![]() ![]() You don't have to listen a lot back and forth in order to immediately observe the expansion of the soundstage, not only on the horizontal axis but also in the most important depth layering. The V6 is definitely a solid state sounding op-amp that doesn't make the sound more slow, bloomy, thicker, loose or warm but it has under the sleeve a famous tube-associated characteristic - the magnificent soundstage. The NE5534 is fast and very transparent but the V6 Vivid proved not less of a match, with the same kind of ultimate transparency, if not more, and a completely pitch black background without a single trace of audible noise or distortion.Īdditionally, while the V6 is equally fast, it is not too harried so on one hand transient speed remained the same but on the other hand time decay was a bit more relaxed and smooth making instruments sound more natural and lifelike, adding greatly to the overall sense of realism. The NE5534 is commonly used in audio applications because it has very low noise, high output drive capability, high unity-gain, maximum-output swing bandwidths, low distortion, and high slew rate. ![]() You can find more about its sonic performance by reading the following review. ![]() The V380² is a high end headphone amplifier with excellent transparency and fidelity, able to highlight every single component change in the audio chain. The initial plan was to use them as a substitute for the four NE5534 that are used in the Kinki EX-M1 integrated amplifier but unfortunately free space inside the board was not enough to accommodate them so I had to use the 35mm extension leads that they were out of stock and back-ordering them would delay the review.įortunately the Violectric V380² headphone amplifier, that I have on extended loan, uses four pieces of the same NE5534 to drive the four discrete power amplifiers and thankfully the board could accommodate the V6. These op-amps are usually found in the preamplification stage of integrated or headphone amplifiers to drive the power amplifier. ![]()
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