i upgraded my opamps to burson, but think the output caps can do better than plain standard nichicon bp. how high a rating can i go on the vdc ?

funny. i find foobar lacking a lot in clarity..

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those el cheapo elna's on my x-meridian 2g have gone bad and are now bloated. i'm off tomorrow to replace them with blackgate's or rubycon or whatever i can find.. to think it would last at least 6 months :/.

  it's diy.. :)

  htpc, 65s1, dalis and my custom speakers, meridian 551, tube buffer...

  meridian 551, tricked out custom speakers.. bass trap in the corner, a whole lot of dust.

genclaymore, thanks ! downloading..

 ok. decided to give up the opamp roll thing and just use my receiver's dac and play with the digital out.

hey when do the dts connect drivers come out ?

maybe just a few days of burn in on the opamp and caps. i haven't really used the bravura over the stx. i'm using mode 1 since it's just 2 channel. setup is a rotel ra04 - monitor audio rx2.

comparing the bravura with my stx.. i kinda prefer the bravura's more dynamic presentation. also clearer, more open sound.

i still have the problem. after 3/4s into most cds there's a high pitched whine that disappears after stopping and resuming playback.. :/.

think it was a grounding issue. moving the jumper to chassis ground seems to have improved the bass and i'll find out in a few hours if it's really a grounding issue.

great ! now what am i gonna do for setting speakers to large, distance, etc..   i get a whining sound after playing music in foobar for a while (ds, any sampling rate, bit depth). it's either that or get horrible crackling with wasapi (usually happens after leaving it on pause for quite a...

i sure hope that's a random problem !   btw, why no thx console for bravura ?

i will, thanks !

yes ROBSCIX. i have the front line out hooked up to a rotel ra04.

this is fun. i got the bravura this morning then didn't really fiddle with it till this afternoon. changed in the headphone opamp for the front channel, set mode 1 to setting 4 and it sounds good ! i'll burn it in for a while and see how it compares to the stx.

wow thanks robscix ! very exciting ! cirrus logic vs. burr brown. what kind of nichicon caps are on the bravura ?

i just got a xonar essence stx (couldn't wait another day for the auzen) and am finally getting my bravura tomorrow.. will the bravura sound better for 2 channel ?

thanks.

can i get the opamp from the headphone out and put it in the socket for the front speakers ?

maybe it's not really the sound card to blame but the speakers ?

2 channel only.. maybe before when i had my studio setup but i've moved on to ht.