hi bob,

get back to us when you can make the zhaolu sound appreciably
*better* than a modded art di/o... ;~)

doug s.
--- In DIOmods@yahoogroups.com, <ptmconsulting@...> wrote:
>
> I've been doing some more playing with my winter project - modding
a Zhaolu 2.5C DAC. I have to say I'm mighty impressed with how the
sound of this DAC can be changed. I can make it souond like a DI/O. I
can make it sound like a Benchmark. I can (almost) make it sound like
vinyl (almost).
>
> If you like to tinker you may want to check it out. There's lots of
info over at www.head-fi.org in the "mod your Zhaolu" thread (about
200 pages worth.
>
> Enjoy,
> Bob
>
> From: sedond <sedond@...>
> Date: 2008/02/10 Sun PM 05:40:05 CST
> To: DIOmods@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DIOmods] Re: INA103 (in)compatibility
>
>
> hi gary,
>
> yup, i will report back. i must say i am enjoying the ina103
> iteration i got from you, but i can't say it blows away the
> performance if the conwentionally modded one. it may offer a
smidge
> more smoothness, is all. but, i really need to do a more serious
> comparison, most of my listening is to fm & winyl anyway...
>
> regards,
>
> doug s.
>
> --- In DIOmods@yahoogroups.com, "gbronn" <gbronn@> wrote:
> >
> > Right you are Doug. The INA103 mod takes the output directly
from
> the
> > output of the DAC chip and bypasses the standard op amp. The DIO
> uses
> > a quad opamp - 4 op amps in one package. 2 are used for the D/A
> stage
> > and 2 are used for the A/D stage.
> > The INA103 is a single instrumentation opamp and the mod uses 2 of
> > them for the output stage of the DI/O. So opamp that Bob is
> > recommending is not compatible with the INA103 mod.
> >
> > Doug - when you get a chance to try out the LME49740, I'd be very
> > interested in your thoughts on how it compares to the INA103
> version.
> > I've had very good luck using the dual version of the LME49740
in
> my
> > Squeezebox so I suspect it will sound really good in the DI/O too.
> >
> > ---Gary
> > --- In DIOmods@yahoogroups.com, "sedond" <sedond@> wrote:
> > >
> > > afaik, the ina103 mod is completely incompatible w/any standard
> op--
> > > amp mod...
> > >
> > > doug s.
> > >
> >
>