Can you share how much you paid please ?

Plunged for the discounted IE800. Official store for Perks at work members has them for £449.99 - IE800 £629.99 - IE800 s If you're not a member I can still post the link but not sure about the rules ?

  Thanks Joel, that helps ! Also many thanks Rob, mine have the texture there, with very clean edges, so it looks like they're genuine. Can't get the focus on the phone to showcase that though. The sound is intoxicating and indeed can hear every little detail, and I hate to think I have to...

Guys, is there anyone in London with verified genuine IE800 I can compare mine with ? I bought mine from CEX and the box verifies as authentic, but want to make sure.   As you know CEX sells used gear, and the box was open, the IEM sounds amazing but I have my reservations after auditioning...

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Hi all !   After horrible soldering jobs and 3 cards later I can atest that it should not be a beginners soldering venture. It's hard , if not impossible to do for a novice in soldering.    Saying all that I soldered one Xtrememusic wrong, The left channel was working, beautifully but on...

Quote: Originally Posted by page28 I have been given a box of valves by a neighbour, Mostly TV stuff but there were a couple of Brimar 6AM6 (cv138) (these give really solid Bass), some Zaerix 12au7's , some Marconi ECC804 (6/30l2) and a pair of Mullard E88CC 's both the latter look to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spacehead It you decide to take the dac signal, I suggest that you take it out from underside of the card, at the DC coupling caps. Then you won't damage anything. Even a small mistake on a crucial point can lead to hissing and you feel like sh¤t. As...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spacehead As you can see from following picture, dac doesn't get instantly damaged if it is soldered on. It is really difficult to get good solder joints on those small legs, as my soldering iron tip is 1.2 mm and those legs are 0.2 mm wide Thank you ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spacehead It sounds very neutral. If you don't mind testing your card with it's own ADC then you can take only + or - line from DAC output. I mean that the amplitude of the signal will drop a lot if you don't do your own differential to single ended...

Hi I was thinking of getting the audio straight from dac, and coupling the output outside of the card (SB Elite pro 0550). Can anybody tell me where I can get the closest signal from DAC excluding soldering straight from dac itself ? As in soldering to a resistor or a cap. I'm worried I...

Call me strange but I have swapped the source from the inputs to the outputs and my MK III sounds ....better. Much better. I don't know why but it just sounds more detailed and subtle. More punch as well. I don't know why that is but now I'm always "putting it wrong" so I would get better...

I must say that modding is time consuming... Now, I finally added that misplaced capacitor of mine and the impressions are...not exciting. The card sounds somewhat better than the onboard sound, but stock Elite pro did anyway. There is high noise floor like on my ALC888 I didn't have this...

Thank You Bichi, You're a lifesaver ! Will get back on board to say how it sounds after accompanying LD MKIII Sobi123

Okay found out that it is a Kemet TANTalum 33uf @ 15vdc cap. Anybody knows something similar in the UK ? Would appreciate any input Cheers Sobi