From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Lu Vencl
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 9:31 PM
To: 'Johnny Keeker'; 'Kevin Custer'; 'App_rpt Users'
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] XIPAR question
Well since you brought it up, I also agree, both acid and xipar are great packages. And both have their pluses and minuses.
ACID has the web interface and reverse autopatch provided as a courtesy and I have contributed financially to the cause.
ADID also has the ability to silence echolink telemetry for which I am not certain at this time if it is an option with XIPAR. For most, this is not a show stopper, but I do know some that would be against moving to XIPAR if that were the case. The issue is that there are too many echolink surfers and all I ever hear is connect and disconnect messages all day and all night. I for one would like to kill echolink on my box, but I find it handy to use the app in the app store.. I got to wonder why nobody has built and app for the iphone and android as of yet???
XIPAR has a great feature to reduce the telemetry level when there is actual traffic. I personally like that a lot. ACID does not at this time as far as I know. XIPAR also has a great set of optional audio filters as you pointed out Johnny, and that is my major reason for implementing XIPAR. Yes, the audio is that good!
I also found for some reason that some of my ASUS computers like XIPAR.. Not sure why under ACID, my ASUS machines that I have had major audio breakup. I have heard others complain about this, but I could never figure out what the issue was. I replaced USB ports with added cards with USB, no difference.. Looked at BIOS settings, you name it. I ended up throwing out about 5 of those PC’s because I gave up. Then when I happened to try XIPAR on a couple I still had, bingo it worked? Why??? To this date, nobody can explain it..
Again, not a real issue for me as I have 6 boxes on ACID and 3 on XIPAR.. All on Dell PCs. Which one do I like best? Well I am on the fence still, but leaning towards XIPAR.. If XIPAR can get the echolink telemetry fixed and Allmon going, then I might lean lots more.
The bottom line is that there is a choice and that is a nice thing with this hobby. Whatever you prefer, they both are great packages and the folks behind both of them offer great support. So be grateful and please do consider donating some funds as we near the holidays. I am sure it would be very much appreciated! The costs associate with allstarlink servers does cost money, so please don’t forget that.
73
Lu
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