Amberlamps
Formerly known as Phuca
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no problem. just clarifying. extreme custom water cooled loops are significantly quieter than any air cooled solution. point and case. This one is ideal for any serious audio enthusiast that demands silence. It's nearly the same as a passive cooled PC. really. I'm only around 8dB above the noise floor of our quiet office. this is with all lights and all electronics off. Some people may be fortunate to be in a professional studio environment at around 30db. but most homes will be about 42-50dB in a quiet room unless you live in the city or something.
and i've never used just plain distilled water since there are no anti mold, anti gunk, or anti corrosion or mixed metals type additives to prolong life. I always use ice dragon nano coolant which had been bought out by Mayhems but not to be mistaken with their other coolants. near zero maintenance and no gunk. nada. Just the plain ice dragon coolant, NEVER add colors/dyes. And of course always prep all rads, blocks etc with mayhems Blitz pro or my fav...UFO Radiance which works as good and less time. skipping these precious steps will lead to failures and gunk build up.
p.s. get the Roon Nucleus Plus if you want a passive cooled roon server. I have one of those in our other room. works great.
That I guess qualifies for a computer to mention on this list.
Roon Nucleus Plus
Intel i7 microprocessor (7th gen with dual core)
with 8GB RAM, 64GB SSD,
and internal, 7mm-high, 2.5" HDD/SSD bay populated with a Samsung Evo 850 1tB (optional)
sweet passive cooled audio computer.
It’s cool, folk that havent done a loop for themselves, they don’t know how much work it is, they think it’s like lego. I always used distilled water so that no minerals would get into the loop, and I do remember trying to match the colour of my water to the colour of my CCT’s, I got green dye everywhere and I looked inside the pump when I sold it on ebay and years later you could still see a green tinge. I did start using proper coolant that nad anti bacteria stuff in it etc, but that must of been like 2008/9 ish. The last proper setup was my x58 setup and that was bought 2009/10, that lasted til 2015, so my rig is needed updated as we speak.
I want a roon nuc, but not at the price they want for one. £2k or sometjing for just a wifi router, a cpu and a ssd and heatsinks. I really want a 24/7 roon server as there is no way I can leave my puters on, as they eat away at the electricity. I have one of those smart meters and it’s scary accurate.
More than anything i want a totally quiet server, I could go raspberry pi but no, there is a couple of servers that I’m looking at but it will have to wait until I get enough cash.
Again, my posts werent takin the piss, I know the work and cash that goes into a setup, and yoursetup is nice. It’s just that I’ve just went over to the dark lazy side, this is what happens when you buy ipads. Things are glued to my hands,
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