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"Far better than a desktop solution that really sucks IMHO. \n  \nPretty sweeping statement. Care to qualify it? \n  \nI've done major troubleshooting, just in the \"noise\" dept. and when I popped a Lynx card into a Dell, the resulting noise floor was quieter than two different low-power mini-ITX solutions with low power PSUs (not linears). \n  \nI'd like to hear some comment about high bitrate playback on low powered cpu systems vs. quad-cores. there is no doubt we are sometimes pushing these PCs IF YOU ARE STREAMING (JRMC Library Server) which I think is the future of light-weight clients. \n  \nStriking a balancing act may be more prudent than jumping on the low-power linear shp imo. \n  \nI have talked to some very experienced audiophile DIYs and heard that batteries can still have noise, can still not give the life to the music that direct power can. \n  \nThis is the realm of \"lifting the veil\" because we aren't about a set of 103db/w speakers suddenly going QUIET because you hook up a linear. I hooked up my EP15 regenerator and I still had to deal with grounding issues and loops. I'm confused about \"noise\" vs. possibly affecting overall fidelity;  are these power tweaks aimed at lifting payback to some perceived and abstract ultimate level, or are we talking about eliminating traces of observed, however minute, audible noise at the driver????????????????? \n  \n"
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