Review: AKLIAM AK05 and AK06 discrete class A opamps: as good as LC5, but horizontal!

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You surely remember Akliam LC5 thats excellent and affordable discrete class A operational amplifier (opamp). Now these are rather tall and they did not fit a lot of new types of equipement due to the size. So Akliam has made them available in horizontal version that fits most of the new amps/dacs of 2025. Just take a look at this photo: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/S271a33754...
No more cutting openings in the chassis!

These are AFAIK available directly from manufacturer only, I havent seen any other Ali shops selling these other than:
https://aliexpress.com/item/100500464...
But thats good as this is the same shop I got my LC2 and then LC5 from - safe and reliable.


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Audio setup used in testing (you can find reviews of most of these in my channel):

FLAC/DSD files - Foobar2k - Fully passive 11th gen Intel PCwih LPS - AQ Jitterbug -
Chord USB - DAC05A/ZD3/Semibreve DA50 - fk Dragon XLR - 2x851W - fk Dragon Full Range - Dali ikon 1 mk2, Dali Opticon 1, Oatlons (big and small) ML 15i, ML 35Xti, ML XT B100, ML Ascent I speakers.

Headphone amp: Breeze E600, ZH3

Power: two Pavalle power strips with additional DIY EMI filters, power cords: fk AQ Dragons Source (DAC) fk AQ Dragon HC (amplifiers) and RCore LPS with Sonic Scientific Hades 12V for Su-6 and OCXO power supply.






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Alicodes: I'm trying to update them whenever possible as they usually are quickly vanishing:

Winter Sale set is gone, I was able to get a generic ones valid untill 11th of Febraury 2026:
$3 off $29:【IFPU2ZHR】$6 off $59:【IFPJXUND】$9 off $89:【IFPZ8AKI】$16 off $149:【IFP59JYI】$23 off $199:【IFP7XHXD】$30 off $269:【IFPCHNET】$40 off $369:【IFPHZ36Z】$50 off $469:【IFPROIKK】$60 off $599:【IFPCQ4RQ】$70 off $699:【IFPWEKEZ】

There is also another generic set for US only, these should be valid until 2026-06, here they are - enjoy!
$39-5: 【ZONE】 $89-10: 【ZONE10】 $149-25: 【ZONE25】 $259-45: 【ZONE45】 $349-60: 【ZONE60】 $459-70: 【ZONE70】 $599-120: 【ZONE120】

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