Wow... look at all those green caps...

Chua, those are bypass caps? They're too large to fit under board that's why you extended the leads?

those cap are thick ......

this my zero ...... latest mod no green hotdog



This post has been edited by abel: Nov 19 2008, 04:45 PM

Can see the DAC power supply is nichicon Muse. Known for power supply clean and fast.

when u want to slot in Blackgate std.

Green sausage is impresive. it is another step of improvement even on first impression.

i wont put Black Gate STD for my Zero is abit waste eheheeh i will put for my CD63 overall i still prefer CD63 sound ....
Zero detail is nice and dynamic but vocal slightly fake wut i call digital.When i wanna listen fast music n pop song i will connect my CD63 to Zero

what i mod :-
Putting Panasonic FC for Power section , Elna RJH for opamp supply , Nichicon Muse for DAC , Elna Silmic II and Silmic for regulator, puting 6N silver wire for RCA output with Neutrik RCA female plug
Close up picture


This post has been edited by abel: Yesterday, 12:57 AM

Blackgate is abit too over for ZERO, few pieces can buy a brand new ZERO dac already! Nichi and Elna are more suitable partner

Anyway, I thought 4th bulk user should received their DAC already, how come no impression words posted here?

Too busy listening to it ^^
Will post back in a few days

anyone know if zero dac+ modded by jaben is good enough? or still need to swap the opamp?

well..when hear stock vs modded version (madman)..the difference is quite obvious. my dac just played..about 12 hours only..there is a little bit of improvement..n still hope for more.

Give more time for the discrete opamp, still more to come



IMHO ZERO+ is quite good, but abit too digital sounding due to the OPA627 opamp, lowyat.net's ZERO EARTH is more musical, u can ask bro sep90 for opinion, since he heard both ZERO+ and ZERO EARTH before



Bro, u still need the discrete opamp to reach higher step

now im looking forward on discrete opamp

but it's gonna sound good with aego m right? really no idea where to buy the opamp earth and swap it. anyone provides this service?

Ask GodLuvSxS, he can help u.

Hi rav,

those cap can fit inside no problem. Just that the bypass cap are too many, about 12 of them and to put all at the same place is difficult, so I install outside. Still can put the headphone amp and it is no problem on that.

However I suggest to do the Franken mod, u need to go through the phase 1 first.

would like to know, is it necessary to get special tools to swap opamp? and is it difficult to swap the opa earth and sun?

Hi there, it's kinda easy to swap opamp, it's kinda like plug and play USB stuff

what about the opa earth and sun? i'm kind of confuse since i'm still newbie, would the stock opamp be swapped with opa earth and sun? or opa earth and sun does act as additional opamp?

Stock opamp can be swapped with OPA earth and sun ... these doesnt act as additional opamp

from the pics, the opa earth and sun seems to be bigger than normal. is this kind of swapping as well? need any soldering?

just plug n play
just connect follow the marking if not will fried ur opamp

This post has been edited by abel: Today, 10:30 AM