That's good news as that means you have the real deal Muses01s and not fakes. Mount them is a socket and remove the socket when opamp rollin or better yet put them in and leave them there as you won't find better.

The Silmic II's have thicker leads than other caps.  Did you have to ream out the pcb in order to take the Silmics?

Be careful of reviews.   I've had bad luck with the V5i's, they don't work in every application.   I used them in my Marchand XM44 (installed properly, double-triple checked prior to power-on) and there was no sound at all from either channel.  I feared damage to the XM44 but after replacement...

All I can tell you is that after upgrading to Win 10 my media server running foobar 2000 it experienced drop-outs, fades, and stops.   Two weeks later I went back to Win 7 where everything runs without any issues and never looked back.

I installed Windows 10 on my media player and was able to install the latest foobar DSD plugin 9.5 without a problem.   I must be for Windows 10 only or I was doing something else wrong but is works now.

I'm running windows 7 foobar2000 v1.3.8 with the foo_input_sacd 7.3 component in my E1 with the DSD upgrade kit and it works fine.   I set it up with the instructions provided on the Asus DSD upgrade web page, however, when I replace the foo_input_sacd 7.3 component with the 9.5 version it...

I just took the 1642's out of my XM44 and replaced with the 2132's and all is sweet again.  There is more detail ... what I though was increased high frequency I realize now was increased high frequency distortion.    The opa2132's are more listenable without the harshness.  I realize you would...

I've got a few projects in the works that I need to finish before I can AB the 1642/Muse01 but I can tell you I had the same concerns as with my XM44.  The 1642s had seemed like they opened up another octave with a lot more detail but they seemed a little harsh....I liked them but the was...

I have muses01 and muses02 in my essence one but had experimented with opa1642's in the E1 in the past before sticking with the mus01/02 combo as in the MKII.   Your post got me thinking about trying the opa1642's in my Marchand XM44. I only had 6 of the OPA1642's so I put them into the input...

I have  an E1 with 6 Muses01 in Slot 1 I/V and Slot 2 buffers with a LME49720HA's in posions 3a and 3b and the sound was great but a little too forward with the mid-highs and a solid but slightly light low-mid bass.  I purchased and just received a DSD upgrade kit which comes with Muses02's for...

Are you sure the DIP8 adapter is fully seated in the socket?  As I recall the socket is flanked by capacitors on both sides that would prevent an adapter from being fully seated.  In those situations you need to use another DIP8 socket such...

Re; ripping vinyl I tried going from my analog preamp out to the line-in on the computer and recording with Audacity (24 bit) and it works.  Only thing is I'm not sure if the quality is as good as I could get some other way.  Thje pre-amp is a vintage Yamaha CX2020 with a great head-amp for my...

I have a media only computer and Muse EI and I didn't think so but had to ask.  What do you recommend?   I've looked at the Parasound Zphono USB.  Are there others I should consider?

Can the E1 be used to rip vinyl to digital wav files.  If so, what does the equipment hook up look like?

I had the same trouble.   Just keep retrying and it will eventually take....don't close the update window just hit update again...