I don't think it's valid to compare those two players. They are of different classes and different price categories. But I might be wrong. The best referee is the one who owns both of them. And I am just expecting Zishan DSD and haven't heard the sound of it.
I do not think the price gap is very big and considering there will be discounts soon... I will wait for several reviews on Walnut V3 to make my decision.
I just installed a BB OPA2134PA into my v2 and it sounds pretty dang good. Are there any better budget opamps for a couple bucks? (If not, this one is a keeper. It sounds as good as Zishan.)
Compared to stock and jrc4558 opamp i have to say it sound impressive, fast tight bass and especially it brings out more air I would like to tell you more, but I´m not sure how to describe the sound better
Ordered some of Nippon Chemi-con's flagship audio caps to try out, the AWJ series, they are a bit to big to fit the walnut case, so I also got some of their second best audio series the AVH which will fit.
^ Those Chemicon ARE series are the lowest grade of their audio capacitor line, reserved for PC motherboards, here is the Chemicon radial lead audio line up from best to worst :
AWJ
AVH
ASH
ASG
ARI
ARE
The AWJ I got sound really great, comparable to Nichicon Muse KZ in quality but a slightly different version of clean and balanced. The Chemicon AVH series I have are similar to the Nichicon Muse FG in quality, but have a better balanced tonality. I also tried the ASH, but it's where I would draw the line and stick to AVH, it's a shame they don't make them anymore because they are better than the Nichicon counterpart and would fit many applications unlike the KZ and AWJ which are quite big. I haven't been experimenting with walnut because I'm rather happy with my current units, one with all Elna Silmic II caps, one with all Sanyo Oscon SG caps, one with all Nichicon Muse KZ caps and one with the Chemicon AWJ and AVH, then I use opamps like AD825, AD8610, Muses01, AD827SQ and a few others.
@T.R.A.N.C.E. : So tempting. It seems likes chemi-con caps edge out Nichicon caps. Do you imply me that Nichicon's have warmer tonality whilst Chemi-con's have more neutral tonality? I just ordered Nichicon KZ caps from a japan web-store, but that store don't sell Chemi-con caps. Could you suggest me where I could get AWJ and AVH?
@T.R.A.N.C.E. : So tempting. It seems likes chemi-con caps edge out Nichicon caps. Do you imply me that Nichicon's have warmer tonality whilst Chemi-con's have more neutral tonality? I just ordered Nichicon KZ caps from a japan web-store, but that store don't sell Chemi-con caps. Could you suggest me where I could get AWJ and AVH?
I bought them from Taobao, but even then there was not a big range, I had to get capacitance and voltage combo's that weren't ideal, they have gone the way of the dodo.
Compared to stock and jrc4558 opamp i have to say it sound impressive, fast tight bass and especially it brings out more air I would like to tell you more, but I´m not sure how to describe the sound better
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