Speakers
Tannoy Sensys DC1
Pioneer something-or-other plastic rear speakers (15+ years old probably?)
Sub
SVS SB12Plus
Amp
Pioneer VSX-1015
Source
Realteak codec (optical out)
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- Thu Jun 09, 2016 2:51 am
- Forum: Audio Crafts
- Topic: What are you listening through? speaker systems & headphones
- Replies: 29
- Views: 97746
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 2:44 am
- Forum: Audio Crafts
- Topic: $1500 computer desktop speakers?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13522
Re: $1500 computer desktop speakers?
I'll just stick with my Tannoy Sensys DC1's, biamped off a Pioneer amp... Dual Concentric, baby <3
Looks interesting tho, but as hammer mentions, some lost potential here.
Looks interesting tho, but as hammer mentions, some lost potential here.
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:15 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo + Q9450
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4201
Re: ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo + Q9450
Probably an old BIOS, try updating it before doing anything else.
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: New attempt at making my fileserver silent. Advice needed.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10095
Re: New attempt at making my fileserver silent. Advice neede
You're not going to hear the HX520 after dialing down the other fans, it's fine.
- Sat Jul 06, 2013 6:25 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS Z87-Deluxe fake 4-pin headers & other fan control info
- Replies: 60
- Views: 190252
Re: ASUS Z87-Deluxe fake 4-pin headers & other fan control i
I've been dabbling with making a fan controller like that using something as simple as an arduino and some supporting ICs. Which says quite a bit about how easy it would be to make this... Sigh.
- Mon May 06, 2013 2:28 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silent-Server-Rack ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10612
Re: Silent-Server-Rack ?
Very interesting rack solution.
But for home use, unless you were given som rack servers and want to use them, you're better off choosing components for low noise instead.
It's a lot easier (and cheaper) to avoid noise during design/buy phase than it is to try to fix noise issues after the fact.
But for home use, unless you were given som rack servers and want to use them, you're better off choosing components for low noise instead.
It's a lot easier (and cheaper) to avoid noise during design/buy phase than it is to try to fix noise issues after the fact.
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:16 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Worth replacing stock Q6600 heatsink?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5231
Re: Worth replacing stock Q6600 heatsink?
It's worth upgrading. Even a $20-25 tower cooler is a huge upgrade.
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:37 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23980
Re: ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II
I want one
- Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:16 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Update | Mummy wants a new computer
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19941
Re: Mummy wants a new computer
Don't go below 120/128GB SSD now, the price difference vs a smaller drive is such that the smaller drives are more expensive per gigabyte. Remember that Windows 7 64bit alone + a few programs will fill up a 64GB drive by itself, or fill it close enough to capacity that garbage collection/TRIM won't ...
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Are SSDs really that bad?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 50260
Re: Are SSDs really that bad?
If you want reliable SSD, get an intel 320, 520 or a samsung 830. Defragmention issues? they dont exist in the classical way of the HDD. TRIM works on most modern OSes, and even without it, performance doesnt suffer much unless you fill your SSD to the brim. Something you shouldn't do anyhow - not o...
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: SF Bay area drinks/dinner with MikeC - June 28
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6892
Re: SF Bay area drinks/dinner with MikeC - June 28
No pictures?
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Finally inaudible! (to me at least), decided to share.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6139
Re: Finally inaudible! (to me at least), decided to share.
I've seen worse (for airflow) cabling in a P180, if its ugly and it works - who cares?
I'd consider replacing that HSF completely, those zalman coolers are not wildely known for being silencer-friendly...
I'd consider replacing that HSF completely, those zalman coolers are not wildely known for being silencer-friendly...
- Sun May 13, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Are APC rack mount UPSs quiet enough?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8681
Re: Are APC rack mount UPSs quiet enough?
42 / 36 dBA is still a lot more than the <20-25 dBA we generally expect from reasonably quiet computers. Still more bearable than the 55dBA from my 3500XL atleast (I don't use my unit because of the noise level).
- Sat May 12, 2012 4:46 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Are APC rack mount UPSs quiet enough?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8681
Re: Are APC rack mount UPSs quiet enough?
Those rackmount units will not be anywhere near "SPCR" level of quiet, just forget about that being possible.
I have a SmartUPS 3500XL, and the thing makes enough racket that I hear it through the wall here, at normal operation (with mains on)...
I have a SmartUPS 3500XL, and the thing makes enough racket that I hear it through the wall here, at normal operation (with mains on)...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:54 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: Desktop for a virtualized home server -- first time build!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4242
Re: Desktop for a virtualized home server -- first time buil
If you want to do this with any decent performance, you need VT-d, so that excludes using -k cpus, you're better off with a plain 2600. With VT-d you can do gpu passthrough.
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:51 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: silencing norco 4220 with fake hdd blocks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6559
Re: silencing norco 4220 with fake hdd blocks
Build a silencer case around it?
This is a rackmount server, expecting utter silence is futile...
This is a rackmount server, expecting utter silence is futile...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:18 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: silencing norco 4220 with fake hdd blocks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6559
Re: silencing norco 4220 with fake hdd blocks
you can close the trays you dont use, there's a mechanism for that on every tray...
- Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: 2002-2012: A Decade of SPCR (EDIT: now 12 years)
- Replies: 61
- Views: 111449
Re: 2002-2012: A Decade of SPCR
Happy tenth anniversary for SPCR! one of the best enthusiast sites on the internet, and probably one of the most influencal ones with regards to the changes to quiet/silent computing since its inception.
- Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:54 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: My house idles at 75W
- Replies: 29
- Views: 54569
Re: My house idles at 75W
You should check out this stuff then - http://www.currentcost.com/products.html I'm contemplating getting one here, and then do some monitoring per breaker as well (computer room/office etc etc)... My rig pulls a depressing amount of power at full blast (probably >500W all told for one pc, two amps,...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fairly quiet workstation (P182 ++) - Updated 21.09.08
- Replies: 76
- Views: 90743
Re: Fairly quiet workstation (P182 ++) - Updated 21.09.08
I used a kama bay, but they're not for sale any longer :/
You could also use a 4in3 for the same, if you dont want to ghetto it up
You could also use a 4in3 for the same, if you dont want to ghetto it up
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:54 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Geforce 560 or Radeon 6850/6870
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20272
Re: Geforce 560 or Radeon 6850/6870
I've got an asus 6870 directcu, and I've yet to hear any noise from it...
- Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:15 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: At which point is watercooling more quiet?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10142
Re: At which point is watercooling more quiet?
The "crossover-point" is when your air cooling doesnt have enough surface area to remove the heat quietly, and you have to resort to higher fan speeds and more noise to avoid overheating. E.G.: Multiple high-end graphics cards, highly overclocked quad+ core cpus etc. The beauty of watercooling is th...
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:44 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Quiet black and white 120MM fans?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6587
Re: Quiet black and white 120MM fans?
The Nexus fans are not reference fans @ SPCR without reason, you can't go wrong with them for most applications
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fairly quiet workstation (P182 ++) - Updated 21.09.08
- Replies: 76
- Views: 90743
Re: Fairly quiet workstation (P182 ++) - Updated 21.09.08
Wow, I haven't updated this in a while! I've since nuked the GTS250, got a GTS450 to replace it that was silent with the stock cooler, and then replaced that with a 6870 this fall when my student loan came in. I also bought a 320 80GB at the same time, making my Q6600 seem like new again. However, t...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:38 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Advice on Corsair 650D - replacement for P182
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2854
Re: Advice on Corsair 650D - replacement for P182
Get a Scythe Kama bay, or something else to convert some of the 5.25" bays to fan intakes, that will fix you right up. P182 stock has very restrictive + not enough intakes in the upper chamber.
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:19 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Recommendations for a good 16:10 aspect gaming monitor?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18449
Re: Recommendations for a good 16:10 aspect gaming monitor?
Scaling is indeed a non-issue as long as you use a PC as a source, the graphics card is often just as capable of doing this task as the in-monitor scaler.
For xbox/ps3 etc its more complicated, and certainly something to keep in mind if you live in for example a dorm and dont have a TV
For xbox/ps3 etc its more complicated, and certainly something to keep in mind if you live in for example a dorm and dont have a TV
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:19 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Recommendations for a good 16:10 aspect gaming monitor?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18449
Re: Recommendations for a good 16:10 aspect gaming monitor?
<rant> 16:10 isnt going anywhere, we are seeing a rennesaince of affordable but good 16:10 aspect ratio monitors in the mid-end market. 16:9 is not a good pc resolution, and while the above gif/screenshot of 16:9 vs 16:10 looks favourable towards 16:9, you have to remember that by going from 16:10 t...
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:26 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: To those of you with 1st gen Macbook Pros, beware....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5032
Re: To those of you with 1st gen Macbook Pros, beware....
Dust happens to any electronic component, fan or not. What makes the problem worse in this case is that the thermal paste is bad, and Apple is notorious for making this part hard to get at in their laptops...
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:04 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Is X-400 fanless suitable for Antec P183
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8605
Re: Is X-400 fanless suitable for Antec P183
The P183 has a fan in front of the drive cage, I think. Even a very slow-turning slipstream or similar will take care of the cooling needed, with very little noise "penalty".
- Tue May 10, 2011 7:28 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: consumer-grade SATA expansion under linux?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9315
Re: consumer-grade SATA expansion under linux?
I never stated that you must have a high-end HBA, I stated that you should have a HBA with A) enough bandwidth to not severely hamper performance and B) stable drivers / firmware. Consider that my two main criterias for a "proper" HBA. The SIL based controllers are fine for that purpose - as long as...