Caps 3.0

[Pider]

Reason to build your own music server? Fun. Love to tinker. I'm going to take my current build and turn it into a DIY NAS, right after I build a CAPs. Keeps me off the street, and I get to learn stuff.

[mbovaird]

Originally Posted by Pider

Reason to build your own music server? Fun. Love to tinker. I'm going to take my current build and turn it into a DIY NAS, right after I build a CAPs. Keeps me off the street, and I get to learn stuff.

Right on!

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by mbovaird

Quick update: the CAPS 3.0 Carbon has already shipped.


In the meantime, I ran a digital out from my Oppo 105 to my DAC2X and directly compared it to my Mac Mini. The difference was substantial. The Oppo digital into the DAC2X sounded much better. Smoother. Fuller. Zero fatigue. It sounded more analog if will.

Now I'm very interested to try and ultimately compare the CAPS 3.0.

The most shocking thing of the day is that I actually bought a Windows PC. Something 13 years ago I swear I would never do again!

Thanks Mike,

So I guess the plan is to pull the music from the NAS through the CAPS 3.0 Carbon into the DAC2X? Would there be any benefit to a bigger SSD in the CAPS?

[mbovaird]

None. I asked Ted and Howard about this. Both said keep the music on the NAS. I did get the 128GB SSD only because its the same price as the 64GB from SGC.

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by mbovaird

None. I asked Ted and Howard about this. Both said keep the music on the NAS. I did get the 128GB SSD only because its the same price as the 64GB from SGC.

[-E-]

Originally Posted by mbovaird

In the meantime, I ran a digital out from my Oppo 105 to my DAC2X and directly compared it to my Mac Mini. The difference was substantial. The Oppo digital into the DAC2X sounded much better. Smoother. Fuller. Zero fatigue. It sounded more analog if will.

If you say that, then holy crap are you in for a pleasant surprise. I can't stand the OPPO digital output to a DAC; each and every time my sorely little laptop bests it (easily).

[mbovaird]

Originally Posted by Vesuvius

If you say that, then holy crap are you in for a pleasant surprise. I can't stand the OPPO digital output to a DAC; each and every time my sorely little laptop bests it (easily).

Are you using JRiver?

[-E-]

Aye.

[mbovaird]

Originally Posted by Vesuvius

Aye.

The computer audio guys say that's half the battle. They say JRiver really is superior sounding.

[-E-]

Well, it's thanks to the WASAPI and WASAPI+Event Mode.

Where JRiver really shines is database management. So efficient and sortable now.