Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp - Page 607

fuse was blown and i found a spare fuse inside near where the fuse was located. pretty sure it was a spare because it wasnt touching anything....just found that the second fuse blew as soon as i put it in guess ill be buying more 250v fuses....

Hi guys !
I've just received 4 OPA627BPs and 2 browndog adapters
I've put them into my Zero with a dual OPA MOON in the DAC board, and.... WWWOOOOAAAA !!
the sound is clear, the soundstage is amazing and all the frequency range is represented perfectly !
it's a wonderful combination !

I've been posting in this thread on and off for a good while. Recently I upgraded to a different DAC, but I kept the one I bought from advice I read here.
I just wrote a shoot-out post, hopefully folks will have some fun with it.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/psa...4/#post6089438

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can anyone in canada who bought one of these off eBay comment on the duty charges?

In regards to using this as a preamp, are there an specific amps that pair well with the Zero? When my Zero arrives I'll being running it through optical into my Macbook. I was thinking maybe the Little Dot Mk3?

Mine was shipped from Hong Kong, duty free, but charged GST by post office. I'm from Alberta.

Awesome, I'm going to get one of these for christmas and just want to know how much it will cost.

So I'm thinking of parting out my complicated passive speaker system with integrated amp and separate DAC and just going Zero DAC ---> SR225i / HD555 / Audioengine A5's.

I'm sure there are some comments in the thread, but is there any reason why you shouldn't use the Zero as a pre-out to a self powered monitor such as the A5 or A2? Thanks.

Does the Zero still default, when you switch it on, to non-pre-out mode, sending the full signal out? If so, I wouldn't recommend it as a pre-amp.

So you are saying this may damage a pair of self-powered monitors? Or there is some other issue that this might cause?

Good point Curra.

The best way to avoid such a thing would be to switch the Zero on first before powering anything else up, engage the preamp section making sure that the Zero's vol pot is at min setting and then adjust from there.

Peete.

With mine, when it's turned on it's in pre-out mode, but you have to manually turn on the pre-amp/headphone out. I guess since I have mine hooked up to a receiver it doesn't matter for me personally.

I still don't understand why this would be an issue in my scenario -- Zero DAC --> pre-amp output straight to a pair of audioengines. Would this work, or would there be issues if I forget to change the DAC to pre-out before powering on my speakers?

Just bought one of these to use solely as a DAC to then go to my Little Dot MK III. I saw it was the newest '09 version, look forward to getting it