I love music and not only I listen to it, I write music too. Now I think there’s only 1 way of listening to music: loud. Listening loud to immerse myself in those high frequency hi hats, lower frequency bass line or kicks. Just recently, I moved my monitor speaker from the studio to my working desk. While I love Plex, it caters the mass, I want something specific for music. ...
I made the jump to buy a license for my Unraid box and finally writing this blog post to elaborate what I’ve done with it. Such simplicity with the power to do anything you can imagine off of a home server. I still think I’m only scratching the surface here, haven’t even begun to maximize my usage. There are a few more new additions to the box I want to talk about in this blog post. ...
This started with a spare CPU and a dead motherboard. Had an Intel Core i3 6100 lying around with 16 gigs of memory sticks. Was leaning towards an AMD Hackintosh but Youtube convinced me unRAID is my next curiousity target. So I build a PC (again). PCPartPicker Part List Type Item CPU Intel Core i3-6100 3.7 GHz Dual-Core Processor CPU Cooler Intel E97379-001 CPU Cooler Motherboard Biostar RACING Z170GTN Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard Memory G.Skill NT Series 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory Memory G.Skill NT Series 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory Storage Western Digital Green 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Case Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case Power Supply Corsair VS 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply Wired Network Adapter Intel E1G44HTBLK PCIe x4 1000 Mbit/s Network Adapter The parts list listed a standard Intel CPU fan but I hated the noise. I had a generic brand CPU water cooler I installed onto the CPU. ...
I’ve always wanted my own Home Entertainment solution before I bought my Cubieboard. Now, after buying a Raspberry Pi, what I want came true. With some research and a weekend, I got it up and running perfect. What I have in my disposal for this to happen are: Cubieboard A10 with Cubian - NAS, nginx, CouchPotato, Transmission, Headphones and SickBeard Raspberry Pi B with Raspbmc USB Hard Drive - Attached to the Cubieboard OpenWRT Wifi Router - or any router you can manipulate DNS with Another Wifi Router - because the main router’s coverage is spotty upstairs, Raspberry Pi is attached to this router TV with HDMI (obviously) - spare HDMI input for the Raspberry Pi Cubieboard and Raspberry Pi are connected using LAN cables. I’m not too sure about the Wifi’s signal strength. ...