Originally Posted by RPGWiZaRD
Please, can you confirm whether Gene and Hero uses exactly same configs, it mentions 115dB SNR on Gene but says nada about Hero why I get a little suspicious. I hope noise-wise they are pretty the same as I'd prefer Hero slightly if both was the same but if Gene was even slightly better (even say 1dB lower THD Noise for example), I'd go for Gene... :P Don't expect you to know about this but if you happen to know, then please share as then I might be able to decide which one to purchase sooner.
Gene has an opamp buffer (TI 4580), the Hero doesn't. The buffer should make the output a bit more linear at frequency extremes and aid a bit in noise reduction on the output of the ALC 1150 (differential input CMRR of the 4580 is circa 80dB).
-Raja
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