Modding the RME PAD

[Edwood]

Anyone know anything about AD823?

LOL, I'm really starting to mix these ups. So many OP amps......

-Ed

 

[Glassman]

good for portable amps, becouse of very low voltage requirement, otherwise nothing special - nothing worth RME

 

[Edwood]

Well, I have an Iron_Dreamer modded RME digi96/8 PAD now.

It currently has the OPA627 in there now.

Will post pics and impressions later.

There are some interesting observations on "different" cards we found.

-Ed

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

I am busy listening to the many opamps, and I will post my impressions once I feel the have an adequate level of confidence and accuracy. I'm really liking these Headphile XRS cables, cymbals have much better decay with them.

 

[Edwood]

Pics:

Notice something different about these cards? (besides Iron Dreamer's OP Amp mod and cap bypass)

See it now?

Closeup of OPamp adapter

That's right. Three RME digi96/8 PAD's in one computer.

Iron_Dreamer at work with delicate, surgical precision tools.

-Ed

 

[lan]

Good stuff.

When you're done, send me one and I'll review it.

 

[Edwood]

What's up with the different clock generators?

Is RME cutting costs and cheaping out on us?

Notice the middle one has a mix of the two different clock generators. (one black thingy, and one metal thingy)

-Ed

 

[lan]

Wait, you mean it's stock like that?

I thought you guys were changing the clock to see if you could hear the difference.

 

[Edwood]

Yeah, it's stock like that.

-Ed

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

The one I modded for Sduibek was also like the middle one, one black clock, on silver. Very fishy indeed.

Great pics, Ed! I especially like the closeup on the adapter, great detail on the surrounding parts.

 

[Edwood]

Yeah, a little better than my crap cam on my Clie, no?

Hmmm. So next step is to upgrade the clock generators? That would probably require some more expensive measuring equipment, though. Not sure if it would be just a "drop in" solution.

-Ed

 

[Edwood]

The one with two metal (silver)canned clock generators is the one I bought recently. Interesting to note that the card bracket is the standard zinc plated steel, rather than the black painted ones they had before. I think cheaping out, is the answer to this little riddle.

-Ed

 

[lan]

Why don't you listen to them all and see if there's a difference.

 

[Edwood]

We did. But not on all the same OPamps.

Plus one of them was brand new and is not burned in yet.

-Ed

 

[lan]

Well you gotta change all the clocks to be the same OR change all the opamps the same.