true... like wat you said, studio equipments are not cheap. i know there is a limitation of PC sound card where ESI Juli@ that i used is known as SEMI-PRO grade only. haha. However, in order to make a PC as a good source transport i had go through some SOS kind of magazine shows of studios setup. hmm.. i also know that, some serious sound card runs firewire... but i dun know wat is it for..

My vision, make my playing source alike studio setup. who knows.. may b i will go to custom make a ultra high quality transformer for my PC, with solid cap finished motherboard.

For my behringer SRC2496 DAC, i have a clear vision of modification.
1. Custom R-Core transformer or toroudal transformer.
2. Separate power supply for digital and analog part as like (zapfilter and LClock)
3. Fully recap with rubycon capacitors if still available
4. check signal capacitor
5. check digital input pulse transfomer

afterall, Lclock outputs the clock to my esi juli@.
i will keep my progress of the game updated as when my current upgrade project done.!! stay tuned. i will post some picture or video here... Hope your all will like it.

with those mods i mentioned, i believe my playing source guaranteed will stands a minimum of RM10k kind of sound quality.

I wouldnt say CD Player quality are not good. It is good if and only if you have alot of money!!!!! not in a good value of paying as comparing to PC setup. CDP's owner can deny or disagree towards my words.. But dCS world digital conversion pioneer has proof of my statement of vision.

We have found that sending uncompressed digital audio data from a PC to a high-quality standalone D/A processor results in sound quality that is indistinguishable from playing a CD on a regular player. Cited from Stereophile by John Atkinson

all my thoughts modifications of transport and dacs were generated after i knew that many high end hifi manufacturers are producing source machine for PC.

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As a person who is more than 10years experience of being a music lover... i came out with a conclusion or definition that audiophile loves good recordings and an appropriate setup that suits or satisfying his or her taste of music. nothing more that. simple like 1+1.