Hi And thanks for reading this post.   I picked up an asus stx II 7.1 soundcard with daughter board a few weeks ago and have been fiddling around with the options.   In the main menu there is a slider for directing the centre channel to the left and right speakers, which i like as it gives...

Hi And thanks for reading this post.   I picked up an asus stx II 7.1 soundcard with daughter board a few weeks ago and have been fiddling around with the options.   In the main menu there is a slider for directing the centre channel to the left and right speakers, which i like as it gives...

Hi And thanks for reading this post.   Just picked up a stxII a few weeks ago and i  noticed in the on line reviews it said the main card has muses e01 and e02 op amps.   Looked at mine and it has a Muses 8820 e03 and two 8920 e08   I've been searching the forum and can't find anyone who...

Hi and thanks for reading this post   I've been offered a pair of speakers which are rated at 300 watts rms each. Unfortunatly I've been advised not to buy them, as i listen to music at a lowish volume, usually 20-30 watts per channel and was told at that volume the speakers would not sound...

Hi And thanks for reading this post.   My asus d2x sound card is six feet under and snuffed it, and i am looking at the essence stx 7.1 with daughter board as a replacement.   1. In sq terms are there any improvements between the two cards, is the difference slight or substantial.   2. I...

Hi. Thanks for reading this post. I tried installing windows 7 on my pc  but the installation stopped and i get the message " Windows cannot be installed because the hard drive is gpt partition style" I have a Gigabyte GA-MA785GPM-UD2H motherboard, does this have the required uefi bios...

Hi And thanks for reading this post. I have a htpc which i purchased about 7 years ago and am wondering if it is time to upgrade. It consists of a Gigabyte GA-MA785GPM-UD2H motherboard, asus d2x souncard, 4 gigs of ram, windows 7 pro. I am using the asus d2x card for 2-channel sound to...

Hi And thanks for reading this post.   I am trying to build a pc for music and movies and needed to know which motherboard to buy, a mobo with high quality soundcard and graphics card built in.   Not interested in separate mobo and sound/graphics cards   My amp and speakers are two channel...

Hi And thanks for reading this post.   I noticed the massive thread concerning hotrodding the x-fi soundcard so dropped my soundcard offf at the local pc shop to see if a pro could do the work.   I told the shop the card is a 10 year old soundblaster x-fi ellite pro (£250)   to which they...

Russ andrews dac 1 vs Headroom Portable Desktop amp   Hi And thanks for reading this post.   I have been offered the above two dacs and really need some advice on which one to go for. A quick google search indicates these are both good usb dacs but is one better than the other, would love...

Hi and thanks for reading this post. I have a few blown one watt resistors i want to replace in my power amp and have been on mouser, digikey, farnell etc but cannot find sizes small enough. I have just 8.5mm in width on the board so am thinking about using surface mount resistors as these...

Hi And thanks for reading this post.   Fingers crossed it is in the right section. The ac output on my quad 405-2 amplifier's transformer is 71 volts but keeps going up and down by approximately 0.1- 0.3 volts everytime i measure it. Is this normal and is this the correct voltage.  It is...

Hi and thanks for reading this post. Do you think it would be a good idea to replace the usual aluminium electrolytic capacitors on a zero dac board for the better specs of a solid state (polymer) type capacitor. I have 4 aluminium electrolytic's around the dac chip (47uf 35v) which are...

Hi and thanks for reading this post. I have a quad 405-3 amp am eyeing up the resistors and diodes on the boards for upgrading. Only problem is i have not seen a lot of people doing this and am wondering if it is worth the time and expense. I did a capacitor upgrade and that was good and...

Hi and thanks for reading this thread.   I am using my pc to watch movies and recently purchased a hrt music streamer pro dac ($450) to help improve the audio a little as i want to build a really good system.   What the problem is movies play fine but once i get to a large file size...