I have not personally had a problem with my x-fi, but I have heard of more then one person who has had serious problems because theirs overheated. I am not sure if I do not have that problem because I have a good card, or because I have about $400 invested into cooling my rig.
The op-amps would not benefit you if you use the digital output, but the OP said doing all the mods makes the x-fi sound better then the Benchmark DAC1 so unless you are using a better DAC it might be worthwhile to make these changes
|