Big thanks to our member Skullguise, I was able to compare CS4398 vs. AD1852 DAC board in my Oritek Zhaolu 2.0. I had been listening to the AD1852 board for a long time, and without changing anything else in my system, I popped in the CS4398 board and listened. The differences are definitely...

So I was on a biz trip to China..actually Shanghai and I thought I might as well pay the Shanghai distributor a visit. So I got to his place.....uh..actually its his house, he told me he is responsible for sending all units to the US distributor. Anway..long story short, while I was talking with...

Hello,   A few years ago I used the info from this forum to mod my Zhaolu DAC's with better opamps, zapfilter, etc.   At the present time, what affordable DAC offers the same DIY-friendly openness or has a design that already has discrete amp, stable PSU, etc? What feature upgrades might I...

Hi People, I wonder what sort of Software and hardware choice to use to play [HDTracks 24-192] so that it can shows its true quality ? at the moment I'm using the following: Hardware: Windows 7 laptop K-lite Audio Codec Software: Windows Media center classic home cinema (part of K-Lite...

I purchased a Darkvoice 3322 paired with my upgraded Zero dac and HD650 phones a while back and have been listening to my system with great enjoyment. Now, "upgratis" has set in. After looking through the forums, I see amp/dac pairing is very important rather than the quality of the individual...

Hi, I received my Audio-GD Digital Interface last week and I tried to listen to some high-definition content (from HDTracks), it is 24/96Khz. However when the DI is connected to my Oritek V4.0 DAC, all I can here is crackle noise :( Needless to say, 24/44.1Khz, 24/48Khz, 24/88.2Khz works fine...

I own OMZ4 ... (latest model) ... with the headphone amp discrete. All peaple seem to love this dac. No bad review ... I think something in my installation not working ... I try to figure how are those 4 basic characteristic to see if I have a problem or not ? a- How the dynamic ...