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walabies
post Jun 21 2007, 08:39 PM

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post Jun 23 2007, 02:42 PM

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QUOTE(ijan @ Jun 21 2007, 08:44 PM)
Since these are in my records, previously done hack mod on a Zhaolu D2.5A. Mods encompasses DAC Pre-Amp minor upgrade and more towards the stock headamp unit upgrade.

Change the 4xelectrolytic+4xsmall polyester to 4xhuge polyester caps which i love. these caps are cheap and sounds fantastic! Also bypassed sum unnecassary filter and decouplings in the pre amp since stock zhaolu has a lot in redundancy. Also upgrade the power reseveoir caps for the pre amp board. For the headamp, removed extra decoupling and ground decouplings for feedback loops. The DAC pre amp decoupling is enough for everything, a lot of parts were removed here. Bypassed the first 2 opamps since they are redundant and modded 2xOPA637BP to fit into one dual 8-DIP with a dockable module with extrasss on top. I think that is what i can recall..

Aftermath, ask the owner la..
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Owner? Is this mine one u mentioning?
Looks similar...
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post Jun 27 2007, 09:46 PM

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post Jun 28 2007, 12:10 AM

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Gud gud, I wanted the 4562. Where you bought them? Yuheng also want 4562, lack of stocks... rclxub.gif
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post Jun 29 2007, 03:11 PM

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Ah sh1t you dont have much stock. You wanna free us some opaS? tongue.gif Yaya, post to us drool.gif Which one really hits the staging? I wanted a pair of LME49720 (detail freak) but seems like you are using it. If you used them up, let me have the LM4562NA biggrin.gif
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post Jun 30 2007, 10:48 PM

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QUOTE(yrh0413 @ Jun 30 2007, 12:00 AM)
Ok, here's my final list of opamps:

2x LM4562
3x LME49720
1x AD823AN
1x AD DY2000
1x OPA2107

1x NE5532 (Heed's stock opamp)
2x OPA2604 (ZL's stock opamps)
2x OPA2132 (this will not be free, ijan lend me to play with so you'll have to pay him haha tongue.gif From what i was told, the 2132 performs better than the 2107)

maybe i can post all of them to you, then after you'd picked your favourite opamps you can pass the remaining stash to yuheng smile.gif
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You can post to me anytime, but can I return it to you are 16 July? I will be at KL that time.
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post Jul 8 2007, 08:37 PM

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QUOTE(yrh0413 @ Jun 27 2007, 11:22 PM)
I have quite a handful of opamps with me now. Let me generate a brief impression on each of them.

Equipments: as stated in my siggie

Songs tested:
1. Corrinne May - Angel in Disguise (Safe in a Crazy World)
2. Johann Strauss II/ Josef Strauss: Pizzicato Polka (Denon Hi-Fi Strings XRCD)
3. Pachebel: Canon (Denon Hi-Fi Strings XRCD)
4. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E-flat Major, KV364 (320d) (Denon Hi-Fi Strings XRCD)
5. Il Divo - I Believe in You (Ancora)
6. Arne Domnerus - Limehouse Blues (Jazz at the Pawnshop Disc 1)
7. Diana Krall - Black Crow (The Girl in the other Room)
8. Jane Zhang - 我用所有报答爱(The Banquet)


NE5532

- Heed Audio CanAmp's stock opamp
- Bass is thin/moderate. Not as impactful as other opamps I'd tested.
- Huge loss of details, imaging is below average. Good for classical perhaps, coz it kindda eliminates details such as flipping the scores, tapping feet etc
- Vocals are very much cold and sterile. Corrinne May sang as if she just got dumped by her boyfriend. 
- On I Believe in You, you know you're listening from a pair of headphones.

National Semiconductor LM4562NA
- Airy
- Laid-back sound signature, but vocals are a little forward.
- Details are everywhere.  Imaging is excellent too.
- A bit on the dry side, especially on classical.
- Bass is moderate and refined, outperforms the NE5532.
- Not musical. It sounds good, but it is not a keeper imho.

National Semiconductor LME49720NA
- Sounded quite the same as the LM4562NA. It is airy, very detailed and good imaging.
- Bass is stronger and more refined than the LM4562NA.
- Not as sterile as the LM4562NA, a little warm which makes it much more listenable than the LM4562NA.

Analog Device AD823AN
- Bass is strong, on par with the LME49720NA
- Vocals are quite forward. However the AD823 performs exceptionally well on vocals compare to the other opamps.
- A musical opamp. Performs well in classical

Analog Device AD DY2000
- Similar to the AD823AN, it has stronger bass.
- Its performance on vocals is still very much the best among the rest.

BB OPA2107
- Forward vocals
- Warm sound signature
- Narrower soundstage

BB OPA637BP on dual-to-single browndog
- vocals are not as forward as the 2107
- i guess all OPAs inherits the warm sound signature?
- good details, expansive soundstage too
- the most musical opamp among the rest
- hard to stabilize. Having some minor issues with my Heed

Conclusion:
Most detailed award: from NS (i prefer the LME49720NA)
Best vocals award: AD DY2000
Best overall performance: AD823AN

currently sitting in the opamp socket in my Heed: the 637s haha!
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yrh posted me some opamps. Tried some of his recommends, swapping between DACs and DAC pre-amps and critical listening took me almost two days. tongue.gif
And I have to match two equipments I have here, the MS2i and AegoM, took me lots of time.
Below are my personal opinion and preference, just make them as a pleasure reading tongue.gif
Stock opamps are using OPA2604AP in its DAC, which sucks up too much details, what I mean a lot is really A LOT!!! icon_question.gif So anyone who is using Zhaolu please swap it's opamps at least, a small price to pay for big improvement.

NE5532
Since yrh says it's bad, I just dump it aside and never touch it.

National Semiconductor LME49720NA
Laid back signature, very expansive soundstage, warm, and added credits to my AegoM,
Details are freaky awesome cool.gif and one of the best imaging.
The vocals are more forward than the background. Bass is a tiny bit stronger and detailed than the stock.
A little colourful signny.

National Semiconductor LM4562NA
Laid back sound, but in oppose to yrh, I feel that vocals are laid back, that's weird... hmm.gif Maybe different rig produce different results.
Another awesome detail producing opamp
Expansive soundstage again...
Dry and sterile, natural. Not as colourful as LME49720.

Analog Device AD823AN
Refine bass, but it does improve a little bit of here and there but actually I cant differentiate much with the stock OPA.
Vocal is laid back, er... different results again.
I only have one of this, so this is on my DAC-preamp.
I dont like this on my MS2i, dont feel the 'intimate' feeling that I have on my stock OPA2604, in fact I would prefer the stock.

Analog Device AD DY2000
Strong and refine bass, vocal is sOOO much better than the 2604 and AD823AN, I was hooked on to this and listened for quite a few hours and finally decided this is my taker for my DAC-preamp. Sounds very intimate with a forwarded vocal and good separation presentation.


BB OPA2107
Ok, this is BB (bye bye) for me too, narrowed down my soundstage for my AegoM. Took it out for just testing a few tracks. It's warm and more detail than the stock opa.


The DACs are direct output to the AegoM, in the end I took the LME49720 as my DAC opamps and DY2000 for my DAC-preamp board. wink.gif cool.gif
Enjoy

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post Jul 9 2007, 04:54 PM

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QUOTE(skydna @ Jul 8 2007, 10:07 PM)
walabis bro pls find also the LME49860 and AD8599
u all sifu impression is really useful for all those wanna playing opamp roiling.......
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The opamp sifu and supplier here are empire23 and yrh0413, I cant help you much biggrin.gif

QUOTE(nicholas0507 @ Jul 9 2007, 12:14 AM)
walabies,wats ur ZL version?
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2.5A. You just sold it? shocking.gif
Need do some modding to unlock it's potential la... nod.gif
Now it's revived. cool.gif
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post Jul 9 2007, 06:37 PM

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QUOTE(slacx @ Jul 9 2007, 05:09 PM)
What modding must I do to unlock it's potential?
I have Zhaolu 2.5C.
Can u give some recommendation?
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You signature shows that you have swap it's opamps.
Lastly you should send for those expert for mods (e.g. Ijan, empire23 etc)
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post Jul 9 2007, 10:02 PM

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Happy rolling rclxms.gif
Describe the difference in your setups?
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post Jul 10 2007, 09:55 PM

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Are you really selling it 1k? shocking.gif
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post Jul 11 2007, 03:59 PM

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This time really I must try it on the meet drool.gif
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post Oct 21 2007, 05:09 PM

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