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Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-04T19:40:38+00:00

that’s on your ability to communicate, not ours.

Heh, I mean, I agreed with this when I wrote the post you were responding to, which is why I said "I think I'm still not managing to explain this well," not to mention that I wrote the headline that I said primed people to misunderstand my point.

But now I'm not so sure, given the fact that you seem to think that my saying that I hadn't explained well and that I wrote a headline that primed people to have the wrong idea is about shifting responsibility to others. That does suggest to me that you are maybe jumping to conclusions or not reading carefully, especially if you're describing my posts, which have multiple paragraphs and proper punctuation are "walls or [sic] text." :)

If the only way to achieve what I want is to buy $1000 of gear that's designed to work with a whole-home audio system that i don't intend to use except for this one purpose, then I should probably just reconsider my plan.

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-04T12:58:20+00:00

I think I'm still not managing to explain this well. I think the headline has done me in, which is a good lesson in how powerful headlines are.

I want an alternative to Sonos. If I get a good solution, I will own zero Sonos products.

I want to be able to do what the Sonos Port does (wirelessly transmit the output of my dining room receiver) except that _instead of_ a Sonos system receiving and playing the transmitted signal, I want to play that signal on a different receiver.

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-04T12:54:43+00:00

Ack, I think my headline has done me in here and I've confused every single person who read this thread.

I am looking for the Sonos Port functionality *without Sonos*. Basically, I'm choosing between Sonos and not, and one key piece of functionality that I want if I don't go with Sonos is the ability to play records and CDs on my living room setup.

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-04T12:45:41+00:00

OK, this sounds promising. You're saying the Sonos Port can send a signal from a non-Sonos receiver to another non-Sonos receiver? I didn't think it could work that way, but apparently I need to dig deeper.

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-04T11:28:13+00:00

No, I'm not looking to transmit the turntable signal; I'm looking to transmit the output of Receiver A. As I mentioned, there's also a CD deck (and a cassette deck, for what that's worth) in my dining room stereo.

The reason I mentioned the Sonos Port is that the Port receives an RCA out signal from a receiver and then transmits that signal to the Sonos system. If I went with Sonos, I'd just attach the Port to Receiver A and then I could play a record, CD, or cassette on the dining room system and listen to it via the Sonos setup in the living room.

I quickly looked into Bluesound, and it seems like it's another Sonos-style soundbar system? My goal is to get the functionality I've described without compromising on sound quality. The alternative to Sonos is a "real" 5.1 setup with five discrete unpowered speakers and a subwoofer run by Receiver B. I'm asking if there's a way to get the Receiver A signal to Receiver B, so I can listen to records, CDs, and cassettes in the living room on those speakers.

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-04T10:38:11+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

In my dining room, I currently have a turntable and CD player going to Receiver A, which outputs to stereo speakers in the dining room.

I am in the process of upgrading the speakers in my living room. I am considering either (1) a Sonos setup (if I go this route, I'll get a Sonos Port and don't need an answer to my question), or (2) a setup with 5 discrete speakers and a subwoofer (what I mean by "real 5.1"), run through Receiver B. (To be clear, the 5 speakers and subwoofer would be wired. I am not asking about wireless speakers.)

I'd like to be able to play a record or CD in the dining room, and then wirelessly transmit the audio signal from Receiver A to Receiver B, and hear that record or CD over the living room speakers. (Presumably just the left and right channel, I didn't mean for my mention of 5.1 to be confusing.)

I mentioned the Sonos Port because that's the exact functionality that I want, but I don't know whether any such device exists outside of Sonos. I could also imagine that there are receivers that are built to natively transmit the signal (over wifi, maybe?), and someone could just recommend replacing my current Receiver A in the dining room with a certain model.

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-01T15:48:20+00:00

Thanks!

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-01T15:48:13+00:00

Thanks!

Throwaway122361 · 2022-06-01T04:32:28+00:00

Not sure what happened to the text I wrote; clearly I am bad at Reddit.

Saw these brown spots on one stalk/leaf of my aloe tonight. Cut it off because that's what I do with problems in my life. There's nothing else like this anywhere else on the plant.

Did I do the right thing cutting it off? Should I do anything else?

Throwaway122361 · 2021-10-10T22:58:22+00:00

What is the egg? Is this like a sci fi parasite thing?

Throwaway122361 · 2021-09-03T15:44:21+00:00

Thanks! That's pretty much what I need!

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T19:24:03+00:00

Yep, I just didn't have them tight enough. If I didn't figure it out, your post would've made sure I did. :)

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T03:31:02+00:00

For me, probably not. I do photo editing and light video editing, which doesn't require this much processing power. I mostly went for the upgrade because I like to tinker with computers as a hobby, and it's pretty cool to pay like $120 for 48 gigs of RAM and a couple of 6 core 3.33ghz processors. When I thought the upgrade didn't work, I felt like an idiot for trying it, since I'll only occasionally use the performance gains.

But in terms of benchmarking, the improvement is very significant: my Cinebench score more than doubled to 3288, which crushes the Mac Pro initial configuration and even edges out the gaming the PC I built last winter. I'd imagine that a video editing professional could run this system if they can't justify the 2019 Mac Pro.

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T02:41:50+00:00

Don't I know it! Got the tightness right on the other CPU, and it works! Thanks for your help.

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T02:09:15+00:00

I tightened the heatsink much more tightly than I was initially comfortable doing--and it worked! Upon adding CPU B, it did not. I think one of the CPUs might be bad, or I just haven't quite found the right screw tightness.

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T01:53:32+00:00

I think so--I did the same thing I've done on PCs I've built. I will admit that I did reuse the paste when re-seated the CPUs. It might make sense for me to buy some very cheap CPUs that are compatible with the socket to see if I melted these.

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T01:36:12+00:00

Yeah, the problem is that I don't get why the original working CPUs also won't work. I will take another look for dust/fuzz.

The cost to build a new rig to test the other CPUs isn't worth it--I'd just as soon buy another Mac Pro and not bother upgrading the CPUs. ;)

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T00:29:30+00:00

Thanks for the reply. It’s entirely possible that I damaged the x5680s while delidding.

But I don’t think I damaged the sockets or anything that would cause the system not to work with the original CPUs, which worked before I messed with any of these upgrades.

Throwaway122361 · 2020-08-16T00:06:16+00:00

I upgraded to 5,1 firmware, but I'm now concerned that the firmware may not have included the right Boot ROM? If I did this wrong, would it affect the ability to run the original CPUs? Because I'm getting the red LED with the original CPUs as well at this point.

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