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I also think SSD or normal HD shouldn't make a difference. But if I had to pull something out from the behind, maybe the SSD draws less power and therefore the power supply is quieter (supposedly more of a factor if USB is used).

The theory I've heard is that a regular HD pollutes the crap out of the power supply and that's why it's better to have a SSD. Apparently all the control circuitry and stuff that moves the heads around on a regular HD also throws a bunch of noise into the power lines and that's what's messing up the sound.

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The theory I've heard is that a regular HD pollutes the crap out of the power supply and that's why it's better to have a SSD. Apparently all the control circuitry and stuff that moves the heads around on a regular HD also throws a bunch of noise into the power lines and that's what's messing up the sound.

Quick someone build and market an audiophile power supply that fits ATX spec :laugh:

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Does that mean Viagra dosen't work??

Only with a non-switching power supply :D

Can't remember where I read it, but some poeple were trying various power conditioning on PC's, and trying to measure if there was improvements in things like read rates on CD, seek times on HDD, etc.... I think they didn't come up with anything conclusive, though there may have been some differences......

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I think I remember some guy in Stereophile hooking his PC up with a high-zoot power conditioner and saying it made a big improvement.

My personal prejudice would be that said power conditioner may have kept the noise from the computer out of the rest of his system.

And yeah, JP is a pretty big guy. (who we know to have good ears and not be an asshat)

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:blink: How does that work? It sits outside your case and the wires run in via an open expansion slot or something? The system is still going to require a normal PSU to run the fans/GPU/mobo/etc. I imagine turning two PSUs off and on at once might be a bit tricky.

Fans/GPU can be powered off the motherboard 12v connector if they aren't mega power hogs.

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Get a decent usb>spdif converter and use whatever dac you want. Foobar KS or Wasapi and you're done spinning plastic. If there is a difference, it's not noticed when you can have your music collection at the push of a button. Itunes takes up too much resources which is cause for dropouts, clicks, etc. There are some pretty good players out there with minimal resource demands.

I hope DAC vendors will start building USB/I2S receiver/converters in their product and stop nickel and dime ing the market.

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My theory about computer audio is avoid the skips. Especially with XP we've all heard them, but what about the ones you don't consciously hear cause they are so small in duration, how would a string of micro-skips affect SQ ?

So if you have a P4 with WinXP SP1 you may get a real improvement with an SSD, less micro-skipping maybe?

IME at least a Win7x64 8GB rig is needed to truly avoid skips under a M$ environment. Some may get lucky with Win XP but when it was designed audio was pretty much overlooked. I am sure with Linux or OSX the memory requirements would be much much less.

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