OPamps still inferior to discrete circuits?

HI.
I replaced the original OPA 627 opamps in my ASR Emmiter amplifier with Burson discrete opamps. The improvements were major and all across the board: clean, more tuneful bass, amazing midrange purity, clean treble, more dynamics, a deep and wide soundstage and specially a more musical delivery.
I could not hear a downside. My only complaint is that Burson does not make a tube based opamp.
Highly recommended, though it requires a bit of DIY skill (one needs to find a suitable nearby signal ground point and solder a ground lead there).
The Burson opamps have worked flawlessly for about 18 months and do not become too hot (the OPA 627 needs a heatsink and stays too hot to touch).

Dgarretson, sorry for the late reply.
If you read more about the ASR Emmiter II Exclusive Battery amp, you will find out that its preamp sections runs on high-current batteries heavily bypassed with high-quality capacitors. This amp has 3 extra PS boxes that weigh about 100 pounds.
The Burson discrete opamps and the original OPA627 opamps were compared with the same (close to perfect) power supply.
Specs are just specs...trust your ears. I have trusted mine and do not regret it.
For a discussion on discrete opamps and their superior sound as compared to chip opamps, start here:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/ampins/discrete/discrop.htm
then take a look at (and listen to samples of) the state of the art opamps used by recording studios that care:
http://www.thelisteningsessions.com/session9.htm
best regards