What's your opinion/experience of the Opera as a pre-amp in a source-opera-poweramp-speaker-rig (not used as head-amp)? Jan

Don't believe "what hifi". Only trust your own ears.

This is one of the most interesting threads of the last months. I'm learning a lot and ordered a TA-10 to take the plunch.

Arnaud, good comments. I agree:the amp is really very good. The internal DAC sounds middle of the road to me. A good CDP in the > 1500 EURO range wille provide in almost all cases a better internal DAC (it's also more expensive). The Opera's internal DAC is a handy solution for resources with...

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I like the combination GS1000/CORDA OPERA. I use Todd's flad pads on the GS1000 (yes, I know, this should be a bad bassheavy option considering what others on this forum say, but to me it's not).

The imputs (only XLR) are NOT balanced?

See also www.northstarconsult.nl. They sell pretty good stuff (judged on their website content).

Don't forget the "right" cable for your speakers, too

Good review. And now ... it's time to get rid of that stock cable (at least the tail)! Jan

The CORDA OPERA (from all what I've heard). Jan

That's up to you. In (nearly) high end a small progression can cost a lot of money since price is no object I mean, its very personal. I should not hesitate and recommend the Opera. But who am I, my Chord interconnect was more expensive than the Opera. I know, it's stupid....

My Opera has > 180 hours of burn in now. The sound improved noticeable as far I can remember the initial sound (It sounds better compared to my AVM V3 now, wich was initial not the case, if I can use that as a benchmark for an A/B compare). From the start I found the Opera better for GRADO's...