Posts by salmon

It is better to look for Onkyo or Yamaha, better brands on audio.

Stay away from Emu or Zhaolu, Emu 0404 use AK 4395 dac and Emu 1212 use CS 4398 dac, i have heard both chips, none is good, CS 4398 is superior to AK 4395 but is not smooth, CS 4398 is extreme detailed and has problems in complex...

Quote: Burr brown was recommended by Auzentech for the X-meridian. Which make you wonder why they don´t use it to begin with lol. I mean Burr Brown DAC chip, Auzentech recomended Burr Brown op-amps but cards have AKM...

Gurra1980 i am in the same boat like you, I thing important factor is used DAC chip on the card. I have had Zhaolu DAC with AKM4393 which is older model of the chip what use EMU 0404 (EMU use AKM4395). I didn´t like sound of the chip,...

Nice review escaflo, i have some questions. Both cards use cheap NE5532 op-amps, are the amps good enough, i have had these opamps in Zhaolu DAC and sound wasn´t too good. SE-200 has additional outputs, is simple stereo on SE-90 worse...

I was disappointed from Zhaolu DAC. I have had D 1.1 version, same DAC like Zhaolu D1.3 but with different converter and Op-amps, sound was fast bright analytical like someone has wrote, but at the expense of midbass, midbass was...

Some peope say Audio Note dacs sound very good, you should buy used for the money.

I have had AKM 4393 in Zhaolu D1.1 , it is not good converter, I don´t liked the sound, sound is too digital.

Stock crappy Zhaolu 1.3 doesn´t even reclock, every sound card i have had, had oscillator which makes a lot.

Yes, Zhaolu's DAC is complete crap, sound exactly like my crappy Terratec Fun for 20 USD, exactly same sound signature but Zhaolu has better dynamic.