set up a pc based audio system and have a thousand and
one questions. It appears that there's little discussion of this topic
on this NG. Can anyone recommend where I should be looking (websites,
forums etc). Thanks.

three points:

1) silence. The computer should not be full of noisy fans
2) hifi case. Lian-Li do quite a few aluminium pc cases now designed to fit
in a standard sized hifi stack and look the part.
3) audiophile soundcard.

Good points. For silencing your computer, I recommend consulting:

http://silentpcreview.com/

Another point to consider is your operating system and how it is set
up. I use MS Win2k, which is probably not the most
multimedia-friendly OS to use, but it works fine if you work at it
hard enough. For example, here is one optimizing tutorial:

http://www.staudio.de/kb/english/2000xp/

There are others around. The crucial thing is to get your OS to
assign a dedicated IRQ to your soundcard.

ff123

PC audio
 

Sure Keiron, subscribe to:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech
I reckon you will find what you're looking for.

Dave W.

"Keiron" wrote in message
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I'm about to set up a pc based audio system and have a thousand and
one questions. It appears that there's little discussion of this topic
on this NG. Can anyone recommend where I should be looking (websites,
forums etc). Thanks.