Hi, I'm looking for advice on a cheaper opamp for the fosi audio za3 that sounds as good as the burson audio v7 live, sparcos lab s 3602 opamps
It is impossible to buy Burson audio v7 live, sparkos labs ss3602 in Turkey and products coming from outside Turkey are subject to 60% tax and products worth more than 30 € are detained at customs, so I am looking for a cheaper opamp with good sound and I am waiting for your advice on this issue.
It is impossible to buy Burson audio v7 live, sparkos labs ss3602 in Turkey and products coming from outside Turkey are subject to 60% tax and products worth more than 30 € are detained at customs, so I am looking for a cheaper opamp with good sound and I am waiting for your advice on this issue.
They can pry my tried and true NE5532's out of my cold dead hands, but then again I've always been cheap white trash. In my highly biased opinion, if you are listening to Chinesium budget Class D amplifiers (with TONS of negative feedback), is the tiny difference given by very expensive op-amps really worth the trouble? If it is, please let me know. Otherwise it's always seemed like placebo effect to me. I just like how the NE5532 sounds.
Try the OPA 1656. It compares well with the Sparkos.
AkLIAM discrete op-amp is well-priced and some have reported great sound.
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I've tried several op amps in my ZA3, there best I've found are:
#1, Burson V7 Classic and V7 Vivid, which I'm currently using to drive the tweeters and woofers of a pair of 3-way horn speakers. They're very detailed, with excellent bass response and incredible imaging.
#2. Sparks 3602 Dual Layer op amps. Nearly as good as the Burson.
#3. MUSES02, these were the least expensive op amps I tried that made the ZA3 better than the class A/B amps that I'd been using previously.
1, Burson V7 Classic and V7 Live and classic model
2, Sparks 3602 I am very curious about these opamps
in this form, some friends said that the OPA1656 opamp is the closest to the Sparks 3602 opamp, they said it was very good, I listened to these reviews, I ordered it immediately, I ran the fosi audio za3 amplifier in XLR mode, the OPA1656S have a really great sound with extensive detail, and I can say that it has the most beautiful sound I've listened to so far.
i have muses01,muses02,muses03 I think muses03 is the one with the best sound, then muses01 muses02 is also beautiful, but the bass is small and the treble is a little thin.
my sound system and the opamps I have are as follows
Amplifier : Fosi Audio ZA3
Speakers : Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G
Speaker Cable : QED QE -1340 X-Tube XT40 2x4mm Speaker Cable
Dac : Ever Solo DMP-A6 Streamers Dac
Opamps:
Muses01 ( 2 Pcs ) Original - Mouser
Muses02 ( 4 Pcs ) Original - Digi-Key
Muses03 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - Mouser
Opa627 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Opa637 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Opa828 ( 5 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Opa1656 ( 5 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Opa1612 ( 9 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Opa1622 ( 5 Pcs ) Aliexpress - l'm not sure if it's original or not
Opa2134 ( 5 Pcs ) Digi-Key
Opa2604 ( 5 Pcs ) Amazon.com.tr i'm not sure if it's the original received
Oraclell-02 (10 Pcs) Aliexpress
LT1028 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Ad8066 ( 5 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Lme49720 ( 5 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Lm4562 ( 5 Pcs ) Original Digi-Key
Ne5532 ( 10 Pcs ) Original Digi-Key
2068D JRC ( 5 Pcs )
AD827JNZ (2 Pcs) l'm not sure if it's original or not
2, Sparks 3602 I am very curious about these opamps
in this form, some friends said that the OPA1656 opamp is the closest to the Sparks 3602 opamp, they said it was very good, I listened to these reviews, I ordered it immediately, I ran the fosi audio za3 amplifier in XLR mode, the OPA1656S have a really great sound with extensive detail, and I can say that it has the most beautiful sound I've listened to so far.
i have muses01,muses02,muses03 I think muses03 is the one with the best sound, then muses01 muses02 is also beautiful, but the bass is small and the treble is a little thin.
my sound system and the opamps I have are as follows
Amplifier : Fosi Audio ZA3
Speakers : Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G
Speaker Cable : QED QE -1340 X-Tube XT40 2x4mm Speaker Cable
Dac : Ever Solo DMP-A6 Streamers Dac
Opamps:
Muses01 ( 2 Pcs ) Original - Mouser
Muses02 ( 4 Pcs ) Original - Digi-Key
Muses03 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - Mouser
Opa627 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Opa637 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Opa828 ( 5 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Opa1656 ( 5 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Opa1612 ( 9 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Opa1622 ( 5 Pcs ) Aliexpress - l'm not sure if it's original or not
Opa2134 ( 5 Pcs ) Digi-Key
Opa2604 ( 5 Pcs ) Amazon.com.tr i'm not sure if it's the original received
Oraclell-02 (10 Pcs) Aliexpress
LT1028 ( 2 Pcs ) Dual Original - RS Components
Ad8066 ( 5 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Lme49720 ( 5 Pcs ) Original - RS Components
Lm4562 ( 5 Pcs ) Original Digi-Key
Ne5532 ( 10 Pcs ) Original Digi-Key
2068D JRC ( 5 Pcs )
AD827JNZ (2 Pcs) l'm not sure if it's original or not
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The Burson's are more than 100 USD per piece?!?!?
You will not be able to hear any difference in a real ABX setup btw any of the well constructed opamps from NE5532 and up.
But I know the rabbit hole ... have spend time on both opamp swaps, and trying to design opamps with more 2. HD!! ... total waste of time ... unless you make it commercial 😀
Spend you money on Speakers, Room treatment, and DSP for tuning the in room response. These are things you will for sure hear and will also be measurable. ... but it of course also takes some more energy then swaping opamps
my 2 cent
You will not be able to hear any difference in a real ABX setup btw any of the well constructed opamps from NE5532 and up.
But I know the rabbit hole ... have spend time on both opamp swaps, and trying to design opamps with more 2. HD!! ... total waste of time ... unless you make it commercial 😀
Spend you money on Speakers, Room treatment, and DSP for tuning the in room response. These are things you will for sure hear and will also be measurable. ... but it of course also takes some more energy then swaping opamps
my 2 cent
First of all, the most expensive opamps Muses01,Muses02,Muses03 I paid a price of about $ 60 for these opamps,
and after the Muses opamps, the most expensive Opa627 - Opa637 comes in these opamps are very slightly cheaper than the Muses opamps,
my favorite opampsMuses 03 Opa1656 Opa1612 Op 828 Opa627 Ad8066 Opa2134 Lme49720 Lt1028,
i am also making dip8 adapters to run the opamps in parallel and conducting experiments on running the opamps in parallel.
In Turkey, the customs legislation abroad has changed, products exceeding $ 30 are stuck at customs, and in order to receive the product, first from Europe, 30%, if from outside Europe, 60% customs duty is requested, then you negotiate with a customs broker and withdraw the product from customs, this customs broker fee also starts at at least $ 175, then customs also charges a waiting fee in the warehouse, but in the final you need to pay a lot of money for the product you buy.
and after the Muses opamps, the most expensive Opa627 - Opa637 comes in these opamps are very slightly cheaper than the Muses opamps,
my favorite opampsMuses 03 Opa1656 Opa1612 Op 828 Opa627 Ad8066 Opa2134 Lme49720 Lt1028,
i am also making dip8 adapters to run the opamps in parallel and conducting experiments on running the opamps in parallel.
In Turkey, the customs legislation abroad has changed, products exceeding $ 30 are stuck at customs, and in order to receive the product, first from Europe, 30%, if from outside Europe, 60% customs duty is requested, then you negotiate with a customs broker and withdraw the product from customs, this customs broker fee also starts at at least $ 175, then customs also charges a waiting fee in the warehouse, but in the final you need to pay a lot of money for the product you buy.
I do sympathize with reviewers when it comes to opamps because it is near impossible to perform proper, speedy blind A-B testing.
I am lucky I still have my stockpile of Opa627 and others, but it's a hard pill to swallow to spend more on opamps than actual amps when it comes to Chi Fi amps requiring multiple opamps.
I do see opamps that look just like Sparkos on Ali at lower price as well as other Chi Fi discrete opamps, but I wouldn't want to be the guinea pig 😀
I am lucky I still have my stockpile of Opa627 and others, but it's a hard pill to swallow to spend more on opamps than actual amps when it comes to Chi Fi amps requiring multiple opamps.
I do see opamps that look just like Sparkos on Ali at lower price as well as other Chi Fi discrete opamps, but I wouldn't want to be the guinea pig 😀
l agree with you, there are sparkos labs ss3602-like opamps in aliexpress, but they are not original! he says this in his sellers, I buy from sellers who sell reliable original products such as Mouser, Digi-Key, RS Components, I will not buy opamp and electronic components from Aliexpress even if it costs a lot, because 99% of them are fake, I would not recommend buying opamp and electronic components from Aliexpress to any friend
LOL. One way around that is only buying something from Ali if it's Chi Fi original. I just bought this $10 10MHz external OCXO clock (Telco salvage) from Ali and it's not bad at all...
Aliexpress also has successful opamps made in China, for example Oracle II 02, this opamp has a similar sound to Opa1612, I bought 10 pieces, the full price is performance, but if you buy Muses03 or opa1612 from Aliexpress, there is a high probability that it will turn out to be fake!
and I really can't understand what the photo is, what happened? What does he start doing? I can't connect it to where it's wrong, can you tell me? By the way, what is the name of that song?
and I really can't understand what the photo is, what happened? What does he start doing? I can't connect it to where it's wrong, can you tell me? By the way, what is the name of that song?
Yes, I know that too, someone on youtube says that an opam has opened the Oracle II 02 shell and the smd capacitor has come out, the posts on the opamp have been deleted, and one possibility is that it could be opa1612.