[granodemostasa]

okay... i got it now, and i'm practicing on the old amp. Am i suppose to resoder a coper wire or something after i take the dc blocking caps off?

 

[granodemostasa]

OKAY... IT'S ALL DONE NOW! WORKING FINE. THANKS FOR THE HELP

all it cost me was: sodering iron, two types of soder, soder remover, flux, wire, wire cutter, flux, stress and permanent emotional damage.

 

[zdogg]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa all it cost me was: sodering iron, two types of soder, soder remover, flux, wire, wire cutter, flux, stress and permanent emotional damage.

Dude, congrats!!

Now speaking of emotional damage, I'm still recovering after Zhaolu-fest 2006:

Yup...three 2.0's. The bottom two have Ori's mods and the middle is mine unmodded...the top is my 1.3.

The O Man brought his modded units by today and we did some more listening.

RogerWilco, take heed...one of those modded units is yours...and it sounds fantastic in a serious way. In my system (low powered tube amp with old-school speakers) it was open and extended with extremely tight bass

, beautiful with vocals...I handed mine over to Ori for surgery right then and there

It is a massive improvement over stock to my ears. And stock sounds damn fine. Scary! Mine should be ready soon, will report more when I can spend more quality time with it.

 

[Ori]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa OKAY... IT'S ALL DONE NOW! WORKING FINE. THANKS FOR THE HELP all it cost me was: sodering iron, two types of soder, soder remover, flux, wire, wire cutter, flux, stress and permanent emotional damage.

Man, what a bargain!!!

So, was it worth your trouble?

 

[RogerWilco]

Cool zdogg

I just wish i was there

 

[lan]

You need to send it to a meet to have credibility

NYC ones coming up

 

[zdogg]

Yeah, sorry, wish you were here

But soon enough you'll be reunited, my friend!

 

[Sean H]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa OKAY... IT'S ALL DONE NOW! WORKING FINE. THANKS FOR THE HELP all it cost me was: sodering iron, two types of soder, soder remover, flux, wire, wire cutter, flux, stress and permanent emotional damage.

Ha ha ha! So, what's the verdict then?

 

[zdogg]

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Originally Posted by lan You need to send it to a meet to have credibility NYC ones coming up

Agreed! Ori needs to take the show on the road. No one believes me anymore...

But I have seen the light...I have worshipped at the shrine of the shrill DAC1, only to find a false idol...I have tasted the forbidden fruit of the muddy DA10, only to be expelled from paradise...but friends, I have seen the light.

Does that kind of insane babble help my credibility?

Seriously though, I think once Ori builds a few of these units they'll spread around and people can listen/compare for themselves and see if the sound is to their liking.

 

[RogerWilco]

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Originally Posted by zdogg Agreed! Ori needs to take the show on the road. No one believes me anymore... But I have seen the light...I have worshipped at the shrine of the shrill DAC1, only to find a false idol...I have tasted the forbidden fruit of the muddy DA10, only to be expelled from paradise...but friends, I have seen the light. Does that kind of insane babble help my credibility? Seriously though, I think once Ori builds a few of these units they'll spread around and people can listen/compare for themselves and see if the sound is to their liking.

LOL--i love it

 

[rodentmacbeastie]

Ok now, what is it going to take to convince Ori to start one for me... and how much? Ori, you may have a line for your mods!

 

[granodemostasa]

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Originally Posted by rodentmacbeastie Ok now, what is it going to take to convince Ori to start one for me... and how much? Ori, you may have a line for your mods!

yes.... very interested in offerings of future mods (since, i dont' dare do anymore myself). and Verdict of the old one: the soundstage is alot bigger, however, since i only had like 50 hours on it, i dont' want to say anything preburn-in.

 

[Sean H]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa yes.... very interested in offerings of future mods (since, i dont' dare do anymore myself). and Verdict of the old one: the soundstage is alot bigger, however, since i only had like 50 hours on it, i dont' want to say anything preburn-in.

Thanks. Taking into account burn in, any noticeable differences in bass, mids and treble that has struck you thus far?

 

[gregmorris]

I don't know much about "output stages," why they are necessary, and what is acceptable and what's not in their desgign..... But would it be possible to bypass the op-amp output stage of the dac and run the signal directly to the discrete headamp for a discrete output? Would this give any improvements to the dac? Could the headamp still be used as a headamp if implemented this way?

 

[adhoc]

Just to summarise, these are the opamps that CAN be used in the DAC section?

AD843
AD845
AD8620
OPA627
OPA2604
DY2000

Any other suggestions for well-regarded opamps would be welcome!