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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #150 on: Nov 01, 2014 at 12:53 PM »
The easiest way is to check your i.p. add sa laptop then recheck it with your cell, mag prompt naman agad sa cell ang ip add. You need to check foobarCon pro. Mas okay ang library selection. May free naman for both, yung kay sergi mola at yung kay dancegom. Download mo muna at paganahin with your laptop, then choose kung alin ang mas okay. I have paid version of both. I find it very useful. Di na ako napapagod tumayo to change volume, tracks or folders.

Ok sir got it. Will download and setup both for testing. Sana mapagana ko hehehe....

Yan ang gusto ko talaga magawa para tablet on one hand and coffee mug on the other pag relax time na. Yun tab ko kasi di naman masyado nagagamit, bago reset/reformat ko lang so malinis at perfect for this application.


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Re: Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #151 on: Nov 01, 2014 at 12:58 PM »
Hehehe pag networking na kasi usapan sir nagbubutil-butil ang pawis ko... ;D ;D ;D

We have the PLDT modem/router then I installed my idle edimax (via utp) as a repeater to extend our wifi and para na din magamit si edimax.
Dun mo sa pldt router config yan. Ask some technician of pldt to config it.
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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #152 on: Nov 01, 2014 at 01:06 PM »
Dun mo sa pldt router config yan. Ask some technician of pldt to config it.
Kung Globe lang yan kaya kita iguide☺



I have the admin access of my pldt router sir, I think I can configure through that, hopefully.

Aralin ko yun requirements ng mga app suggestion niyo ni bro shrek then will go to the hardware naman.

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #153 on: Nov 01, 2014 at 01:25 PM »
Yan ang gusto ko talaga magawa para tablet on one hand and coffee mug on the other pag relax time na. Yun tab ko kasi di naman masyado nagagamit, bago reset/reformat ko lang so malinis at perfect for this application.


wala rin akong alam dyan dati, "things you do for coffee" same reason tayo sir!!!

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Re: Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #154 on: Nov 01, 2014 at 01:37 PM »

I have the admin access of my pldt router sir, I think I can configure through that, hopefully.

Aralin ko yun requirements ng mga app suggestion niyo ni bro shrek then will go to the hardware naman.
Buti kung ganon. Kaya mo yan sir it just involved MAC address of the host that you want to have static IP
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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #155 on: Nov 02, 2014 at 11:03 AM »
Bros shrek and nogo, finally got to set it up this morning and it works! 8) My Pipo U1 mini Android tablet is now officially my remote! ;D




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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #156 on: Nov 02, 2014 at 11:25 AM »
Nice. New toy.

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #157 on: Nov 02, 2014 at 11:30 AM »
Nice. New toy.


New app, old toy bro hahaha... ok din volume control pwede linear pwede -3dB steps. ;D

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #158 on: Nov 02, 2014 at 05:54 PM »
Nice!!! Thank you din!!! Kasi napatry ako ng ibang app, resulting to a better and lazier listening experience!  >:D >:D >:D

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Re: Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #159 on: Nov 02, 2014 at 06:52 PM »
Bros shrek and nogo, finally got to set it up this morning and it works! 8) My Pipo U1 mini Android tablet is now officially my remote! ;D




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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #160 on: Nov 02, 2014 at 10:46 PM »
Nice!!! Thank you din!!! Kasi napatry ako ng ibang app, resulting to a better and lazier listening experience!  >:D >:D >:D

FoobarCon solve ako. 8) Redefining the word relax! ;D ;D ;D

Thanks!

Ayus!

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Re: Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #161 on: Nov 04, 2014 at 09:45 AM »
The easiest way is to check your i.p. add sa laptop then recheck it with your cell, mag prompt naman agad sa cell ang ip add. You need to check foobarCon pro. Mas okay ang library selection. May free naman for both, yung kay sergi mola at yung kay dancegom. Download mo muna at paganahin with your laptop, then choose kung alin ang mas okay. I have paid version of both. I find it very useful. Di na ako napapagod tumayo to change volume, tracks or folders.
From files tab,  you can browse system's storage

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #162 on: Nov 04, 2014 at 10:26 AM »
That's what I use to do before, but Foobarcon takes it to another level, it also provides artist info/history. It also have a smoother UI.


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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #163 on: Nov 04, 2014 at 11:05 AM »
yes sir panalo na SQ sobrang tipid pa nagamit ko pa yung naka junk na PC ko hehehe!

+ 1,000,000,000

for me no need for external DAC
just optimized your PC for Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to lower latency

my pc latency was 4us flat,  when playing using foobar 10-15us :)
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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #164 on: Nov 04, 2014 at 11:51 AM »
+ 1,000,000,000

for me no need for external DAC
just optimized your PC for Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to lower latency

my pc latency was 4us flat,  when playing using foobar 10-15us :)

naku sir, medyo bobo ako dyan, how do you reduce the latency?

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #165 on: Nov 05, 2014 at 12:08 AM »
naku sir, medyo bobo ako dyan, how do you reduce the latency?


Sir if I may, latency is like a gauge that is used to measure the total amount of time for an instruction to reach it's output from the time the instruction is executed.

There is no real way of lowering a "PC system's" latency as this is defined by the hardware, primarily the cpu (along with it's bridge) and the I/O system chip and the bus used to carry the instruction. However, you can maximize the latency by reducing non-critical, non-priority and unwanted instructions such as TSRs and all those OS based features that would rather be useless if digital audio is the only job the PC is going to do.

For example, you can disable some plug and play features that hogs cpu power and bus efficiency by actively listening to ports for changes in their states like plugging new devices.

So in short, you are bound by what latency your PC has but you can maximize that by selectively giving your digital audio's signal priority like an expressway.


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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #166 on: Nov 05, 2014 at 12:16 AM »
+ 1,000,000,000

for me no need for external DAC
just optimized your PC for Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to lower latency

my pc latency was 4us flat,  when playing using foobar 10-15us :)



For thousands of DAC users, this can be a subjective matter. If you like your onboard DAC and the fact that the analog signal from it passes through your sound card's analog buffers, not to mention all those capacitors in the signal chain, then you are quite lucky, especially your wallet.

The use of external DAC not only provides better noise management but it also gives the user the autonomy for things like sampling rate, balanced outputs, etc. There is a meaningful advantage in using external DACs, the only question is personal tastes.


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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #167 on: Nov 05, 2014 at 12:35 AM »
When I do non critical listening, I just look for very good tonal balance and reasonable detail. That's when I am into the music rather than into the system. Bast wala akong sensation na bingi, the system is ok.

When I do critical listening, that's the time I hear the difference between dacs and players among other things.

That said, I can enjoy my phone plus t-amp and bookshelf speakers as much as my 2a3 home audio system.

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #168 on: Nov 05, 2014 at 07:41 AM »

Sir if I may, latency is like a gauge that is used to measure the total amount of time for an instruction to reach it's output from the time the instruction is executed.

There is no real way of lowering a "PC system's" latency as this is defined by the hardware, primarily the cpu (along with it's bridge) and the I/O system chip and the bus used to carry the instruction. However, you can maximize the latency by reducing non-critical, non-priority and unwanted instructions such as TSRs and all those OS based features that would rather be useless if digital audio is the only job the PC is going to do.

For example, you can disable some plug and play features that hogs cpu power and bus efficiency by actively listening to ports for changes in their states like plugging new devices.

So in short, you are bound by what latency your PC has but you can maximize that by selectively giving your digital audio's signal priority like an expressway.


thanks sir!!! Di ba ito naa-address ng asio or wasapi? What are the plug ins that I need to disable?

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #169 on: Nov 05, 2014 at 11:04 AM »
thanks sir!!! Di ba ito naa-address ng asio or wasapi? What are the plug ins that I need to disable?


Welcome, makabawi man lang ako sayo re FoobarCon :D

Usually you don't need any plugins to disable, it is usually done in the bios first. What you do is "minimize" or fully disable features that is not required for digital audio. Then fine tune your OS, in the case of Windows there are so many background programs running that we don't know about and don't need for digital audio applications. :)

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #170 on: Nov 05, 2014 at 11:45 AM »
Thanks again! Will look deeper into that!

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #171 on: Nov 07, 2014 at 03:40 PM »
Used asio4all, reduced the unecessary programs installed. There are significant improvements! Thanks jojod818

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #172 on: Dec 09, 2014 at 09:27 AM »
My El-cheapo setup:

I had an old netbook lying around the house. Initially, I wanted to install xbmc but realized that it did not have an HDMI port so I made it into a music server. I erased Windows XP and installed Debian (bare install without GUI) + MPD or music player daemon as my music server.

Setup 1:

Server/software: Old netbook running Debian Linux + mpd (music player daemon)
DAC: Super Pro 707
Amp: JD Labs Baby G integrated Amp
Speakers: Anthony Audio Philippians bookshelves
Music: I ripped my CD collection to FLAC using Rubbyripper (again in Linux).

Cost of my setup 1 is around P17k. Got the DAC and Baby G second hand. Philippians was brand new. I control the server from my android phone using the MPDroid app.

Setup 2:

Instead of a laptop, I just plugin my Xiaomi Mi3 phone as my source. I then use Spotify premium which costs me P129 per month. The sound is a bit harsh compared to my laptop.

Todo:

Use mopidy instead of MPD. It will integrate MPD + spotify + sound cloud into one music server. Can be controlled by MPDroid as well.

URLs:
http://www.musicpd.org/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namelessdev.mpdroid&hl=en
https://www.mopidy.com/
https://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/
https://www.debian.org/

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #173 on: Dec 09, 2014 at 12:49 PM »
Looks like a good project you have there, zook. Linux, that's a bit hard core for me. I tinkered with that few years back but nothing about ut was straightforward.

I just kept my netbook on Windows 7 and stripped it of bells and whistles. Foobar does the playing out a JDS Labs dac.

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #174 on: Dec 09, 2014 at 09:49 PM »
my current digital setup now:

Source: PC
DAC: iFi iDSD nano
Subwoofer: SVS SB1000 Gloss White
Speakers: Emotiva AirMotiv 5S
Headphones: Grado RS1i (for listening late at night ;) )
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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #175 on: Dec 11, 2014 at 08:04 AM »
Source: Imac 21" 2010 Itunes Library being accessed by Apple TV connected to my HT Setup. Control is via iPhone or iPad.

No need for external PC speakers as the built in speakers are decent enough.
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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #176 on: Dec 11, 2014 at 09:22 AM »
My El-cheapo setup:

I had an old netbook lying around the house. Initially, I wanted to install xbmc but realized that it did not have an HDMI port so I made it into a music server. I erased Windows XP and installed Debian (bare install without GUI) + MPD or music player daemon as my music server.

Setup 1:

Server/software: Old netbook running Debian Linux + mpd (music player daemon)
DAC: Super Pro 707
Amp: JD Labs Baby G integrated Amp
Speakers: Anthony Audio Philippians bookshelves
Music: I ripped my CD collection to FLAC using Rubbyripper (again in Linux).

Cost of my setup 1 is around P17k. Got the DAC and Baby G second hand. Philippians was brand new. I control the server from my android phone using the MPDroid app.

Setup 2:

Instead of a laptop, I just plugin my Xiaomi Mi3 phone as my source. I then use Spotify premium which costs me P129 per month. The sound is a bit harsh compared to my laptop.

Todo:

Use mopidy instead of MPD. It will integrate MPD + spotify + sound cloud into one music server. Can be controlled by MPDroid as well.

URLs:
http://www.musicpd.org/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namelessdev.mpdroid&hl=en
https://www.mopidy.com/
https://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/
https://www.debian.org/

bro naka generic kernel ka ba?

try mo din ang realtime kernel + HPET
kung supported ng netbook mo ang HPET
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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #177 on: Dec 12, 2014 at 01:50 PM »
bro naka generic kernel ka ba?

try mo din ang realtime kernel + HPET
kung supported ng netbook mo ang HPET

Generic lang bro. So far di ko naman napapansin kung may latency. Kamusta performance gain pag realtime kernel?
 

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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #178 on: Dec 13, 2014 at 07:16 PM »
FoobarCon FTW! ;D





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Re: What's your digital audio set-up?
« Reply #179 on: Dec 26, 2014 at 09:50 AM »
Super Pro 707 --> Yaqin CD3 --> LFD0 --> Primus360

sounds expensive!
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