Son_of_Thor
pfm Member
"Be interested to hear what that setup consists of. I'm running an RPi based setup personally and I'm pretty impressed with it so far.. The PSU side of it needs work and that's the next step of the project!"
Custom server with Linux OS. I can boot in Windows or Linux and Linux sounds way better. Manufacturers spend a lot of time trimming down OS's as much as possible for SQ, you can't get any more trimmed down than Linux.
Mahussive PS for the server PS - BPS's don't work for the main power - don't know the technicals but apparently computers power requirements work in a way that batteries can't do the job.
Internal SSD with it's own BPS - BPS's are mostly SOTM mBPS's with the exception of one Uptone LPS-1. The SOTM's generally sound much better.
External PS for motherboard.
Fibre optic out to Adnaco outboard USB stage with it's own BPS.
Audioquest Jitterbug's on ins and outs of Adnaco.
Chord Sarum Tuned Array USB cable to Regen ISO with it's own BPS
SOTM ASB/SPDIF converter (upgrade with Femto clock and it's own BPS
Audioquest Wild AES/EBU to Boulder Dac.
It's actually 11 boxes strictly speaking
I think that's everything
Edit:
Every step has brought a noticeable improvement in SQ, I'd sort them biggest to smallest difference like this:
Main PS for server
Femto USB/SPDIF converter
Chord Sarum USB cable
Adnaco USB stage
Regen ISO
BPS for USB/SPDIF converter
BPS for Regen
PS for motherboard
Audioquest Jitterbugs
Interesting - definitely a lot more boxes than I'm running! The BPS stuff is interesting, definitely something I'm having a look at, but the SOTM units are a little over my budget for a Raspberry Pi setup.. My current setup is as follows:
RaspberryPi 3B with standard RPi USB PSU
Allo Kali HAT reclocker separately powered by ifi iPower
Allo Piano 2.1 HAT DAC in dual mono mode
Moode audio 3.8 Linux distro
Sounds very good as it stands. I've got a galvanic isolator HAT board (designed by one of the bods on DIY Audio) on order and after that I'll be looking at the best way to power it...