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fredeb

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Hi All 

I've just acquired an Asus Xonar STX PCiE soundcard , which has apparently brilliant DAC ( Burr-Brown PCM 1792A ) , and interchangeable opamps ( stock is TI 6120A2 x3 )  for Headphone out or RCA out . I intend pairing this with a 70's Dual amp & maching Dual speakers for my PC sound ( my stereo setup revolves mainly around turntables and there's no DAC around ) . So the PC setup will be my digital plaything .

I should also mention that the dual amp does sound very good with good T/T or cd player .

What do you reckon ?

Has anybody here played with swapping out opamps on these ? I've looked around a bit on the net and results seem to be good with LME49720 .

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