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Anyone Compared the Olive Opus to the Zero One?

I've read all the great reviews of the Zero One Archival Transport, but that price tag is still pretty steep ($4k and it only holds 350 CDs). Wondering if anyone has heard the $3k Olive, and if it sounds close to the Zero One. It seems to use a lossless compression scheme so it can store 1,100 CDs.
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ehart
215 posts
 
As I understand it, the Olive Opus hasn't shipped yet, so no one has heard it. They are supposedly waiting for parts. Audiocircle has reviews of the Olive Musica (search on Olive), which you could use as a transport with an external DAC (like the Zero One). The Musica sells for less than $1500, so that leaves you room for a nice DAC.
americantechpusher
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The Olive Opus Parts are in and they should be coming off pre-order this week.

Keith Ashwood
American Techpushers (www.americantechpushers.com)
jamesw20
270 posts
 
got my olive musica and it is fantastic! I'm sending the digital signal into a bel canto dac 2 and then my tube preamp.
ehart
215 posts
 
I just got my Musica last week, and am also very pleased! I don't have an external DAC, which I hope to be able to dig into in the future as funds allow.

- Eric
ait OP
480 posts
 
How does the playback from the Olive HD sound compared to direct from the CD: better, same, or worse? I have heard claims that HD playback can sound better than CD.
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