[jonathan c]

I tells you… toasting marshmallows while you listen would totally #### up the experience

<edit> or Jiffy GE tube pop. That'd be awesome

FTFY…[Reg. TM; © bcowen: 2021.]

 

[bcowen]

:twitch:

No wonder the left channel sounds a little louder.....electrons are leaking out the bottom of the tube on the right.

 

[kibot]

Just add Meze 99 Neo to my portative setup

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

For this X'mas season added/upraded (present for myself) the following:
Upgraded: from Shuttle DH370 i9-9900 32Gb to Lenovo P360 Ultra i7-12700 RTX A2000 128Gb
Added: Puritan PSM156, Ethernet Tweaks (Fiber Optic Media Converters + LPS + Lan Isolators)

 

[Pharmaboy]

For this X'mas season added/upraded (present for myself) the following:
Upgraded: from Shuttle DH370 i9-9900 32Gb to Lenovo P360 Ultra i7-12700 RTX A2000 128Gb
Added: Puritan PSM156, Ethernet Tweaks (Fiber Optic Media Converters + LPS + Lan Isolators)

Is that 128 GB of RAM for the Lenovo? If so, I never heard of so much RAM on a laptop. Why would you need that much?

(sorry it's not an audio question...I'm just curious)

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Is that 128 GB of RAM for the Lenovo? If so, I never heard of so much RAM on a laptop. Why would you need that much?

(sorry it's not an audio question...I'm just curious)

It's not a laptop

You can never have too much RAM, especially on Windows. I consider 32G a minimum lately. Even our office laptops from 5 years ago are all configured with 32G and Core i7s.

edited for spelling, probably didn't catch them all.

 

[Ari Pereira]

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Why would you need that much?

(sorry it's not an audio question...I'm just curious)

Just for kinks/show...wanted to always see what I could stuff on a small 3.8 liter package. Plus bragging rights...

Oh, and has 3 (could place 4) SSD drives..

Sorry for OT...

 

[shwnwllms]

Just for kinks/show...wanted to always see what I could stuff on a small 3.8 liter package. Plus bragging rights...

Oh, and has 3 (could place 4) SSD drives..

Sorry for OT...

With an i9-12.7K & 128G RAM you better be running HQPlayer on that rig, upsampling to DSD1024 using Extended Compensation (w/ CUDA offload) or you have to turn in your audiophile card.

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

That's the idea...Plus it has an extra PCIe 3.0 X8 slot for an audiophile USB/Lan card. JCAT?

 

[Pharmaboy]

I consider 32G a minimum lately.

Me, too. Just ordered a new 17" laptop and spec'd it to have 32 GB of RAM. I'm hardly a power user, but the OS, the standard apps, and the online environment (browsers) all hog RAM in my experience.

FWIW, this laptop will serve streaming and music file content to my side system (headphone only): Audio GD NOS DAC + SPDIF converter, Monoprice LGX, and Liquid Carbon v2.

 

[MacMan31]

No capacitor modifications for MLP but…

What is that black box to the right of the Monoprice tube amp?

 

[shwnwllms]

What is that black box to the right of the Monoprice tube amp?

Linear Power Supply…or transdimensional vortex to get the bits to line up perfectly for maximum fidelity and minimum friction. It’s hard to tell from the photo.

 

[emdeevee]

Suitable endgame setup

 

[jonathan c]

What is that black box to the right of the Monoprice tube amp?

That is a LPS-36: linear power supply of 36 volts, 1.5 Amps - specific values for the Monoprice / Cavalli Liquid Platinum. The ‘umbilical’ cord between LPS and MCLP is ‘5N’ silver.