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P.P.P.S. I have a pci (not pci-e) ASUS xonar card with optical spdif out if interested…

Not sure if you want coax or fibre-optic spdif , but there are usb sound cards that could work, or possibly usb docs, but with the spdif I think you bypass the dac. E.g. https://www.geewiz.co.za/sound-cards/34944-6-channel-external-sound-card-51-surround-sound-usb-20.html P.S. not a...

Hi all, I’m pretty handy with a soldering iron, but I have a repair job that exceeds my skills and equipment. I need to replace a surface mount motor driver ic on a baby rocker circuit. Someone put 12v onto a board designed for 6v and the magic smoke managed to escape :(. I have the...

Depends on your use case. If you need it for a few minutes whilst you power down, ups is fine. Want to try and sustain power for 2-4 hours- absolutely not. For that you want an inverter, which is designed for long term use. Specifically heating and the charging circuitry. UPS’s are designed...

Hi Dan, Those assessments were based on my rather long list of wishes that I wanted a replacement to have and not a reflection of the sound quality of the various units. So, specifically both the E30 and DX3 have external power which I'd prefer to avoid to reduce clutter on the desk :) I'm...

Hi all, I've been very happy with my Optoma Nuforce uDAC-3 which I use as a USB soundcard+DAC+amp. Unfortunately, one of the RCA output channels seems to have stopped working (fortunately the headphone output is still good :) ), but I'd love to hear recommendations for alternatives. *...

Congratz on using FreeNAS11. Reslivering is brutal on the drives and the NAS overall. All the drives read at full speed and the new disk takes on a load of writes. Watch out for the WD Green as they have a 'feature' called IntelliPark that 'proactively' parks the heads when there is no...

Makes sense - and it boils down to personal preference. Of course, we all weigh things up slightly differently, but some comments on your points... Absolutely. But considering that the rest of my equipment is sitting in a similat 'moment in time' I've got an expensive upgrade coming anyway...

Well, depending on what you want to use it for and budget, I've got my eye on the recently announced fitlet. http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fitlet/ Model compare...

My AV receiver blew a hdmi board and I'm looking for a reconditioned (2nd hand) replacement. New boards from Japan are around R3000 and take about 4 months to get here... Is there any hope?

Now that you know which is which, maybe mark them?