Thanks. My bad. I thought they were the same.but indeed they are not. From web: the ZxR is a completely different soundcard, as it has a better DAC in the form of a BURR BROWN DAC and has a Texas Instrument 600Ohms high fidelity AMP both of which ARE NOT on the Z or the ZX. The ZxR is also...

Since the Z is the same card , not surround, but same dac and a ton cheaper. I would be very intrested to do a similar mod to a Z. Shouldnt be to hard. I will buy one and post PCB. Anyone keen in making a seperate thread for the Z?

I do like removing caps alltogether , shorting them on front and using long wire. Why now only 5 caps instead of 6/7 that are shown in earlier pictures on this thread. Is 5 now indeed correct? I cleaned up after reading the thread fully to make 1 clear post. Can you mark the points, make a...

@germanium Great thread.