There was others open models but they were very below the "fake" open source models like Gemma or Llama, but Instella is almost to the same level, great improvement
I only have a desktop computer but its supply is rated 80+ gold, so it has PFC (if I understand correctly)? Maybe I can disable it in the BIOS? (Going to try)
Already tried running different equipment on the UPS such as modem/router from my ISP or a simple home phone. None of them were having troubles with the UPS...
really little but it's a good start in my opinion, maybe one day I'll invest in some more quality stuff. Currently I use the DAC of my phone with a pair of Tangzu Wan'er S.G.
Do you use iem yourself? If yes, what's your setup?
Ohh sorry if I make myself misunderstood but I really listen and go live to small to medium groups so I can definitely to this, but maybe you can't, no problems online (or IRL) donations are the solution
I totally agree with your point of view, I was talking to buy stuff to use it. When sending money I usually just gives some money to the group at the end of the show by hand
Don't want to bother you but it's directly related to your post, SoulSeek is the network that is used by slskd. It's a peer to peer network mainly for music the problem is that the network is proprietary
I scan understand that you prefer to pay for your music, personally I prefer support artists in other ways than buying from platform.
I don't put my music on my server simply because i prefer to have music directly on local, it's not that heavy so I prefer having my music directly on hand. Even with the possibility of self hosting it.
Your mother is absolutely right and this old school way is not so old school, it's not mainstream but not really old school. But yeah piracy is a bit hard to accommodate, so in this way there are two options, teach her how to use it OR download her music.
If you support your favorite creators by going to their show or buying stuff I don't see the ethical problem of piracy.
I've more than 1600 songs from a dozens of groups and I just love it, got the best quality (at least 16 bit 48Khz), can listen to the songs offline on my PC or with my iem (best kind of earbuds in my opinion).
The only downside is the size of the files, I have about 25gigs in my library, my phone and my pc have enough storage but if I'd like I could reduce this to around 5-6gigs by using "normal mp3 audio"
One of the best thing to do is to pirate almost all of your music and then reward the creators by going to their shows, buying them shirts or even CDs (you can also rip physical copy if piracy is not a thing)
Look at the picture in my post.
There was others open models but they were very below the "fake" open source models like Gemma or Llama, but Instella is almost to the same level, great improvement