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Great thread!

 

I happen to own one of this buggers! I'm running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate. It's a shame this card it's not supported by the kX project, I would like to try the driver, but well...

Anyway, curious thing, when I first installed the card, I didn't have internet so Windows didn't installed it automatically, then I searched a bit and found out that Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio it's very similar, so I downloaded it's drivers and force windows to install them. Worked perfectly, except it didn't show the jacks information. Later on windows update offered a driver update, and I'm using the "normal" driver now.

 

I'll mess with it after I mod my card, but I'm not sure how to start.

 

What opamps and capacitors should I use? I heard at another thread that film capacitors are much better, but I researched for types of capacitors and there are so many!

I'm a PC hardware distributor and have access to dead motherboards which have many kinds of capacitors. =D

 

What should I look for? Big ass values? Solid ones?

 

The big green capacitors I see replaced at the pics are all the front green jack uses?

 

Audio grade caps are your best bet. I recommend Nichicon's muse series or if you have the money Rubycon Blackgates. I would stay away from large capasitance and go for quality.
 

 



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Originally Posted by aiboforcen View Post

hey to what you changed those stock buffer caps for the opamps  22uF? I'm thinking about to upgrade my audigy platinum too. thanks


I used 220uF Nichicon Muse caps for the opamp buffers and decoupling caps.

Sorry for the delay, I was moving and I just now got internet back. smily_headphones1.gif

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Audio grade caps are your best bet. I recommend Nichicon's muse series or if you have the money Rubycon Blackgates. I would stay away from large capasitance and go for quality.
 

 



i'm agree with your statement.. :D so how's your soundblaster performace now ?

 

nowdays its very hard to see people mod audigy series or soundblaster series..

 

i want to share too,,hope this will be useful.. just completed my audigy 1(sb0230----> people say this is dell OEM)

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i'm using opamp 4560 for front & rear channel,, forgot it's JRC or LM.. but it's a cheap n nice performer opamps i think.. the center/sub opamp haven't changed,,but i have a spare AD8066...

 

for caps u can see yourself.. it's pana fc , pana hfz (the dark big blue one) , elna silmic II , oscon.. the capasitance is the same with stock caps,, only the voltage is bigger.. 

 

i'm thinking to change the panasonic hfz caps,,what caps do you recomend ? the candidate are elna silmic II , elna cerafine (i dont know this caps characteristic)

 

*sorry for my bad picture & bad english

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