Again, For same reasons mentioned by "vicjohn" above . . .   I'm also buying HD700 and currently on the way, they are going to be my first premium quality headphones I think it's the time for me to upgrade from HD595 which I owned four years ago I'll pair them with CI Audio VHP-2+VAC-1...

Sound Blaster Digital Music Premium HD or (X-Fi HD USB) advertised headphones-drive capability <= 330 Ohm but in reality it can’t fully drive high impedance headphones, I hooked Sennheiser PC350 which are 150 Ohm to both X-Fi HD USB and Asus Xonar Essence stx and noticed that Asus Xonar...

Helpful post:     http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/519358/x-fi-titanium-hd-headphone-amp#post_7015120  

  Here's a review from Amazon uk for the USB version of X-Fi HD:    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003RRY3WE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d1_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=05ACSWKSC05ZKWHNVHDQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294

  A Chinese website posted preview of internal components being used inside sound blaster X-Fi HD version in asia (renamed to: sound blaster digital music premium HD) : http://www.soomal.com/doc/10100001585.htm     

On my side, I Modded the opamps and PSU cap separately on my X-Fi Elite,, And the major difference of SQ in changing the PSU cap to Black gate was the the tightness of bass considerably . . .

That's great I'm waiting for your impressions . . .

VHP-2's users I need your reply Please . . .

Hello, I'm planning to buy VHP-2 to use it with HD595 thru X-Fi Elite Pro (Modded with LM4562 & Black Gtae Cap) which I think a really great source . . . Is VHP-2 a great combo with sennheiser HD595 (50 Ohm)? Is it enough to use VHP-2 without VAC-1 ? or any other opinion?

Well, I'm planning to buy VHP-2 to use it with HD595 thru X-Fi Elite Pro (Modded with LM4562 & Black Gtae Cap) which I think a really great source . . . Is VHP-2 a great combo with sennheiser HD595 (50 Ohm)? or any other opinion?

Hello, Previously, I used HD595 with SB Live 24 bit! External and I found: 1. Good source for driving HD595, but 2. Poor sound quality ( high THD % ) . . . because of poor opamp as I guess, I opened it and found inside opamp from not any popular manufacture, I can't remember it now...

check with this thread for more details: X-fi Elite Pro Breakout vs. E-MU 0202

Quote: Originally Posted by s1rrah Did the addition of the LM4562 to your L/F outs improve headphone performance much? As I told, the output current of LM4562 is 26mA which is not enough for driving some headphones to their full sound and the headphone performance will be...

Quote: Originally Posted by s1rrah 1. Are there any threads discussing your process of modding the breakout box? Difficult for you? How about the learning curve for someone like myself with no solder experience? 2. In the future, when I purchase a desktop tube amp (Darkvoice 336i...

I don't have E-MU 0202 but . . . I did the opamps on both card and breakbox, moreover the DAC for the headphone output in breakbox is CS4392 (114db) and the others in all outputs of card are all CS4398 (120db), my opamps mods are as follows: NJM2114(Front-L/R CH) ------ replaced with ---->...

Quote: Originally Posted by johnjester exactly how powerful is that opamp? will it power HD595's fine? will it power HD650's fine? Regarding using headphones directly without Amp, today I finished the complete mod of all opamps on my X-Fi Elite Pro and the headphones output in...

I'm going to receive AD8599 and install it on my X-Fi Elite Pro Breakbox, I already installed LM4562 in the front-out and I directly plug HD595 without amp but I think the supplied current from LM4562 isn't enough for driving HD595 to its potential. So, will AD8599 drive HD595 better than...

There is one way to rip DVD-A using special plug-ins in WinDVD Player to capture the stream into PCM wave but these plug-ins are illegal to be publish in websites, their names are: 1. DVDAExplorer 2. dvdaripper: This Add-On is intended for decryption of CPPM-protected DVD-Audio content...

As expected from Asus Xonar D2 despite of professional DAC and opamp combined with C-media processor, how is it possible for the first debut card to beat 5 years of development Xtreme fidelity processor ? still this card can't beat X-Fi's SSRC, I don't know whether the tests were using...

Quote: Originally Posted by soloz2 For those who have modded their X-Fi Elite Pro cards: I got this picture off avs forums and am curious if anyone can verify it. Also, the power caps by the output should theoretically be upgraded as well. What is everyones thought on...

According to RMAA the quality of this mod in X-Fi Elite Pro should matches the quality of Emu1820 or X-meridian ?

Did the 1000uF 16V polar blackgate today in my X-Fi Elite Pro and shorted the four caps according this link: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attac...chmentid=78157 and I got No Sound , I resolder the four shorted caps back to the card and the sound restored , so the picture in the link...

Did you guys confirm removing the four caps near each opamp? What do you recommend: replacing them with better caps or save money by just shorting them or no need to short them , which option is worth ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Imvd85 The position of the sound card couldn't have been the reason for the different volume levels. There are two system volume knobs to check, that is the Master volume (which is the one related to the hardware, in our case Creative) and the Wave volume...

Quote: Originally Posted by Imvd85 GameBlaster, I also have Sennheiser HD595 headphones and I want to ask you do you turn the creative volume knob higher to get the same volume you were getting with these headphones in the x-fi main output before the mod? I'm asking because in specs...