I have a different sources:
Amp - AudioGD NFB-1 + Cyrus Smartpower Plus, Loewe 6391
Different cables - Viablue (interconnect), Fudjikura (power), cooper wire in varnish - acoustic cable
Acoustics - Heco Victa prime 302, Chario Lynx, Diy on Excel's
Diy acoustic have case from Audio note AN-E (with original partitions and made by birch plywood). I want a beryllium twitter in future. Crossover made with Jantzen Air Core wire coil and Mundorf Supreme caps. E0045 also with Mundorf E-cap.
Everything is quite modest
Sometimes I take different devices for listening
- Akai CD 79
- Denon 3910 DVD
- Fx audio DAC X6 (mod)
- PC on Mac with Audirvana
Amp - AudioGD NFB-1 + Cyrus Smartpower Plus, Loewe 6391
Different cables - Viablue (interconnect), Fudjikura (power), cooper wire in varnish - acoustic cable
Acoustics - Heco Victa prime 302, Chario Lynx, Diy on Excel's
Diy acoustic have case from Audio note AN-E (with original partitions and made by birch plywood). I want a beryllium twitter in future. Crossover made with Jantzen Air Core wire coil and Mundorf Supreme caps. E0045 also with Mundorf E-cap.
Everything is quite modest
Sometimes I take different devices for listening
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@sworder84 Glad to see your DAC working, enjoy the sound 🤩
Try different I/V opamps in the future and share your experience with us. Be sure you get opamps only from genuine source (avoid ebay, aliexpress and similiar sources).
Try different I/V opamps in the future and share your experience with us. Be sure you get opamps only from genuine source (avoid ebay, aliexpress and similiar sources).
@Vavilen
best sound/price: LM6171 (is in DIP case), LME49990 (is discontinued - avoid ebay/ali), ADA4898-1
better sound: OPA627 (OPA627 clone - not tried yet )
also not tried yet but can be very good: THS4031 (VFA - maybe decoupling on the power pins may be required), THS3001 (CFA - needs special adapter because of heatsink pad - must be cooled)
best sound/price: LM6171 (is in DIP case), LME49990 (is discontinued
- avoid ebay/ali), ADA4898-1better sound: OPA627 (OPA627 clone - not tried yet
)also not tried yet but can be very good: THS4031 (VFA - maybe decoupling on the power pins may be required), THS3001 (CFA - needs special adapter because of heatsink pad - must be cooled)
What about Muses 03 and different discrete oamps (Sparkos labs SS3601) and others?@Vavilen
best sound/price: LM6171 (is in DIP case), LME49990 (is discontinued
better sound: OPA627 (OPA627 clone - not tried yet
also not tried yet but can be very good: THS4031 (VFA - maybe decoupling on the power pins may be required), THS3001 (CFA - needs special adapter because of heatsink pad - must be cooled)
LT1028?
Yes. I also see on E0040-06 Crescendo with more thoughtful magnet system but twitter is also silk. It means forgives flaws in recordings. Beryllium is more stern. The man I know had a Bliesma T25B and he also had E0040 Excel. He said that difference is small between them. I listened the beryllium a long time ago. That's was the Focal Electra Be and Utopia. Still need to look the crossover - fit or not for 45. It's not easy!
You're right! Tonal balance is important. I never heard about beryllium twiter can distort the balance. Scan speak will be fine but I don't want the dissection of music, I need a musicality with highest resolution! (life-like) I think this way.
Experiment with one of your speaker and your room about measuring then filtering, maybe first with EQ (for instance from the player of a RaspBerry Pi to understand first about power response, i.e. the spl curve of the loudspeaker its peaks, holes, what frequencies involve your ears... so buy a mic and spend time into free measurement soft always talked in numerous forums.
About the list of the oaps, my oap list that worth it also involve AD810, Vunce opa810 board Rogic inspiration, opa1646, opa 1611 (difficult), opa1655 (difficult)... AD797 seems to have its fans and is a good trade off too. (RTFT)
About the list of the oaps, my oap list that worth it also involve AD810, Vunce opa810 board Rogic inspiration, opa1646, opa 1611 (difficult), opa1655 (difficult)... AD797 seems to have its fans and is a good trade off too. (RTFT)
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