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02-20-10
Bits are bits...no inherent difference in sound quality betw ... Mapman
02-21-10
i agree with there is no appreciable sonic improvement or d ... Blindjim
02-21-10
Mapman and blindjim are quite correct. there is no sonic dra ... Bryoncunningham
02-21-10
I have some recent experience with this topic and some odd o ... Richard_stacy
02-21-10
You ask a question that only you can answer. the only way yo ... Herman
02-21-10
Take a look at western digital's heavy duty drives enterpris ... Grinnell
02-21-10
Two different computer configurations can and may well sound ... Mapman
02-21-10
Thanks folks - some very helpful comments all around. sounds ... Coverto
02-21-10
The biggest issue i see with networked storage is with backu ... Mapman
02-21-10
everytime i've bought a brand new hard drive, regardless if ... Blindjim
02-21-10
Blindjim, hmm, do you notice deterioration in your digital ... Mapman
02-21-10
Mapman...same files, same dac cables etc. the only change wa ... Richard_stacy
02-21-10
Ssd's, that support trim and garbage collection, are pretty ... Prpixel
02-21-10
Fyi - i just picked up an airport extreme and a glyph gt050q ... Coverto
02-21-10
I should add that an audio/video specialist at the store whe ... Coverto
02-22-10
Blindjim - your internal drive could be maxed out, or heav ... Kijanki
02-22-10
Kijanki...it was a tough choice deciding on the nas. connect ... Richard_stacy
02-22-10: Blindjim
Map...
I'm the last guy to ask about image or video file deterioration.
As there's tons of variables in my case (s), I've mixed and pulled in and out drives now into and out of several boxes over the years, all I can account for is the audio side of things getting duller and duller. Again, side by sides show it well. Only the oldest Files I have stored way back from Napster's free file trading deally seem most affected.
Kijanki
yeah... Gatesware. 100% on every box and notebook.
...and all govt boxes too. Meaning over priced and low end units usually. Everytime I get one I'm grateful for it, but have to upgrade a good bit of it for it to be stable and as responsive as I prefer.
lately they'vve come with ACRONIS loaded onto a hidden partition, with an image of the fresh install of OS. A re-do takes only 15-30 min. A full re-do and reload of all my accessiblity software and fav apps takes longer. So I've begun doing an image of the partition once fully restored onto a separate drive, and thereafter simply clone to each successive drive as needed. Takes about an hour, front to back... inst the HDD and loading the completed image.
if you don't mind things slowing down a bit, and are keeping all the data off the OS drive, you can go a couple years I suppose. I've done that once... my oldest now retired box has 4yrs or more on it, maybe five, without wiping & reloading. it's a JIC box anyhow.
With windows it makes sense on the larger discs 500GB & up, to partition. Error checking and defragging then take way less time... and the data is easier to recover and back up.
It's simply what I did and do, until high functioning accessibility software makers take aim at Macs.... which likely isn't going to happen.
maybe it's like driving a stick or an automatic... once you get into it, it's OK.
it is what it is.
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02-22-10
Richard_stacy - i completely forgot about laptops. it's goo ... Kijanki
02-22-10
excellent point. one way in which such a disaster could hap ... Almarg
02-22-10
Al like i said… it is what it is.. hence some of what i’ve ... Blindjim
02-22-10
jim -- i think you might be referring to the fact that fat32 ... Almarg
02-23-10
live and learn i suppose. the wireless security precautions ... Blindjim
02-24-10
Hello all. would like to offer a tweak that everyone above ... Cio52
03-13-10
It depends mainly on the software you are using for playback ... Singleendedsingle
04-24-10
Really depends on the resolution ability of your system the ... Johnss
04-25-10
"on many systems, you wont hear a difference. on a high ... Larry_s
04-25-10
I have to agree with johnss, in general. to me, there is a m ... Richard_stacy
04-25-10
Larry_s - i don't understand it either. if data is there th ... Kijanki
04-25-10
cio52 there are similar tweaks that work well too. mostly ... Blindjim
04-25-10
Some disk drives are physically noisier than others (fans, e ... Mapman
04-26-10
Kijanki - the only reason why some people claim they a diffe ... Larry_s
04-26-10
Larry...with all due respect, that is a very grandiose posit ... Richard_stacy
04-26-10
The only thing i can add is that with my music server setup ... Mapman
04-26-10
Richard, you can believe what you want. one doesn't have to ... Larry_s
04-27-10
I'm going to agree with mr stacy on this one. i'm not saying ... Herman
04-27-10
Larry_s is correct. people can believe what they want but t ... Mapman
04-27-10
just because you can't come up with a technical reason why ... Herman
04-27-10
"are you a hardware and software engineer well versed i ... Mapman
04-27-10
Mapman - name brand of the drive is also very important. na ... Kijanki
04-27-10
Assuming you really are, it still doesn't refute any of what ... Herman
04-27-10
Herman, well, i am what i say. and someone actually pays m ... Mapman
04-27-10
Coverto, regarding wireless (nas) drives, i tried one prior ... Mapman
04-27-10
Why do you assume i would not use them? i have 3 external dr ... Herman
04-27-10
Herman, i have some evidence to support my "hypothesis ... Mapman
04-27-10
Mapman wrote: "i have used internal, external usb, and ... Kijanki
04-27-10
Kijanki, i reread your post a few times and i'm not sure whi ... Herman
04-27-10
Herman - the key is to make some sorting. most of items you ... Kijanki
04-27-10
The issue here is the whole idea that something may in fact ... Richard_stacy
04-27-10
Once people encounter something counter-intuitive like digit ... Kijanki
04-27-10
Kijanki, i agree with your last post but there are some thin ... Herman
04-27-10
all of a sudden in the last week the sound in my headset ha ... Puerto
04-27-10
So when my investment house calculates the interest on my po ... Onhwy61
04-27-10
Herman - russian fleas are very special. i would go back to ... Kijanki
04-27-10
Kijanki, i think we are in agreement on this. when we get ou ... Herman
04-28-10
Thanks herman for pitching in since this thread took off in ... Larry_s
04-28-10
"if you are going to use a pc for a "high quality& ... Mapman
04-30-10
there are plenty of grey areas for end users in the arena o ... Blindjim
06-04-10
Lots of long posts here on this thread... i'm in the midd ... Mb9061
06-04-10
Btw, i do think it is a good idea to use an external hard dr ... Mapman
06-04-10
If you use computer for anything else (i do) - use firewire ... Kijanki
06-04-10
granite digital offers firewire cables that include a numb ... Almarg
06-17-10
Alright. this kind of applies here. i have a sonos player an ... Tiggerfc
09-23-10
Hi i have a p4 based system with windows xp sp3 os and use c ... Effective1
09-23-10
Doesn't seem like you've read any of the previous posts. Larry_s
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