Any reason for looking to get ssd instead of hdd? I hope you are not inspired by better audio quality of ssd.
Solid Snake-Oil Storage: This SSD Is Aimed at Audiophiles
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Any reason for looking to get ssd instead of hdd? I hope you are not inspired by better audio quality of ssd.
Sean de Silva
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No other reason than wanting a backup for the existing hdd containing my precious wav files hence looking to try ssd iso hdd.
Portable ssd are very expensive. At least 4 times that of normal portable hdd.
Samsung T7 500GB Up to 1,050MB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, Type-C) External Solid State Drive (Portable SSD) Grey(MU-PC500T) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B087DDSXD3/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_J8KQ07400YXZ428849KX?psc=1
Sean de Silva
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There's a cheaper T5 variant albeit slower speed. Do these numbers mean anything especially since I'd be using the ssd only for music playback via the allo boss?
Samsung T5 500GB Up to 540MB/s USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps, Type-C) External Solid State Drive (Portable SSD) Alluring Blue (MU-PA500B) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B074WZJ4MF...abc_6HZKZA7QCRBNCTFZNARQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
square_wave
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Well perceived.This thread is beginning to look like a fight for perspectives and perception.
540 MB/s is more than enough imo under normal usage. Normal usb 3 hdd can give around 120 MB/s. For audio playback these are insane speeds. Faster speeds will surely help scan your library faster and transfer songs faster from laptop to ssd faster (only if your laptop drive is also a high speed ssd drive
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Samsung t5 or t7 (both have excellent thermal dissipation design)
The latter is overkill for music though so t5 would be preferable unless t7 is on a deal
Dear Moderators,
Can we split this thread to what the Op intended Audiophile SSD/related vs and all the other OT's. Getting difficult to read, so much jumping around, different thoughts topics with no relation to OP.
Cheers,
Sid
Can we split this thread to what the Op intended Audiophile SSD/related vs and all the other OT's. Getting difficult to read, so much jumping around, different thoughts topics with no relation to OP.
Cheers,
Sid
Yes raid is not an option for me unfortunately, however I have 2-3 backups, so that's not really an issue.
Cheers,
Sid
manueljenkin
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As long as your entire chain works on “thresholds” aka digital levels all you need to meet is a specific margin for noise and timing and all is fine at the end result (there can still be issues, which is why error correcting codes like reed Solomon codes exist). The moment you want to include a continuous amplitude analog or mixed signal circuit all sorts of noise can manifest and affect the device in different ways (ground plane noise being most common), some can be captured well by using analysers, some not at present.
Even the audio library (no dsp changes) can change the sound. If you’re comfortable with command line, maybe give wtfplay-live a try to hear for yourself. It is free. Regarding the audiophile ssd, I don’t have much clue, the controller is not an issue if you’re not looking for massive io speeds (which is generally obtained through complex algorithms hiding latencies) and a low complexity controller can be more predictable for adding further filter stages if they planned to.
It’s not a chip to compete with dedicated dacs anyway but within onboard devices, Realteks dacs decently outperform most other portable devices including iPhones/macs audio output in my listening experience.
Alas, I find convenience to be a big part of the experience so I’ve went Bluetooth, despite all fidelity oriented trade offs!
Even the audio library (no dsp changes) can change the sound. If you’re comfortable with command line, maybe give wtfplay-live a try to hear for yourself. It is free. Regarding the audiophile ssd, I don’t have much clue, the controller is not an issue if you’re not looking for massive io speeds (which is generally obtained through complex algorithms hiding latencies) and a low complexity controller can be more predictable for adding further filter stages if they planned to.
It would. But you have the option of checking and re aligning things multiple times, run complex digital filtering algorithms, and also have support from other parameters like your cellphone internet location, etc. No such option in audio so far.
Realtek dacs sound great as long as the motherboard manufacturer has not screwed up the signal line or interpolation algorithms (or if you don’t run the output wire inside the computer for the front socket causing all em noise inside the chassis to catch on to the audio signal, use the rear socket). You clearly have a bias against Realtek.
It’s not a chip to compete with dedicated dacs anyway but within onboard devices, Realteks dacs decently outperform most other portable devices including iPhones/macs audio output in my listening experience.
Ssd is a noisier source than hdd (and there’s more factors on top of this, the device density, slc vs mlc vs tlc, the controllers, even the firmware). If I were to build an audio server, I’d likely use a hdd and/or properly formatted sd card, preferably slc as cache.
Alas, I find convenience to be a big part of the experience so I’ve went Bluetooth, despite all fidelity oriented trade offs!
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