Good replacment for BB OPA 2604/604

[AnthonyAsh]

Originally posted by Upupa Epops
No, make difference between cables insignificat, what is correct - kill the cabelmania .

I almost agree with you,usually cable difference is result of weak output circuit. But fact is fact,not a lot of people have enough knowledge&expirience to change or improve it,so they play with cables,which is also some kind of "correction".

[Upupa Epops]

= higher distortion. Do you like it ? BTW, I agree with you in comparision between integrated and discretete version of diamond buffer .

[Upupa Epops]

For many people is " lower distortion = boredom ", they lose " sauce " and " flavouring ". They don't know, that beefsteak is the best without spice .

[SimontY]

Originally posted by Upupa Epops
For many people is " lower distortion = boredom ", they lose " sauce " and " flavouring ". They don't know, that beefsteak is the best without spice .

I think lower distortion in one area can expose weaknesses in another...e.g. in the recording. It's not necessarily that people like distortion per se, to suggest that would be a little presumptuous

[00940]

Originally posted by Upupa Epops
= higher distortion. Do you like it ?

It was actually hiding quite well the problems associated with a cheap mp3/soundcard playing 192kbps mp3's.

Euphonic distortion, so they say...

[AnthonyAsh]

Originally posted by Upupa Epops
For many people is " lower distortion = boredom ", they lose " sauce " and " flavouring ". They don't know, that beefsteak is the best without spice .

That is the most difficult question in all hi-end business! What is a good sound? .Different people have different tastes and different psyco-acoustical models. Some people like "clean" sound,some "warm". I personally like "precise" and a bit "warm" sound.Here is no solution for all of us.That is way so many brands in business.BTW 90 procents of people really doesn' care a sh..t about sound,and they have right too.Difficult question.

[Upupa Epops]

Sit on front of man playing guitar and listen. Or guys playing bongas, or string quartet etc. Listen all, wood, strings, rustle of cloth, breathing ... Do you hear some distortion ? Do you need some distortion ?

[lgo51]

Originally posted by AnthonyAsh
I agree opa627+buf634 is definitely not the best...

Ever curious to hear about the experiences of others; What have you found to be 'the best' [to your ears], and how would you compare the 627+634 to that?

Cheers,
LarryO

[Upupa Epops]

Just one notice : Most of people compare only one sound equipment against another one. As "sound source " they use in absolutely most of cases some CD player. But if you take any CD recording and compare it with " live sound ", you will hear, that CD is very very far from " natural " at high frequencies. So what we are searching by comparision of opamps ? Grade of elegancy ? Or what ?

[AnthonyAsh]

Originally posted by lgo51


Ever curious to hear about the experiences of others; What have you found to be 'the best' [to your ears], and how would you compare the 627+634 to that?

Cheers,
LarryO

I really doesn't listen a lot of headphone amps. Many of them,especially build-in in devices is just sh..ty.From standalone I like for example Musical Fidelity valve headphone amp.Also I heard some model (forget it)based on TPA6120,that was pretty good,fast and detailed sound. I never heard opa627+634,my friend does,and he very like it.I may will build it some time,it is very easy task.