![]() ![]() I decided that it was time to get Logitech Media Server (LMS) running with digital room correction utilizing the FIR filters made with Acourate. Well, no way was I going to let this situation continue :-). But in fiddling with all this stuff, I found myself "missing" the simplicity of what I had done for years - just kicking back in the evenings in front of my sound system and streaming beautiful music off my good ol' Logitech Transporter machine which has been my main "go to" player for close to the last decade.ĭespite the Transporter having been in the audio "rack" all this time, the reason I had reduced my use of it was because digital room correction sounds so "right" through my computer with JRiver that going back to an uncorrected playback just would not do! This is actually the same reason I haven't been playing much vinyl these days. That's all of course on top of the video home theater tasks. This has certainly allowed me to explore stuff like starting on the path down digital room correction ( here and here), easily access my multichannel library through JRiver and HDMI to the receiver, and use my TEAC UD501 DAC for high-resolution and native DSD playback through USB. Over the past few years, I've done more with my computer in the listening room (as per my HTPC build articles - here and here). ![]() But what about "keeping it simple" on the hardware side? Now the "good" thing about this otherwise unfortunate episode is that as I was tinkering with the server computer, I got to thinking more about the whole "keeping it simple" idea (I wrote about this idea late last year - of course that article was more about the whole concept of simplifying hi-res audio albums). I believe these "Red" drives meant for NAS usage have reasonably good reputations for reliability. I've since replaced the drive with a new 6TB Western Digital Red 6TB WD60EFRX. It turned out than a 2010 Western Digital 2TB WD20EARS "Caviar Green" was the cause of some file access slowdowns I was experiencing. However, replacing hard drives remains an unfortunate and tiring affair of the modern day do-it-yourself tech user and computer audiophile. Of course important data was backed up so I didn't lose anything (I keep copies of important files in both my workstation computer in the upstairs office as well as the basement server). Looking back, early-January was a busy time for me! A number of work responsibilities and then I also had to deal with a computer issue - perhaps THE most annoying computer issue - hard drive failure on my server machine. ![]()
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