I have 2 questions that should prolly be in different threads, but oh well.
#1. As soon as I get my first job (Grrrr, 5 years at a top 5 school with nothing to show for it yet...) I am going to put together a new computer. I am 95% certain that I want SCSI RAID 0. Money is basically no object. I plan on spending about $3k total, monitor included. Anyways, what are some options for SCSI RAID 0? I'll probably use 2 10krpm u160 9 or 18 gig IBM or Seagate drives. I have seen the Adaptec 2100S Single Channel raid adapter advertised. Is this a good card? Is there anything significantly cheaper that will accomplish what I am looking for ? And lastly will I be able to use a scsi burner and dvd drive on this card or will I need another plain scsi adapter?
#2. Has anybody here built the "Hi-Fi PC Sound System" from www.sound.au.com? How much did it end up costing you? Any other experience with mid-low power DIY amps? I have plenty of DIY xp, but the projects I've done are too expensive, complicated, and too powerful for a PC situation(Leach Amp). The nice thing about this system is the availability of prefab boards. I may switch the IC amp sections out of it and use the DoZ Class A design instead, though this may be too much overkill with the crumby sound cards out there. I am almost certain a system like this will sound far better than any pre made PC system, although it will be considerably more expensive...~$500-700 depending on drivers.
#3. This is somewhat related to #2, but what are some good quality sound cards ? I would be looking mainly for a minimalist approach. High quality DAC's, and discrete class A analog topology. DSP features, sound fields, eax, multi speaker out, 5.1, Dolby Digital, THX, and all that junk are not needed. Does anything like this exist? I somehow doubt it, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Maybe something in pro audio etc? Anybody tried the echo audio mia?
Thanks
jt
Go Jackets!
#1. As soon as I get my first job (Grrrr, 5 years at a top 5 school with nothing to show for it yet...) I am going to put together a new computer. I am 95% certain that I want SCSI RAID 0. Money is basically no object. I plan on spending about $3k total, monitor included. Anyways, what are some options for SCSI RAID 0? I'll probably use 2 10krpm u160 9 or 18 gig IBM or Seagate drives. I have seen the Adaptec 2100S Single Channel raid adapter advertised. Is this a good card? Is there anything significantly cheaper that will accomplish what I am looking for ? And lastly will I be able to use a scsi burner and dvd drive on this card or will I need another plain scsi adapter?
#2. Has anybody here built the "Hi-Fi PC Sound System" from www.sound.au.com? How much did it end up costing you? Any other experience with mid-low power DIY amps? I have plenty of DIY xp, but the projects I've done are too expensive, complicated, and too powerful for a PC situation(Leach Amp). The nice thing about this system is the availability of prefab boards. I may switch the IC amp sections out of it and use the DoZ Class A design instead, though this may be too much overkill with the crumby sound cards out there. I am almost certain a system like this will sound far better than any pre made PC system, although it will be considerably more expensive...~$500-700 depending on drivers.
#3. This is somewhat related to #2, but what are some good quality sound cards ? I would be looking mainly for a minimalist approach. High quality DAC's, and discrete class A analog topology. DSP features, sound fields, eax, multi speaker out, 5.1, Dolby Digital, THX, and all that junk are not needed. Does anything like this exist? I somehow doubt it, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Maybe something in pro audio etc? Anybody tried the echo audio mia?
Thanks
jt
Go Jackets!
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