Waah... nice setup!

MIne if very humble and low cost, compared to your system. Cheap DVD player/laptop -USB/spdif-> portable DAC-> headphone/IEMs.  2 channels stereo only...

If I want better sound, I just need bring along my ears to Petronas Philharmonics Hall, and for me, it is  more than enough. . What can I do, that iis only thing which I  can afford right now.

this is some serious freaks who change their sound card REG to audiophile grade that costs more than rm100+ and also legendary BLACKGATE AUDIOPHILE E-CAPS. LOL

ya.. but it really can turn ur computer into real transport if running good dedicated power supply..... if u did that. hmmm but unfortunately. many ppl who in hifi still don blive the art of DIY...

vir killer,  we are almost the same boat, i start my hifi journey 20 years ago, i start my pc audio 2 years ago.  i used monica2 usb dac and mod it with blackgate cap and japan resistor and follow all the mod from their forum, after that i compared it with my friend MBL dac in his system, monica2 sound still cant beat MBL even i using 70A car battery, so i start to do research to make my sound better, i upgrade my pc two times and changed my dac to weiss dac2 with firewire, i change my playback software from foobar,cplay to sawstudio and izotope rx advanced using for recording studio, I follow the acoustic treamtment as recording studio used like bass trap and diffuser(diy)  Yes , diy mod will improved the sound quality but it had limited improved, I am also a musician, i have a band play at nightclub when i was young, so i know how the live instruments sound like.  MY system is pc firewire to Weiss dac2 direct to Jeffrowland 8Ti HC to Hales concert five, interconnect cardas golden cross, powercord acrolink 4030, speaker cable Ah pui signature series one ( diy with 4N copper )haha

my DAC is Behringer SRC2496 MODDED. my wish is to make it like this...
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(According to Dr.Lamp: "Have I found the best DAC in the World ? I can assure you - I am DAMN CLOSE !")
Also, 2 weeks later

The modded behringer was put to test with the Audionote champs: DAC4 ad DAC2. Both have huge investments in blackgates inside, better tubes, PIO caps etc.
DAC2 has the good old BB PCM63 and DAC4 has AD1865.

Behringer was for the first time an equal fighter. Even with the 17 000 Euro (plus 1000  Eu for blackgates and upgrades)  the Behringer sound was in my opinion more interesting, with wealth of details presented bin a very natural fashion. Behringer was drawing me into the music. Audionote DAC4 had to fight very hard to match that.
After 2 hours - the scale started tipping on the Audionote side because of long warm-up of Blackgates. But the fact that such battle was almost equal - is phenomenal success. Behringer is a real mature champion. In my case - the cost did not exceed 200 Euro. Even without my cheap buying price and with somewhat more realistic lampization price - the total cost should not exceed 800 Eu. Wow !

Concerning AN DAC2 SE - the battle (in completely different system) was also interesting.  In that system I preferred AN DAC2 because of its super natural "jazzy atmosphere" but on detail, space and rhythm - AN had no chance. So it was down to a personal taste thing.

http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/TRANSP.../Behringer.html

Thats y... I STILL WONDERING MANY PPL SAYS TAT EXPENSIVE IS GOOD HA? LOL especially a kid name called fevercrash lol

latest mod with power amps

Obbligato Copper caps 0.1uf
1 for AC bypass cap
4 for DC rail bypass cap

Black Gate N 50v / 4.7uf
2 for input signal coupling

100hours later it sounds warm, transparent, open sound.. nice bass oso..

i have just posted my external power supply of my sound card too!

my amp is Adcom GFA-555 MKII

hmm

just now the sound changed again lol.. hmm overall is nice but just lack of abit high frequency extension.. probably its due to the obbligato copper caps..

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Added on October 6, 2009, 12:58 am

i know a bit only.. may b not as u... hmm i see ur setup oso got mods wat.. i tot u know some of it too?