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Gear: ATH-ESW10, Grado HF2, Millett Hybrid MiniMax, Headroom Ultra Micro Dac.
Cables: KimberKable USB, Phantom Cable interconnects.

To this point I'm pretty satisfied with my current setup and have no further plans to upgrade.

very much like that setup clean and just right. I need some hockey pucks, and a new desk for my laptop and B22/Buffalo. I am ordering that Woo stand also for my HF2 and D7000 since they will look great on it. My esw10s are in the bedroom

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Thanks!
I really like minimalistic, straight to the point setups. No fuss..

Very classy looking set up!

I also chose to use Apple for my computer audio source as its products look very good and work very well for me. I can only imagine how wonderful your system sounds. However, where is your music stored? I do not see any external hard drives or a NAS device.

A NAS can be anywhere in your house. Or in fact not even on site as you can connect remotely.

Most of my music is stored on the MacBook Pros built in hard drive, in Apple Lossless format.
I have two external hard drives (2.5" ones) for backup purposes, and they usually rest out of sight. So no shortage of storage capacity.

Winamp >> WASAPI >> CMedia 8768 >> Coaxial S/Pdif >> Lavry DA10 >> SPL Auditor >> Senn HD800

Excellent, so many HD800s which Im not used to seeing from PC based head-fi'ers.

I went out and bought quiet case fans (9db!) and a new soundcard which can be forced to remain at 44.1khz for the new setup.

which fans? and what size?

Please not SilenX.

Oops, I bought the silenx 80mm and 120mm. Well, my old fans were dead/dying anyway, the computer is 2 years old, Lian li can't make a reliable fan to save their life. lol

what decibal level is considered "quiet"?

Depends on your definition of quiet.

9db is a lie for SilenX...their DB readings aren't done on a standard, I wouldn't trust their ratings. Hopefully they last a month without spewing oil or failing.

Yate Loon, Nexus and Noctua are the go-to brands for quiet case fans. I have four undervolted Yate Loon D12SL-12 120mm fans in my case and they are basically inaudible at 2 feet.