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« on: May 12, 2009, 01:51:29 pm »
So this is pretty old thread at head-fi but noticed a familiar name who just recently posted so figured I would give some advice on it. http://www.head-fi.org/fo...mans-guide-no-56k-226975/ First off don't bother with replacing capacitor for power, this does nothing for sound plus if you do it for reliability then wait for stock to fail. Why replace it if it still works. Secondly (this is just my impressions of sound quality) get the ADA8599ARZ instead of the LM4562, you can also get 2 free samples from analog devices. The 8599 has a fuller mid-low and the highs are not as edgy and harsh as the 4562, I'm really happy with my card now. The 4562 is a really nice chip and compared to stock JRC chip is wonderful, gives the card some personality compared to stock. Listening is done through Grado SR-60's and Beyer DT440's, I don't have the best phones in the world but with the upgrade to the 8599 I'm finally happy with what I hear. Although any mp3 recordings below 196kbps are now sad to listen to, the chip really reveals any faults in the recordings and I'm really cursing myself for having recorded some of my cd's years ago at 128kbps.
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009, 10:51:26 pm »
I take it this for the older cards right not the more up to date new ones .

As tbh i dont feel like pulling my Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium in bit and to find that i broken it ,Or even did get work done ok and was working to find that its no better ,Whats the point . As over all its great card as it is pure gaming card ,I have sennheisers 650 and sounds amazing on them ingame and out with music .

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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 02:41:47 am »
Mainly this has been done with the extreme music and pci fatality cards but if you go to last post I believe buzztiger is doing this to his titanium card. kinda why I posted this. But your right in that if it ain't broke, and sounds good to you why mess with it. For me I was never happy with my X-fi (had it for over 2 years now), even tried the barracuda (great for music but never liked it for games) so I figured to give this a go being I had the barracuda as a back if I killed it. In the end this has only cost me $3.00 in parts and solder, plus I'll put it's sound quality up against any card on the market.
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2009, 03:45:36 am »
Ok intresting thxs
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2009, 09:40:02 am »
I hot rodded mine with an external DAC and a Headphone Amp, did cost me a little bit more than 3$. Cheesy

Would be a nice alternative if I could solder.
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2009, 07:19:32 pm »
Hah I done this a while back. I could only find decent opamps in the larger package size (I've forgotten all the acronyms since then:]), so I done things the hard way and used sockets and an adaptor PCB from somewhere(the name Bulldog springs to mind?), so I could do the mod, and potentially swap opamps around if I found any better ones (I used Burr Brown). Worked brilliantly, bar having this adaptor PCB raised up off the surface of the X-FI. unfortunately the wire from my PCI slot USB bracket got caught up around the adaptor, and when it came to take the bracked off, the wire knocked the adaptor PCB clean off the X-FI, and since then I've had to use the front panel jack instead, as the card itself wont output any sound at all any more. Ah well, seemed like a good idea at the time.
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« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 12:53:09 am »
Off-topic but on my next PC build I'm probably not going to drag along the X-Fi again. I'm thinking of just using an external DAC. The sound quality on my X-Fi is not bad but I think it could be better and I don't want to muck around with drivers again.
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