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The other servers consisted of a Mac Pro, Mac G5, and Zalman fanless Windows XP based PC. Each of the servers contained a spinning hard drive and a solid state hard drive and each connected to a single Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. In order to demonstrate any configuration possible we installed the operating system on both the SSD and the HDD. This allowed us to boot up to either drive to compare the sound differences, if any, between an operating system installed on each type of drive. We stored the demonstration music on each storage medium, HDD, SSD, and NAS. The Zalman and the Mac Pro are fairly quiet music servers, but the Mac G5 can sound like the space shuttle at times. To silence the G5 we housed it in a Noren AcoustiLock g-Cab hush box. The g-Cab is built specifically for this purpose and works extremely well. No noise can be heard outside the box and the server will not overheat as the box has a built-in cooling fan.
Remote control of the Windows and Mac servers was done via a MacBook Pro with 17" screen as I had three different remote windows up simultaneously and needed the screen real estate. Control of Matan's server was done via an iPod Touch.
Below is the list of components used in Studio A. (Photos below)
1. Magico M5 speakers:
2. (4) Pacific Microsonics Model 2 DA converters to the Boulder 2010 pre amp - 2 meter balanced wireworld silver eclipse 6
3. (4) Custom HD26 to dual wire with clock break out cables from the Lynx cards to the Pacific Microsonics Model 2 converters.
4. MIT Oracle MAX-Vee balanced interconnecting wire from the Boulder 2010 pre amp to the Boulder 2060 Power amp.
5. 2 sets of MIT Oracle V1.1 MA speakers wires, (Magico M5 were bi-wired).
6. Noren AcoustiLock g-Cab hush box for G5 Mac, (used to reduce the noise from the Power Mac G5).