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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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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.
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
Do these units have internal ADCs, and if so how do they sound for dubbing vinyl?
kana813
956 posts
 
Ait- There's a very long thread about the Opus at:

http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=29947.0

I doubt that out of the box, it sounds better than hiend
CDPs or Transport/DAC combos.

Zaikesman- all the Olives have ADCs, since they all use the same AC97 chip.
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