Having just completed my build of a hakai and matching hakai nas I thought I'd try to summarize the process while fresh in my mind. It may serve as inspiration to others doubting whether or not they dare commit to a build. I have close to zero previous experience from computer builds or programming....

Yes, I meant the last line - it actually works now. The final step was embarrassingly basic; I juste needed to reboot the nas after I’d loaded music onto it. Minimserver default is to rescan the library when it is started, including after a reboot. That's almost certainly what got it working after ...

Which one do you prefer? /Kallesprätt Clip 1. To me it’s more direct, easier to follow the bass, the trumpet and the inimitable sound of his female backup singers. Not sure what it is about those backup arrangements... he must have used many different singers through the years but the sound is so e...

maffe wrote: ↑2020-02-25 21:13

beck wrote: ↑2020-02-25 18:51

Spannko wrote: ↑2020-02-25 18:17 I prefer the “a” clips too. Looking forward to hearing what you’ve done!

Well, for one he has gone from Akito1 arm to EkosSE! :-)

Well spotted!

More clips tomorrow ;)

A for me too. Tighter and more coherent.

Is your system described somewhere?

Yes, I meant the last line - it actually works now.

The final step was embarrassingly basic; I juste needed to reboot the nas after I’d loaded music onto it.

I’m gonna have to update the system description.

This “Dual Stereo” digital front end started playing music tonight.

I should get some sleep... more impressions in the coming days.

Am I nearly there, you may wonder? I’ve successfully formatted the SSD to NTFS and mounted it in Snakeoil as /dev/sdb5 on /media/music/sdb5 I’ve changed the windows settings such that now both Hakai and Hakainas appear in the network on my windows pc. I can click on the hakainas and find a folder c...

Am I nearly there, you may wonder? I’ve successfully formatted the SSD to NTFS and mounted it in Snakeoil as /dev/sdb5 on /media/music/sdb5 I’ve changed the windows settings such that now both Hakai and Hakainas appear in the network on my windows pc. I can click on the hakainas and find a folder ca...

Volume while recording clips or doing setup comparisons at home - how do you choose? While most components of the Hi-Fi hopefully behave largely the same over a range of volumes, I guess most find that speakers don’t entirely and rooms most certainly don’t. Can an A-B comparison give different resu...

The SATA-to-USB cable will be with me tomorrow. A little bit unlucky as I would have had time to tinker with it tonight, but then again only a slight delay to a project which is proving a great learning experience and which couldn't be expected to be plug and play anyway. I will indeed need to figur...

Volume while recording clips or doing setup comparisons at home - how do you choose? While most components of the Hi-Fi hopefully behave largely the same over a range of volumes, I guess most find that speakers don’t entirely and rooms most certainly don’t. Can an A-B comparison give different resul...

FairPlayMotty wrote: ↑2020-02-23 19:32 Yes, do you have a sata to USB adapter?

No I don’t, so that’ll set me back a day or two.
Oh well...

FairPlayMotty wrote: ↑2020-02-23 18:34 It'll allow you to format the SSD to NTFS.

Just keep at it, we all learn everyday :)

Do I need to connect the ssd directly to the windows pc? I don’t seem to be able to see my network in easeUS.

Will that allow me to get into the Snakeoil/Linux Hakainas and Format the storage ssd?

Thank you very much!

I sometimes wish this forum had more off-topic topics so I’d get a chance to repay some favors with stuff I actually know...

Not specifically... I thought everything would be wiped during installation.

But then there was the failed mounting attempt yesterday....

How would I go about formatting it?

Hmm, I appear to fail with the foolproof mounting....

Thanks for the link FPM! There do appear to be a few different solutions in that tread, including enabling SMBv1 which isn’t recommended by Microsoft. Do you know what is required by Snakeoil? I’d rather not change more in windows than necessary so if one of the other workarounds will do the trick I...

Hello - making good progress with my system. Hakai and hakainas are up and running on the network, seemingly recognized by each other as well as Kazoo where I can play radio through the Hakai and see the hakainas as a music server. I’m running SnakeoilOS so have the Hakai set to upmpdicli Player and...

This is a phenomenon I've encountered more and more as I dial in my own system. I find myself enjoying music I would have otherwise rejected because apparently it didn't make sense to me. This is precisely what I was missing, and seeking, when I discovered and adopted the Tune Method. This is spot ...

For reference, should anyone else run into this, I still struggled with one motherboard not sending the video signal anywhere where I could find it. Unplugging the CMOS battery on the motherboard for a little while, the plugging it back in, solved this. It resets all motherboard defaults, which for ...

FairPlayMotty wrote: ↑2020-02-21 20:06 Does the monitor have an input button?

Hallelujah!!!

I could see it scanning between all inputs previously and finding nothing, but now I set the default to VGA and it works!

A bad cable internally?

I’ve tested the VGA cable with another computer.

I have always defended Bob Dylan against unfair and faulty accusations of being a bad singer. :-) Just a quick question: Is your equipment connected to a proper earth? It does make a big difference. As good as it gets. It’s a power strip with ground connected with a grounded mains connector. At fir...

Think of all the different systems and music you get to “hear” and discuss. Flawed as they are they make this little world a better place to be and they have been vital in my journey towards better music at home. They have played an important part in making me aware of things regarding replay of re...

Steely Dan is a prime example of the ‘original reproduction paradox’ - with the multiple takes employed in recording their music essentially didn’t exist until it hit the mastering table.

So is there even a performance to reproduce?

Amateur Philosophy for an after work drink...