Re: Anybody have a PC in their sound system?

"AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:20:42 -0400, Walt <walt_askier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> wrote:
>>Soundhaspriority wrote:
>>> If so, please elaborate.
>
>>Sure.  I run the output of the PC into an aux input of my stereo so that
>>I can listen to internet radio anywhere in the house, mosty 
>>www.pandora.com
>
>>It's mid-fi at best (128 bps MP3), but it allows me to discover new
>>artists or just put on background music that plays endlessly without me
>>having to get up to change the CD or LP.
>
>>Since most PC's are noisy I won't have one in the listening room(s) -
>>what's the point of 90db S/N when you're listening at 85 dbSPL and the
>>computer fan is whirring away at 50 dbSPL?
>
> It is a simple matter to replace the fans with quiet units.  The PC in
my 
> HT
> setup is inaudible at distances greater than about 4'.
>
> In my BR, I went one step further:  the system's case and cpu fans run 
> below
> 900rpm and it doesn't have a hard drive.  It boots off the network.  It
is
> inaudible beyond 2'.
>
And there is one maker of inaudible hard drives, although they do have to
be 
shockmounted: Samsung.

Bob Morein
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