What can I do to improve my computer?


I am currently running a Dell computer with windows 7 to my PS Audio PW DAC II via cat7 cable.....using the bridge. I am waiting to either get the new PS Audio Silent Server (when it comes out) or a MAC Mini to use as my source. Until that time, can you guys recommend some things that I can do to improve the sound from my computer? Are there programs that will help? Any settings I can change?

The computer is just a laptop that is used vary rarely by my wife when she needs it (maybe once a month). I would like to get the best sound out of it that I can while I wait for the other options mentioned above.

Thanks
Jeff
jeffatus
thanks for the heads up Phusis/Steve!. just downloaded Fildelizer and will give it a go. sounds pretty promising!.
odd how you need to reload it every boot. i only reboot once a week and will need to remember it's gone. however... a free app to demo that kills itself by default?? love the idea!

also agree with Steve regarding higher grade Ethernet cables *and the pwd2* . i stepped up to all cat6 cables a while back and cat7 more recently. definitely noticed improvements in my networks performance as i stepped up. couldn't pin down the sq improvements mainly due to losing interest in trying. noticed improvements in some areas but not consistently enough to draw any conclusions. got sick of it and gave up. however, overall network performance was easier to detect in my set-up (25+ Mbps service/Moto SGB6580/Linksys WRT610N/PWDII using Ipad3 and E-Lyric 32.03 or JR17).
Everytime I try to download the Fidelizer, I get this giant advertizement overlay that I can't get rid of. And if you guys say that everytime you turn off the computer you have to reload it...
Tried it again, got further into the download until a pop up said I needed to add winzip for $69 bucks.Declined and I could not continue.
Are you guys sure this web site is not just a big SCAM ?
Levy03 --

You're welcome :) And glad to learn there are others who've had successful results with Fidelizer!

Ozzy --

I must say your case sounds weird - indeed unfortunate. Have you tried uninstalling everything related to Fidelizer, and then re-installed Fidelizer via the 'Download Fidelizer' link at the bottom of their homepage? Or maybe your problem doesn't lie in the download process, but how you access the file you've downloaded?

http://www.windowsxlive.net/fidelizer/

Perhaps others could help here? I'm no expert into this, but I do know the link works on my HTPC and several others I've recommended it to.
Ozzy,
I've never had a problem downloading Fidelizer. You must be clicking the wrong place. Try again.
Steve