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Elk said I recognize many of us on there.

I am debating whether this is reassuring or disturbing.


Undoubtedly, Paul is the guy driving the bus in this little audiophile metaphor.

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Did you see ted smith in the back hahahaha.

You know I frequently quoit from that movie. Running companies this is important and foundational

Human behavior u cannot post my actual quoits though. Sorry. For fhe teas.

Funny though

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Fundamental. Thus damn spell check just changes my already misspelled words to completely other words with wrong meanings.

Al

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Elk said Thanks, Al.

I think in some ways we are all idiots on this particular bus. :)


Gee, I thought we were bozos. Remember these guys?

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That’s you boy ted Brady’s line.

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Firesign Theatre–now that sure brings back some hazy college memories.

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Elk do you have a extra CPU laying around. An I5 min CPU is fine.

Al

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Nope. I have laptops for recording, one for work, desktops in the studio. The studio desktops work great as servers, but they already have jobs. The laptops are similarly purposed.

I have a Bryston BDP-2 on the way that will become the server/player for the main system.

I’ll admit it is fun building desktops however. A CAPS would be a quick, fun project.

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I will post what you need In the morning

main board is most important most do not work

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Al, please do not for me. I am not going to build a CAPS or similar server. I’m more than all set with what I have. :)

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Elk said Al, please do not for me. I am not going to build a CAPS or similar server. I'm more than all set with what I have. :)

I however would like to see a build list - maybe with some different board options. I still have a Lenovo Micro-PC, but I’m not sure I can ever make it completely fanless. So I’m looking for budget fanless options that I can power with my Linear PSU (that I hope to start modding soon)

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alrainbow said I will post what you need In the morning

main board is most important most do not work


Please do!

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It’s 3 in the morning - I should be well and asleep by now - but I’ve installed Server 2012 on a spare laptop I had around, along with Foobar2000.

I don’t really think it sounds better than my Windows 8.1 system, but then; #1 I can’t turn it up as loud as I normal do because…well, it’s 3am and the fiance is sleeping. #2 I swear it has better PRaT. I’m tappin’ my toes and bouncing in my seat. So maybe I’m just in a good mood.

More to explore…not that that is a bad thing. :slight_smile:

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Win server is easy. But to get the benifit of it you need audio optimizer . You,get 5 install keys with one purchase . So you can reinstall all you wish if it’s the same machine. But you can use five difrent machines . If you change the CPU or mother board it changes the keys.

So what ever machine you choose you can change anything inside , but not the CPU or main board . Even just running the simple optimizer with out going into core mode yields a no thimble improvement . But core mode is just a wow as soon as it’s ruining. There is stuff you never new wad there .

Al

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Are there afordable (under $2k) caps servers that can run with Windows 2012 as the OS?

jojo

POST: edorr

Should be very easy. You can probably get away with a lot cheaper than $2K

POST: alrainbow

Yes you do not need to spend even that much to start a good caps

My bad! I should have been more specific. I’ll try again.

Can anyone recommend a capa server, under $2k, that can run with Windows 2012 OS?

I’m guessing that any caps server that comes standard with Windows 7 or 8 can be loaded with Windows 2012. If I’m wrong please let me know.

Thanks,

jojo

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check online what processor you and how muck RAM you need to run server 2012. I suspect any CAPS server with 4gb of ram will make the cut.

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Easier said than done! Most of the COTS caps servers do not mention what OS is used. I will have to call them to find out.

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Most caps do not work on win server 2012 and audio optimizer

but most caps makers know what to use to achieve it.

I am out I the field and will give you am list that works

main boards is the main part that must work correctly.

I have 4 units each with a proven board i will and post pics later

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I had zero problems with Windows Server 2012 on an Asus P8z77-m mainboard and an i3 processor (forget model, but one of the 35 watt ones). The thing is based on Windows 8, so I wouldn’t have imagined as many compatibility issues. Most Windows 8 drivers work, and others can be installed in Windows 7 compatibility mode.

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I checked the AO reviews page and one of the AO alpla testers uses a caps server like the CAPS V3 Lagoon that runs Windows 2012 with AO just fine. This caps server only uses an Atom N2800 CPU!

I found two caps servers for under $2k that run Windows 2012 and AO:

  1. The CAPS v3 Lagoon caps server is under $2K ($1,125,00) but only has 4GB of memory.

  2. Have to move up to their Zuma model ($1,895) to get 8GB but it also has an Intel i7 processor and can take up to 32GB.

jojo