Finally it’s done, the modification of Asus Xonar Essence One (E1). Before we go to a final listening test, let’s enjoy some pictures first. As I have explained before, this...... Read More
After this process, now it’s time for the audio board to return to its original place. Time to plug her back. The final touch is to assembly the power supply...... Read More
Time to get into serious business now: Let do some surgery. The object: Asus Xonar Essence One audio board. I’m gonna make it quick. The ordinary Nichicon is no where...... Read More
If you have a bunch of capacitors on the shelf, surely you will even face this. Once upon a time, I plan to use my old capacitor (we are talking...... Read More
It seems that one of my article here has inspired a guy from Warsaw, Poland, named Marcin. But instead of comparing those capacitors, Marcin deciced to change the capacitor based...... Read More
Asus Xonar Essence One uses a ribbon cable to connect the stage before the final buffer output to potentiometer then brings back the attenuated signal back to the buffer output...... Read More
As I have informed on previous post here, the best way to trace the PCB is to remove as much component as possible. This to make sure some of your...... Read More
The first thing that we have to do before doing some mods activity is to find out who is where, why, and doing what. We can easily exclude when and...... Read More
Don’t call me nuts as I think disassembling Asus Xonar Essence One shouldn’t be categorized as that 😉 I took 30 minutes, more or less, to disassembly this stuff. The...... Read More
I got chance to try QLS QA-660 with even higher grade of DAC. We have 3 models here: Lavry DA11 (price around USD 1700), Lynx HiLo (around USD 2500), and...... Read More
AD825 has been my favorite opamp for quite some time. But seeing the new trend of LM49720, I think it’s gonna be a good idea to have a try. From...... Read More
Removing the capacitor from a through-hole PCB never become an easy job. But for the sake of modification, that is the only way and surely no way back. I spent...... Read More