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| Looking for Quiet External HD... I place the drive on 1/2" sorbothane and place a brass weight on top, which also quiets the drive and isolates the shelf from vibration caused by the drive. | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... Installed the Oyen MiniPro 2.5" Firewire 800 drive today. It is marginally quieter than the DataTale 3.5" FireWire 800/400, and it does not require a separate DC power supply, so I'm going to stick with the Oyen drive for now. | |
| Pass Labs XA60.5 with Confidence C1 I think the best bet would be to contact Reno HiFi and get a pair of XA-60.5 for audition and decide for yourself. The audition will cost you shipping plus a 10% restocking fee.I suspect the match would be OK, but that you might run out of steam f... | |
| Halide Bridge vs hiFace Evo vs Sonicweld 192 Well...it seems you have made an excellent decision to move on! | |
| Halide Bridge vs hiFace Evo vs Sonicweld 192 01-26-11: SakaharaI've been using computers since '95 (self taught/administrator on UNIX/IRIX SGI, WIN DOS/NT/2K/XP, and MAC OS X).There was no mention on the M2Tech website about a driver being needed.All USB devices require drivers. It would see... | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... I've ordered an Oyen MiniPro 2.5" Firewire 800 portable drive. We'll see how the noise level compares to the DataTale 3.5" FireWire 800/400. The MiniPro spins at 5400rpm versus the 7200rpm of the DataTale. The MiniPro is approved for use with ProT... | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... I decided to make my own quiet enclosure. I wrapped five sides in acoustic absorption foam intended to quiet the inside of computer towers. I left the back open, hoping this affords enough ventilation for cooling.Ugly as hell, but it works. | |
| Halide Bridge vs hiFace Evo vs Sonicweld 192 01-25-11: SakaharaEverything looked fine, power on,..etc, except for the fact that it would only play through the internal speakers.You have to select it to play through the external speakers in the Apple Midi application. It will not do play thro... | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... 01-25-11: Larry_sAn idle drive, just spinning, will have some noise but nothing an enclosure won't muffle.Yes, I suspect it's the enclosure that's the issue: aluminum, essentially open at the front, and little if any sound deadening material or so... | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... The noise I have with my current drive is a constant, low level grinding...akin to a CD spinning in a CD player.I took a look at the SATA acoustic management link, and it's not something I'm going to mess with, but I appreciate the suggestion. | |
| McIntosh MC-1.2KW vs PASS XA-160.5 amps ?? Buy one of each. | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... From what I've read, there are quiet and noisy external drives manufactured by all the manufacturers mentioned thus far, so I don't think one can make a blanket statement about noisiness of the drives based solely on brand. Size, design and enclos... | |
| Looking for Quiet External HD... This Seagate drive was reviewed and recommended as a very quiet drive. I almost bought one, but it requires a USB>Firewire 800 adapter and the adapter has received mixed reviews from owners, so I didn't proceed. | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? 01-23-11: Strateahed..the notion that an audiophile is going to feel something sounds better just because they paid to have something modded is just not true ... at least not in my case.That wasn't exactly my point, but it's my fault for not expre... | |
| What is the best power cable under $200.00 retail? 01-21-11: Pubul57Does anyone have any idea what a power cord is suppose to do or not do beyond having sufficient gauge to carry the current one or two meters from the outlet to the IEC? Careful.The third rail is hot. |