Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp - Page 181

Oh ya I see what you're saying.

Well, I'm psyched...

One final question before I go place my order here... can anyone think of a seperate DAC and amp combo that would be equivalent or better quality than the Zero at about the same price?

I took the plunge last night to match it against my Asus Xonar. It will be used as a dac into my MKIII and MKV.

Does the Zero upsample the signal or does it just receive a 24-bit/192khz signal?

Alright, I made my big audio splurge a couple hours ago.

I ordered a new pair of K701s and the Zero.

I think I'm in for a treat... I'm coming from a pair of Bose Triports running out of my Pioneer receiver's phone-out which is fed by my on-board computer sound.

Oh, and my Triports consist of about 50% tape at this point b/c the plastic broke in a few spots...

A toast to our new equipment!

I kind of thought the K701 or AD2000 might be my next headphone although I've never had the chance to hear either of them. I'm sure your going to be blown away.

Sweet.

It's funny... the K701s I just bought were actually only $100 more than my Triports... but it sounds like the 701s and other comparable headphones are on a completely different planet than the Triports.

It's amazing how much 'more' you can get for your buck if you just take the time to research and compare your options.... both the Zero and K701s seem to exemplify this quite well.

djembeplay good choice man, you will love it! Don't worry at all about the zero's amp its really good, and new opamps are pretty cheap.

I got mine yesterday, i have xfi notebook, and used its optical out to the zero, i chosed digital out in xfi setup, sound is really good but there is one thing. I can use the volume control of the foobar player or other mediaplayers, is this normal? I believe that if signal goes to zero via optical, it wouldnt effect using volume of the players, right? I want to pass the signal without decoding in xfi dac. I want it to be done by zero dac.

Thanks man!

Now I've just been reading through the past posts to try to get a grasp on the different opamps people are commonly using.

I'm leaning towards using OPA627s for the DAC and LM4562s for the amp. I am deciding to stay away from the 13 series b/c of the heat issue people keep talking about. But.. the combo I listed should be a good pairing... right?

Although.. idk if the 1361 gets hot... hmm, lots of options. I may want to try an lt1469 for the DAC as well... but, all in good time.

Whats the deal with the free samples from LT? Are they the same thing as if you just bought them, or are they like on a timer set to explode after 30 days of use?

yilmaz196,

If you are using an optical cable to the Zero then you are using the Zero's dac.

Not sure why you can still change the volume within windows or if there is anything wrong with that.

Djembeplay you can use the edit button if you want to add something later . And OPA627s are best for DAC and LT1364's for amp. But this is offcourse taste dependent. @ yilmaz196 you can change the volume from spdif output, thats normal.

Lol, e-di-t you say? Eed-it. You learn something new every day!

So I am pretty set on going with the OPA627s for the DAC. The LT1364's scare me, lol... people were having oscillation problems with it in their DAC and say it runs really hot... idk.

The 1361 or 1469 wouldn't quite match the 1364? The latter two run much cooler, right?

Oh ya, I'm still skeptical about these 'free samples' as well...

I just got mine up running a few days myself. I'm sitting thinking the exact same thing, haven't found an answer yet..

1364 in amp doesn't run hot at all, only in the DAC section. Use 627's in the dac and 1364's in the amp.