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Old 07-30-2007, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fierce_freak View Post
The Opus is an incredible DAC. I think a Zapfilter installed in the Opus will take it to a level I don't see leaving for a good time. Also, the difference in bass levels wasn't night and day. The Zhaolu just seemed a little more present there (subtle difference), but I don't doubt that adding the zap wouldn't bring it on par or better.

I would call the Opus pretty neutral, really. It's not exactly warm, but it's certainly not cold, either.
We'll put this to the test soon. fierce_freak has been gracious enough to agree to build one for me. It will be dual differential and have the Zapfilter MKII discrete output. Twisted Pear is out of stock of the Opus kit and DAC boards at the moment. It seems they expect to have some ready for orders by the end of August. That's my luck of coarse, but it will be worth the wait.

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I'm planning on using AMB's sigma22 to upgrade the power supply and see where that takes the Opus dac.
Please let us know how this works out. If you finish it before the parts for mine arrive, and it has a favorable outcome, I can have Jim add one to mine.
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