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Zhalou experience

Posted by bartc (A) on February 20, 2007 at 12:18:56

In Reply to: Oritek modded Zhaolu (D2.0A or D2.5A) or Citypulse? vs. Lavry / Benchmark??? posted by john_ops on February 20, 2007 at 06:59:09:

My first and only outboard DAC is the Zhalou 2.5, but not the Oritek mods. The mods I have were done by the seller in HK - chip and opamp upgrade.

I like the DAC, but have yet to test all the combinations and permutations of the stock unit and its appendages. I made a Flavor 1 PC and specially shielded that, but am using a single shielded Blue Jeans digital IC, and that may not be the best choice for this type of unit.

So far it beats the DAC in my NAD CDP significantly, but it isn't a spectacular upgrade. I'm not disappointed, but feel that I'm far from overwhelmed. If my experiments prove to improve it, then I'll post some more. Too early for a proper review.

The Oritek mods about double the price!

Still, the key to these components (and maybe almost all of them) is in the handling of the power and the rest of the overall implementation. Probably not in the chip alone nor in the NOS vs. upsampling/oversampling issues alone. So if the Oritek upgrades the output and the power handling, then it may indeed be worth the difference.

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