cotdt
Headphoneus Supremus
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Thanks Tiramisu. The X-Meridian does make it easier to swap opamps, especially without a solder iron, although to me replacing SOIC opamps are still pretty quick and easy. But in my mods I've discovered that changing the opamps is only a fraction of the total improvements. Removing the output capacitors and the Blackgate mod makes just as big a difference, as did the ERS paper which made it noticeably warmer. You should try these things on your card! I've never had an opamp go bad, especially not with the voltages used on sound cards. If the sound degrades noticeably, then it's probably faulty, but i've never come across it.
emericanchaos, my own sound card is the M-Audio Audiophile 192, and it looks to be the same set of mods. the only difference is the placement. The AKM DAC it uses is a very good one.
emericanchaos, my own sound card is the M-Audio Audiophile 192, and it looks to be the same set of mods. the only difference is the placement. The AKM DAC it uses is a very good one.