tkam
Headphoneus Supremus
Nope the crate is actually pretty small and the total weight was maybe 30lbs.
Originally Posted by Jon L Man, those look exactly like the one I used to own, which I've sold. I'd be interested in comparisons to your other sources, the APL 1000 and SACDMods. You might find, like I did, that Opus21 is wonderful for headphone setups more than for speaker setups.. |
Originally Posted by Jon L Man, those look exactly like the one I used to own, which I've sold. I'd be interested in comparisons to your other sources, the APL 1000 and SACDMods. You might find, like I did, that Opus21 is wonderful for headphone setups more than for speaker setups.. |
Originally Posted by Vic Tkam, I am very interested in this beauty and definetely considering it against may be a Wadia 830, 301, or 302. I have a few question for you: - have you auditioned other CDPs before buying it? What are your impressions? |
Originally Posted by Vic I am planning to use it in an unusual way: It will be used both for my speaker rig and headphone. For headphones I am planning to use W5000 and RS1 unbalanced directely out of the analogue out of the Opus 21; HD650 with Equinox balanced cable out of the XLR of the O21. I have seen several threads from Alwayswantmore and Jazz about by-passing head amp and using a direct connection out of a Wadia 830. I believe the O21 should be able to do the same. Have you tried direct connection with headphones? How do you compare it as opposed to with an head amp? |
Originally Posted by Vic I am also planning to use it as a DAC, connecting my iRiver to the digital input. I believe this is a coaxial and I am not 100% sure if it is suited for all sort of digital inputs or only for 2-channel DVD playback in PCM mode. Also, my iRiver has only an optical out; do you know if it can be used via a optica/coaxial cable? |
Originally Posted by tkam Don't have much experience with Wadia's (i've heard the 861 and 302 a couple of times) but I really prefer the natural, somewhat organic sound of the Opus 21 to what I would call the slighty cold sound of Wadia's. Check the audiogon forums I believe there are a few comparisons between the Opus 21 and Wadia 302 there. |
Originally Posted by tkam I am using it with my speaker and headphone rig as well, direct to my power amps from the RCA's and to my headphone amp from the XLR's. I have not tried balanced headphones directly out of the Opus 21 but it is something I might try in the future. I see no reason why it wouldn't work as well as people have reported it working with Wadias. |
Originally Posted by tkam Yes the digital input on the Opus 21 is a coax input. I've been using it with my EMU 0404 sound card as a source with pretty good results. There are optical to coax converters that you can buy but I have no first hand experience with them. |
Originally Posted by tkam I have not tried balanced headphones directly out of the Opus 21 but it is something I might try in the future. I see no reason why it wouldn't work as well as people have reported it working with Wadias. |
Originally Posted by tkam Yep 100ohm is the output impedance of the Opus 21. It'd be fine for senn's and other high impedance phones but will probably make lower impedance phones a little bassy or muddy sounding. |
Originally Posted by tkam It also has the added bonus of having a spdif coax input that supports upto 24-bit 96khz input. I've been using the coax out from my emu-0404 with very promising results |