Thanks for your inputs. I'll have a go with my SOIC brown dogs but will be getting a few opamps next week in dip form so I can easily replace them.

Looking at Tangents site http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy-tutorial/ he mentions the OPA132, I only have the OPA627 which is mounted on both sides of a Brown Dog (remains from an old project) ....from the specs they look pretty much identical or close.... but want to hear all you...

This weekend I bypassed the breakout box and replaced it with Audioquest cables that were soldered directly to DB-9 connector. I was not expecting too much of a difference but when I connected it, I was impressed by the improvement.

AKZip, thanks I was able to find some hits in the DIY section. There were non in the computer as source.

I have seen numerous posts about such a mod but have not been able to find anything. Looking for details such as what cap to replace and pictures...lots of pictures I do plan to get rid of the breakout box and hook up my i/c to the db-9 headshell which I believe will make some difference...

No I dont have any treble or EQ going on. So in order to use the output I would have to use the daughtercard ? Does it requirea PCI slot ? I only have 1xpci and 1xagp in my SFF case.

After reading quite a bit of positive reviews of the EMU 0404 I decided to purchase this. I immediately noticed that it was very detailed, more spaces between instruments, soundstage improved, but what irritated me was that it is very "edgy", "sharp". This was the reason why i went from my...

I also had a 1501rc and they pretty good. I sold that and went for the Jolida 502B and that is a really amazing integrated. MIke Allen is a great person (no affiliation) and has always had time to answer my questions. Thats why I have gone back to Jolida

So the PC will just act as a transport if I am to invest in a Benchmark DAC then ? Is the 1212 recognised by all the software products I have seen mentioned in this forum ? So the real work is ripping the cd onto hard drive but do I use just one compression level or does it have to go...

I am in the market for a new cd player and have limited my budget to approx $1500 which could get me: 1. MusicalFidelity X-ray ($999) 2. Music Hall CD-25 (about $700) 3. Jolida 100 with mods ($1400) Does an EMU-1212 come close to any of those models above ? Or do I have to go as high as...