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    music files breaking up sometimes (SSD)

    This is an odd problem that tells me maybe I need to know more about how an SSD works -- or maybe I've just got a bad one. I have a USB cable run from a 1 TB Samsung 860 Evo in an Inateck powered enclosure that contains music folders/files (flac, mp3, etc.) to an Oppo 203 CD/DVD player. Over the...
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    Dealing with electric noise from computer

    I'd like to ask help with an electrical noise problem (no ground fault). I've tried both the Panamax M5300-EX line conditioner and Mapleshade power strip (Mk II Plus) with the same result. Starting with the Focal CMS 40 powered speakers and Dell monitor plugged into one of those two, if I plug...
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    Toslink connection not recognized

    Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 board, Win 8x64, UEFI bios. Tried to run good toslink cable from mobo optical out port to three good Dacs and not one has been recognized by Windows and Realtek. By not recognized, I mean literally the dac doesn't show in Sound. USB audio works fine and it will show...
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    Audio cutting out at beginning with DAC

    I've recently been trying a couple of DACs, a Xonar D1 card and then an Audioengine D1 DAC, which I'm going to keep. Along with them, I've been auditioning Audioengine A2 and A5+ speakers. With both DACs, the audio cuts in and out a few times at the beginning of any file or CD cut, something...
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    Z68 motherboards' low user ratings

    Would you go with a board where only about 50% of customers at NewEgg rated it a 5 and one out four rated it a 1 or 2? I raise this because I'm in the market for a midrange Z68 board (~$125-$175), and after putting in some good hours looking around it seems that the the good majority of the...
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