M6600 Owners Thread

That depends... If the windows partition isn't marked bootable, you'll need to change that... If you copy one partition, you might need to fix your MBR (windows recovery can do that)

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If I recall correctly, I delete any existing partitions on the target drive, point the restore at the target disk, and windows recovery creates the necessary partitions automatically. When complete the target has the system reserved & os partitions. You should have 3 partitions if you're including the recovery partition in your image. Perhaps the "system reserved" partition is not in your image.

 

What over the ear headphones would you recommend with the M6600?
I prefer closed headphones, budget around $200...

- Shure SRH 840
- AKG 240mk II
- Any other?

 

The audio technica ath-m50 is pretty good for closed but I highly highly recommend the sennheiser hd 598 which is what I have but that's an open headphone but sweet Jesus the soundstage is so nice.

 

Yes, it should be able to restore to a blank drive (no partitions) — creating partitions automatically.

It will not restore to a smaller drive. For example, if you back up a 500 GB drive you can not restore it onto a 250 GB drive, even if you were only actually using 50 GB.

Now, I am interested in hearing more about this iSCSI setup that you have. I use Windows Backup to make a system image of my system drive (and a script of my own creation to do an incremental backup of my data drive). Because I back up over the network, it does a full backup of the system drive. I'm aware that if you back up to a local disk it will do a differential backup which is probably faster.

Does Windows Server 2008 R2 come with the software necessary to host the iSCSI disk or are you using some separate piece of software that could run on a plain Windows 7 install? (I use iSCSI to share a DVD burner from one machine to another, so I'm somewhat familiar with the concept, but the host software that I am using will only share optical drives.)

 

Grado SR 125 for $150 or Grado SR 225 for $200.

Very good sound and easy to drive.

 

Correct, but MEJazz indicated they shrunk the partitions before creating the system image

2008R2 includes the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target mmc snapin. That will let 2008R2 provide & manage iSCSI targets. You can then use the iSCSI Initiator included with Win7 to connect to the target.

A caveat however, when restoring over the network you will need to mount the VHD on the server & provide a network share as the iSCSI Initiator is not included in the win7 bootable restore image. Since you are now restoring over a network share, you will only be presented the most recent image to restore. A Google search will yield some instructions on making a custom bootable recovery image which includes the iSCSI Initiation but I haven't tried it yet. I was able to copy the VHD to an external drive however and plug it into my restore target & I did have multiple images to select for restoration.

 

The Grado SR225 seems very nice but I would prefer closed headphones... Would you recommend any of these 3 with the M6600? Or any other closed headphones?

- Shure SRH 840 - 44ohm
- AKG 240mk II - 55ohm
- ATH M50 - 38ohm

 

I have heard the AKG 240mk II and Shure SRH 840. The AKG is more neutral and has better details in the mids. The Shure has a little extra bass and a little extra treble. Rock, pop, electronic would probably favor the Shures. Getting the most details and having a neutral set of headphones for mixing and mastering would favor the AKG.

The Shures are easier to drive from most devices. The AKG will sound just fine on the headphone out of a laptop or iphone, but to get the most out of them you would need to get a headphone amp.

The Shures were fun to listen to. Could be a little bright on some early 80's recordings. If you like rock or just a little extra bass, get these.

The AKGs were similar to my Sennheiser HD600s in the mids. I still prefer the sound of the HD600 overall and they are what I mainly listen to. If you want headphones that will sound a lot like studio monitors or a good 2 channel audio system, get the AKG.

Have never heard the ATH.

 

I have the AKG k271mk II at 55 ohms, and they work perfectly well with the M6600.

Next time I buy headphones, though, I'll probably go for Sennheiser. The AKG has better mids, but I listen for enjoyment not accuracy and by and large I prefer Sennheiser's sound.