AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

[Zeotrope]

Makes sense. I believe you shared before, but what do you have in your ATVX chain?

I'm using Shunyata Denali v2 for all video components, and I was using Teddy Pardo linear PSUs for the Lumagen 5348.
So the video chain is:
Denali -> ATVX -> (Teddy Pardo) Lumagen 5348 -> JVC NZ9

I recently upgraded the Teddy Pardo PSUs to Farad System10, but they have not arrived yet.

 

[Xymox]

Here you go. View attachment 152807View attachment 152808

I have a dual stack switch and access point you should try

 

[Xymox]

Mark Levinson did a interview recently and really nailed my buis model. I am doing new engineering and I make every one myself, like making a fine musical instrument. I do not want to be big. Nice to see someone else with the same mindset as myself.

 

[Xymox]

OOoooooo...

I am finishing up something new.. Its proving to be quite suprizing..

I have done a ton of mods + new noise canceling linear on a ASUS 13 Pro i7. The main focus is a roon core, but, it can run Linux, Windows 11 and more. Hooked to a Switch X stack and then hooked to a ATVX working as a end point for roon this has been pretty stunning doing 2 ch music. It could also work as a high end audio NAS if linux was run. The main goal is a killer 2ch audio server. BUT. It can also do a stunning number of video based things and even run Windows 11 and do all the stuff it can do.

People have been after me to make a NUC X.. Well, I did..

It still has some testing to go by my distributor who has showrooms full-o-gear and tons of gear to AB against. Stepping into the crowded 2ch audio server arena is pretty intense, but, as far as I know, no one has used active load analysis and design and addressed jitter on the whole chain like CPU/RAM/SSD/NVMe/SATA/USB/Ethernet before.. Plus using a r-core based noise canceling linear is unprecedented in a server.

I am waiting now for some high performance RAM and a high performance NVMe SSD. I should be ready to ship production in about 3-4 weeks.

Besides all the dejittering of CPU & busses and stuff, I did some extra work on ethernet and on USB.

 

[Davidny]

Hi Chris
This is terrific news. If NUC X achieves similar results to ATVX, Switch X and WiFi X this will be something special. Can’t wait to hear it.
And FYI Greg Weaver just posted a well deserved, glowing endorsement of your Switch X and WiFi X

 

[Xymox]

Hi Chris
This is terrific news. If NUC X achieves similar results to ATVX, Switch X and WiFi X this will be something special. Can’t wait to hear it.
And FYI Greg Weaver just posted a well deserved, glowing endorsement of your Switch X and WiFi X

I just watched that. he did a TERRIFIC job describing the tech side in simple terms.

Exactly same alchemy I do on the Switch X and ATVX I applied to the NUC X. My distributor will need to get it and run it thru its paces and ABs. I never mention what i think about my own products, I would be biased, hahaha.. But, from a technical standpoint using a lot advanced measurements and using the active load test rig, this NUC is producing some impressive numbers. I always focus on the technical specs, things I can measure. The NUC X project has been really cool with the huge improvements I was able to make. Its also just been fun to do insanity level low noise on the USB along with ultra high precision volatge supply for it,, as just one example. This NUC feeds USB devcies with a insanely low noise high precision power supply. This is good because a lot of people use things like external USB drives for thier music.

Just today I got some really good RAM. Lower latency high performance. This made a difference. As the supply feeding that RAM is also insanely low noise high precision, that is some happy ram.. RAM really matters as everything for audio is sitting in RAM. File buffering, playout buffering.. RAM is really important.

I will get the fastest NVMe this week and that will complete the config. The NVMe SSD is also fed crazy good power. So is the internal SATA SSD slot..

I will talk about the design philospy later, but, IMHO, A huge server grade motherboard and dual Xeon CPUs is counter productive because this adds noise and a larger board produces more jitter - thats just physics. As doing roon core using nearly no power or CPU % a big powerful CPU and MB are not the best way. IMHO. Audio use for just some sort of NAS/roon is best served using a much smaller system that has way less RF noise, less thermal noise and shorter trace lengths. IMHO..

With the reviews that have landed and the NUC X development right now, please excuse delays from me in responding to things. There is a lot going on