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Have you ever Sept 4, 2017 18:37:49 GMT

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Post by tim1750 on Sept 4, 2017 18:37:49 GMT

Have you ever bought cheap to try and save money and it turned and bit you in the arse ? I bought a cheap pc tower from Argos and now I want to be able to put in a decent sound card since I hooked up a little valve headphone amp but can't because there's no provision for one as it's just a motherboard and no card slots.

Next time I will get some advice before buying a new pc tower when this one gives up the ghost .

Happy listening

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MartinT Administrator Posts: 56,945	Have you ever Sept 4, 2017 21:06:47 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on Sept 4, 2017 21:06:47 GMT Try a USB to analogue converter? Lots on eBay.
	TP-Link MR-600 router > Uptone EtherREGEN reclocker > Sonore Signature Rendu Deluxe streamer > Coherent modded Gustard U18 DDC > Gustard X26 Pro DAC > Belles SA-100 Gen 2 power amp > Usher Dancer Be-20 speakers. 2 x AfterDark master clocks. PS Audio P3 & P12 regenerators. 3 x Uptone JS-2 LPSUs.

tim1750 Rank: Ensemble Posts: 687	Have you ever Sept 5, 2017 7:17:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tim1750 on Sept 5, 2017 7:17:01 GMT Martin to the rescue again, thanks for that Martin
	Icon Audio stereo 60 mark 1 Modified amplifier,Musical fidelity V90 Dac ,Marantz cd5004 CDP,Dynaudio focus 220 speakers,Fostex T50RP headphones,Beresford Capella Modified headphone amp,Speaker cable, digital cable, interconnects and PSU featuring Teddy Pardo SuperReg 12v power supply for my headphone amp and Dac all by Valveonia

MartinT Administrator Posts: 56,945	Have you ever Sept 5, 2017 7:29:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on Sept 5, 2017 7:29:10 GMT Essentially a USB DAC. Like this one.
	TP-Link MR-600 router > Uptone EtherREGEN reclocker > Sonore Signature Rendu Deluxe streamer > Coherent modded Gustard U18 DDC > Gustard X26 Pro DAC > Belles SA-100 Gen 2 power amp > Usher Dancer Be-20 speakers. 2 x AfterDark master clocks. PS Audio P3 & P12 regenerators. 3 x Uptone JS-2 LPSUs.

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Have you ever Sept 5, 2017 12:52:20 GMT

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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 5, 2017 12:52:20 GMT

Yes, been bitten.
I always go for good as cheap as I can, rather than cheap

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