Recent content by sagatman

Quote: I followed Germanium's step to modify my ST. Although my soldering technique is crude, the sound improvement is astonishing. The sound immediately after mod was gorgeous and prosperous. After a couple of days it became even better and majestic. I'm now wondering how is...

You are right. I varified it on my Stax headphone amp just now. Analog volume knob degrades sound!   Quote:  

Quote: Maybe you can use two PSU in one computer, that is, one PSU supplies the ST only to isolated all electro-interference from other components in computer (fan, hard disk...). http://www.lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/product06.php?pr_index=108&cl_index=2&sc_index=10&ss_index=19 A kit...

The situation may result from an amplifying loop between your speaker/headphone and mic.  Try to lower the mic level or keep the mic away from speaker/headphone.

Quote:  I found computer power has great influence on sound. When I upgraded the power supply from Enhance 400W to 500W, my ST sound became more dynamic, forward and aggressive. I guess that is because the new power supply provides faster transient response. It is not a disturbing problem...

  Quote: I agree with germanium's post and want to add some personal opinion. An upsampling can push digital noise to higher frequency band thus prevent human perception resulting in audio degradation 

Quote: Originally Posted by VISTREL Got today the ST version, blew my Audigy 2 ZS away. Saved bunch of money on DAC & Amp without compromising the sound quality. You can judge the sound quality again after 2 weeks use. Mine is Essence ST and it's sound quality changed from...

I had the same improvement for sound after upsampling to 96kHz using Asus Xonar Essence ST。 Whether the upsampling to 96kHz is done in foobar by SOX resampler or xonar contral panel, the sound is better than 44.1hKz

Until recently I recorded all my SACD using sony SCD-XA1200ES, Essence ST and sony sound forge in Multichannel 96kHz flac. I really enjoy these 96kHz 24-bit multichannel musics played by Foobar converting 5.1 to stereo, Essence ST and Stax 4040. The sound quality of SACD layer is definitely...

P Quote: Originally Posted by ROBSCIX In many cases they are redundant also as they are used on input sections also. I haven't seen too many using OPA2107SM modules. Nice! The guy who sold 2107SM to me suggested that this OPAMP is lively, cheerful and suitable for orchestral...

Well, I just did the mod suggested by germanium and got the exact improvement described in this thread. I think it is a worthy mod.Even before the mod the ST sounded great and now it become more lively. Thank you germanium ^_^ My rig: Essence ST (OPA: LME49720HA X 2 + OPA 2107SM) + Stax 4040...