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Title: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: Dagomonte on August 05, 2014, 05:50:40 am: I have to set up a minicomputer to be used (along with a Marantz NA-S11) for the conversion from PCM to DSD On The fly, the hardware will be a Shuttle DS 61 but do not know which CPU to choose someone can help me please.
Thank you
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: InflatableMouse on August 05, 2014, 03:20:17 pm: A recent i5 should be enough. Maybe an i3 can do it as well I think it would be borderline.

My NUC i5 does it wonderfully.
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: K_C_ on August 05, 2014, 11:23:26 pm: Quote from: InflatableMouse on August 05, 2014, 03:20:17 pm
A recent i5 should be enough. Maybe an i3 can do it as well I think it would be borderline.

My NUC i5 does it wonderfully.

i3 is also capable. I am using NUC DC3217IYE which upsamples all my PCM files to 5.6MHz DSD on the fly.
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: tyler69 on August 06, 2014, 02:32:25 am: Sorry for hijacking this thread but, InflatableMouse: do you also use convolution? I wonder if the NUC i5 manages this also.
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: InflatableMouse on August 06, 2014, 02:55:15 pm: No I don't.
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: glynor on August 06, 2014, 03:06:32 pm: I'm not going to be useful in this thread, but... I read:

Quote from: Dagomonte on August 05, 2014, 05:50:40 am
I have to set up a minicomputer to be used (along with a Marantz NA-S11) for

And immediately thought, as did most old-school nerds, I'm sure... Minicomputer? Like a still-kicking PDP-8 or something more esoteric and awesome? Ahh, DEC, back in the glory days when men were men, and all coding was straight to the metal.
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: InflatableMouse on August 07, 2014, 12:02:10 am: Hehe yeah. It put a smile on my face as it made me remember the ICL Mainframe I started off with during my internship.
Title: Re: Minicomputer CPU for On THe Fly PCM to DSD
Post by: dtc on August 07, 2014, 02:36:44 pm: Quote from: glynor on August 06, 2014, 03:06:32 pm
And immediately thought, as did most old-school nerds, I'm sure... Minicomputer? Like a still-kicking PDP-8 or something more esoteric and awesome? Ahh, DEC, back in the glory days when men were men, and all coding was straight to the metal.

And when real programmers wrote self modifying code to save space.