Theodore
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keep us informed please.
Theodore.
Theodore.
I used the vanguard 0.3ppm TCXO. I went with the previous suggestion and used the 7805 as the vdd and ground.
I have another STX that I'm going to upgrade. I'll post pics of that one when I do it. This one isn't pretty, there isn't much room to mount neatly on the STX.
Here is a picture how to upgrade the clock crystal on stx!
1 POINT: unsolder the stock crystal
2 POINT: solder a wire to point 1(red mark) and connect to output of your new crystal
3 POINT: solder a wire to point 3(red mark) and connect to ground of the new crystal
4 POINT: solder DC 12V power supply wires to new crystal
THATS IT!
I couldn't afford an essence STX, too expensive. But I could get my hands on a xonar DX and its sound is quite out of this world for me! Anyway, I've upgraded the front line-out opamp to an OPA1612 with excellent results (as I had already done on my old x-fi xtrememusic), and now I'd like to upgrade the crystal. I think it can be done since both cards use a 24.576 mhz crystal and they look quite alike: the crystal on the stx says "24.576 IT475" while the one on the DX says "24.576 IT869z". They even have the same shape and the same solder points!