Review on Enhanced Metallic Gray Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 by Stanislaw Wawrzynowi ᠌

Name: Enhanced Metallic Gray Creative Sound Blaster AE-9
Item: Enhanced Metallic Gray Creative Sound Blaster AE-9
Rating: 5

July 06, 2023

A wonderful product, its nice to use.

If you want a budget Hi End at an affordable price - buy it. But only if you have high-quality headphones from 20and (or) an audio system of at least 30-40 Otherwise, it's not yours.
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Pros

Decided to leave a review. At work for a year and a half. Took one of the first after it appeared. I took to replace the bundle - an internal RME HDSP 9632 sound card (digital signal source) and an external DAC Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus. (output to active monitors and headphones). Haven't regretted a second! The sound quality is fantastic. I listen on Beyerdynamic Amiron Home headphones. (250 ohms). Firstly, I immediately changed penny opamps - I installed operational amplifiers OPA627 and LT1469CN (LT1469CN in 2022 cannot be found on a standard block - I ordered from as a private person - no problem, it came in a month from the USA). Replacing the entire set of opampscomst 6 with delivery. The sound is very different from the stock version! You can read on the forum ? id=12:57599:20579#20579 where this was actively discussed (My nickname is MikeGin). And secondly, I changed the power supply in thecomputer to the highest quality one I found, with minimal voltage ripples - be quiet! DARK POWER PRO 11 1000W. Such acombine (DAC plus headphone amplifier) iscomparable in quality to the RME ADI-2 DAC (itscomst is about 100 tr).

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