[Beyond the hype (sort of)] Passivized Audioengine A5 vs Paradigm Atom v.1 (repaired)

Surprise, I'm reviewing speakers.

Read this before connecting two fans in series

This post is created in response to various people on the internet trying to/suggesting others to put two fans in series in order to power them from a higher voltage power supply.

In short, don't.

[Beyond the hype] NeoMini PCM2702 USB DAC

A few years ago, USB DACs based on PCM270x series of USB-receiver-cum-DAC were the rage. I can't give you the exact dates because I was late to the party and have stopped going for a while now, but 2007 to 2009 seems like a fair estimate.

So you like swapping op-amps?

http://hifisonix.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Opamp-in-Audio-10-Point-Guide.pdf

Thanks to ACRbonsai for writing this interesting text.

[Beyond the hype] Sound Blaster Audigy vs Realtek ALC888 (on-board GA-MA770-US3)

I'm going to start another series/category, this time being reviews on old things.

In these posts, I will look at old products, to find out 1) How good they really were in the past compared to other old alternatives, and 2) How good they are now compared to newer alternatives and whether they should continue to be used.

I may also be looking at some stuff that are not that old, but the hype has in my opinion died down. Wink wink. Well you'll see it when I post it.

Now lets move on to the meat of this post, starting with an old famous product.

LJM CS4398 Take Two

In my first review of the LJM CS4398 eBay DAC, I used a Xonar DX to do mainly RMAA measurements.

Well, some thing happened the week before this, and also now I have an STX, so I want to do some new measurements, measurements that are not RMAA and can be used for comparison against others.