CAS - First experience (continue)

My initial thought was to use the first computer as music player. I did not try again to install the driver to the first computer on that night. It is past midnight when I installed the driver to the laptop.

On the next day, I sent email to the DAC vendor. Telling the driver installation problem that I faced. At the same times, I searched regarding this in internet. Thought someone may encountered the similar problem.

The vendor responded with suggestion to try on others USB port on that computer, and if problem persist, a remote checking to this computer by the vendor. So, I tried to plugin the USB cable from DAC to others USB port. But, I got the same result: computer crashed with blue screen.

The internet search engine returned many results. But, there are not really as the problem I was facing. However, I read about the setup using linux operating system. I thought to try it although it is different with the Ms Windows that I am using.

I downloaded the software and followed the instructions to setup the system. The setup went smooth. I could started play song with the system after the setup is completed.

The main reason I wanted to use the first computer is it is the desktop computer in the study room. It would be convenience if this computer can be used. With the success in setup using linux os, I thought it will be more convenience and perhaps better performance if a dedicate computer is used for music playing. So, later on, I built this with a computer in small casing.

This is the dedicate computer that I built (assembly) for music playing. This is Intel Atom processor running with mpdpup.

After a while, I bought another casing for this music box. This is currently used in the main system.

CAS - First experience

I read about computer as source recently. It was when I looking for a budget player for study room. I thought to get a budget player to connect to an old amplifier and a pair small bookshelf speaker. And thought to get a budget bluray disc player which more affordable than CD play and could play audio file. However, I opened to other option. And when looking for this budget player, I read about cas.

Play song with computer is not new to me. I used to play mp3 in computer and laptop. Sometimes, I connect the earphone output from computer to a mini combo. But, connect to DAC from computer was new to me. The connection from computer to DAC seems straight forward and I probably can use the computer in study room for this. So, I thought to give this a try and ordered a DAC with USB input.

About a week later, the DAC arrived. I set up the system on the day I received the DAC. I was so excited to try it out. After connected the cables: for output to amplifier; for power; for computer, I started to install the software driver to computer. When installing the software driver, the system crashed with blue screen. After that, this computer crashes with blue screen whenever the USB cable from DAC is plugged to this computer. I gave up installation to this computer after crashed several times.

Then, I tried on a laptop. This time, the driver is installed successfully. After configured the audio output, I could start play song with this setup.