Re: The Linnofil Super NAS!
Posted: 2017-02-10 11:14
Which file storage SSDs are recommended now? The old Intels?
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So no clear results on win 7 vs win 10 tune dem wise?David Neel wrote: ↑2020-04-22 22:36 I did try Win 10, briefly, but not back to back with Win 7. I've been using Debian (with Asset), which I find slightly better than either Win version.
Upgraded from win 7 home to win 10 pro 64 bit.Linncredible wrote: ↑2020-04-25 15:55So no clear results on win 7 vs win 10 tune dem wise?David Neel wrote: ↑2020-04-22 22:36 I did try Win 10, briefly, but not back to back with Win 7. I've been using Debian (with Asset), which I find slightly better than either Win version.
(The reason I ask is the stop from MS when it comes to supporting Win 7. I prefer a supported OS but maybe not if the price is high when it comes to musical performance.)
Welcome to a world where upstream components are important for musicality! Not just NAS, but switches and ethernet cables. If you are prepared to build your own NAS, then the major problem you will have is with the motherboard, as the SSDs are available secondhand. However, do also read the Hakai section, as a Hakai NAS is also good, if not to my ears in quite the same league as the LSNAS. Again, the problem with Hakai is locating motherboards, but GA-N3160N-D3V boards can be found on ebay. And if you are going to build a NAS, why not build a Hakai streamer rather than buying an Akurate DS? Hakai is more musical. Ripping is also covered in separate threads in On the Inside - keep browsing!PaulC wrote: ↑2020-07-02 08:54 Hi,
I'm in the process of buying an Akurate DS-system after spending many years using an Ikemi and I'm looking to buy a NAS (and rip my CD collection). I stumbled upon this thread and am very intrigued by the evidence showing that components upstream of the HiFi components influence SQ. Frankly I would love to build my own LS-NAS but very few of the components specified by Linnofil when this thread was initially created are available today (with the exception of the second hand market of course). Linnofil, what are your recommendations for someone wanting to protect/facilitate as good SQ as possible in their Linn system in 2020? And what about ripping? If I understand correctly, ripping should be done directly to the NAS, but what software do you recommend?
Cheers, Paul
You're welcome. If you want to ask more, please do, either here or via PM. I feel your pain about your dead Ikemi, I had one and it was a wonderful piece of kit. The LK boxes were a work of art, and the Ikemi CD tray the icing on the cake. But a DS is better, and a Hakai better still....
I couldn't agree more. The LK boxes were brilliantly designed and I feel fortunate to have bought them. My Ikemi became redundant due to the Hakai but the tray was bullet proof, great engineering. My sole universal player has a similar tray quality. Selling the Ikemi for £775 after ~ twenty years of use was sweet.David Neel wrote: ↑2020-07-02 20:03 The LK boxes were a work of art, and the Ikemi CD tray the icing on the cake. But a DS is better, and a Hakai better still....
Can I do a U-turn? Trying Volumio again in my Hakai, I couldn't get to find the music files. Figuring that network permissions were the problem, and might be easier to resolve in the LSNAS under Windows rather than Debian, I went back from Debian 9 to Windows 10. Didn't fix the Volumio problem, but while I had the screwdrivers out, I decided to try Hakai (Debian stretch) playing from both LSNAS Debian stretch and LSNAS Windows 10. I prefer Windows. I didn't want to, as Windows used to bring problems (and still does), but I'm now back with it. Hmm...David Neel wrote: ↑2020-04-22 22:36 I did try Win 10, briefly, but not back to back with Win 7. I've been using Debian (with Asset), which I find slightly better than either Win version.
I got lucky and found the mobo on ebay; the psu I needed something to finish the build so picked up a 400FL. Both of these were a few years after the Super NAS spec was shared - the recommended parts were already tricky to track down then, and that was years ago now... You might have more luck looking at the Hakai thread for an alternate NAS spec with a more recent parts list: the mobo is the tricky bit, but the case & psu should be relatively easy to find.audiomonger999 wrote: ↑2021-02-27 15:00 Hi,
I know this ia kind of way too late to ask this, but does anyone know where I can find these obselete Motherboard Asus E45M1-I Deluxe Mini-itx and Seasonic x460FL power supply. I searched everywhere online and no luck so far.
What about an LSStreamer !!???audiomonger999 wrote: ↑2021-02-27 20:41 Hi Tokkenbit, I have built both hakkai and hakkai NAS. Now I also want LSNAS. Part of never ending desires LOL 😅🤣