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1. Jitter Research, Analysis & Measurement

March 2008

Sound is better with the cMP (configured as Transport) and acting as Master. Conventional wisdom suggests a Transport slaved to a DAC is best. I held this view until now. Using the dCS Scarlatti Clock and trying many things (power cords, conditioners, high-end BNC cables) it failed to impress. A measurable way of understanding this apart from subjective listening is covered.

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2. cMP (cics Memory Player)

Music delivery is perfected. cMP (cics Memory Player) delivers memory playback (without RAMDisk or other utilities) thereby eliminating disk interference during playback. cMP builds handsomely on “The Art of Building (AOB) Computer Transports” version 0.3 where sound is improved (together with more convenience) and costs maintained (~$1500 with case). The case is entirely optional (given its high cost) as any suitable alternative will do thus reducing costs to ~$1200.

AOB Computer Transports version 0.3 is a significant step forward. The challenge in going beyond this is creating version 1.0 which is renamed to cMP. cMP is an open source high-end Memory Player.

cMP's software installer can be dowloaded from https://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=111495

cMP documentation:

1. Introduction (pdf 1.4MB)

2. Installation Guide & User Manual (pdf 2.4MB)

You will also need AOB Computer Transports version 0.3 (http://imageevent.com/cics/v03theartofbuildingcomputertrnsp ).

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3. The Art of building Computer Transports (September 2007)

Version 0.3 - for best results upgrade to cMP (http://imageevent.com/cics/cmp)

High-end audio is unashamedly expensive. Quality equipment from speakers, amplifiers to cables costs thousands of dollars. Music lovers pay these amounts to reproduce pure music without any form of distortion. This paper targets CD transports with a view to dramatically reduce its cost whilst improve its performance. By using a good quality PC costing ~$1,500 (including a good sound card), one can exceed performances of traditional transports in excess of $20,000. This is achieved by careful implementation of each PC component and the use of open source freeware such as Foobar2000 and EAC.

Complete setup of such a PC is explained. The reader is expected to have basic knowledge of PCs but expert knowledge is not needed. Building a computer transport can be daunting and discourages many music lovers from its take-up. This paper is a step by step guide to make the journey easier.

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