Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp - Page 49

Well I dunno, USPS has lost quite a few of my rather important things(college transcript, a check, few bills, 2 government-related applications and other items I'd rather not remember.)


Anyway, my 2nd order from Linear had arrived, I got 1 LT1364CN8, 1 LT1469CN8 and a LT1469IN8....what the heck is "IN"? The specs of CN and IN on their website are identical, did they send me an older model because they ran outta new ones or something?

I meant that in a good way BTW.

I'm looking for a new DAC /AMP for my pc based audio system, and I have just dicovered Zero. First time I have looked at iBasso D1, but now Zeroo is atractive too. How do you think about comparation Zero - iBasso D1 ? (DAC and Amp quality)

Yeh there pretty useless parcel force. I don't mind the slow delay so much i just like to know where it is and that is is on the way. Makes me relax a bit. Ah well, it's just a waiting game for me!

"CN" is 0 to 70 °C , "IN" is -40 to +85 °C


Please someone compare the LT1364 to the LT1469 in the Zero, so I can spare it to myself

I've been waiting around three weeks for one of these too. I'm getting impatient, lol.

With what I have read around here on it, I can't skip the LT1122. Probably my opamp for the analog stage. I'd see the LME49720 as a very good complement to it for the headphone amp.

I am also interested in this to.

Looking to be using my Livewires with it,

The little Zero is settling into her new home just nicely.
She's made firm friends with Tascam and Firestone and she's got the 'phone choir singing her praises at every opportunity.

Damn fine purchase all in all.
I'm quite happy indeed.
It definitely seems to offer more separation than the Entech it replaced in my stack. There's more extension to the highs and the lows are so far tight and round.

The latest Soulwax is shaking the house!

I hope I will be a proud Zero user...I bought my one yesterday
In the first instance I want to be impressed by DAC, I don't have a great one now, so that's the main demand from Zero. I also have a few questions about the headphone amp:
-Can it drive well headphones with 250ohm impedance? I'm thinking about DT880, K701...
-Which would be a good opamp to swap the stock ones? opa627?

For a while it will remain stock, but I also would like to roll the DAC opamp with OPA 627 due to Lawrence recommendation:

"I highly recommended to use OPA 267.

Burr Brown OPA 627 BP(single, ceramic) on Browndog adaptor
Price: US$28 each (Total US$56 for 2 singles) Browndog adaptor $5 Total: $61
Comment: Two words sum this chip up........ "absolute class" This is single chip and it was necessary to fit two single channel 627's onto a single to dual Browndog adaptor which Adapts two single-channel DIP-8 op-amps to a dual DIP-8 pinout. These 2 single channel op amps absolutely trounced anything that had gone before them ..... the width of the soundstage, the clarity and the sheer presence make this my choice of op amp for use in the Chiarra without a shadow of a doubt. The sound is just so "clean", so "natural", so "musical" and so "detailed" with the 627's on board. The Burr Brown 627 "is" headphone heaven....... absolute class act."
*quoted from an email sent to me

I saw even in your review that you were pleased with OPA627.

I also brought a ZERO from Lawrence on Saturday, I'm looking foward to listening to it. I wasnt planning to buy this but i have manage to cooked my ibasso D1 while upgrading blackgates caps to the board. So i needed something to replace it.

DEfinitely a good buy and you will have no regrets with this amp, I got one and it replace a couple of my amps. I am also curious about the opa627