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He then switched to a dac none of us had heard of, called "Absolute by Ideon" and blew us away: frequency response more extended than the Lampi, esp in the bass, energy and dynamics beyond what I heard before, details we had not realized were present in the recordings—but esp dynamics and bass. We had the impression it dived +1 octave lower than the Lampi (impression of course) and there was prodigious energy coming out of the speakers. Anyway, thee Absolute played directly sounded near indistinguishable from the sound via a pre amp...Anyway, just a little experience to share.
I borrowed Lampi Big7 and I am little disapointedActually had a slightly similar experience at a private audition of the "Pacific" which, to be fair, sounded very good with a big soundstage, 3dimentionality, and good rendition of detail—but at a price. The guy then played us a Meitner (probably the more expensive one...) which, while excellent, was not as good as the Lampi.
He then switched to a dac none of us had heard of, called "Absolute by Ideon" and blew us away: frequency response more extended than the Lampi, esp in the bass, energy and dynamics beyond what I heard before, details we had not realized were present in the recordings—but esp dynamics and bass. We had the impression it dived +1 octave lower than the Lampi (impression of course) and there was prodigious energy coming out of the speakers. Anyway, thee Absolute played directly sounded near indistinguishable from the sound via a pre amp...Anyway, just a little experience to share.