I’m jealous. A little familiar with Aesthtix brand. Awesome equipment. Looked at Lampizator site and see Atlantic and Amber II but don’t see an Atlantic II. Did you mean Amber II? Have to ask .....why the need for 2 DACs? |
Hi Thankful Please educate me. I’m assuming the super clocks were an add-on. Are they supposed to reduce jitter? Is a person able to hear the difference? To get the “tubes rectified “, was that also an additional cost? What does that add-on do? If/when I order my Amber II I am open to any affordable add-ons that improve sound quality. Do you recall what those 2 add-ons cost?
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Thinking one or both of your DACs are feeling ignored. You should probably sell one. : ) |
Sounds nice. Appreciate your feedback. Here’s a thought.....there’s a couple Atlantics currently for sale here at very reasonable prices. You buy one and sell me your Amber for $1k. It’s a win - win for everyone!!!
Seriously, I plan to approach my wife today about buying an Amber. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Thankful....I talked to Fred today and he made the same suggestion. Since my budget is tight, he suggested I leave the clocks for a future upgrade. Can you tell me what you heard after getting the super clocks installed? Was it an upgrade worth the 500 euros? Thanks.
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My Amber II with tube rectification and super clocks is now on order. I want to thank everyone for their input. |
Now I have to ask.....any recommendation on fuses and power cord for the Amber?
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No it does not decode MQA. Pricing is in Euros. 1800 euros for base unit. 200 euros for tube rectification and 500 euros for the super clocks. Conversion rate when I ordered was $1.22/1 euro. |
Appreciate it. I posed the question to Fred and he said he had better results with the HiFi Tuning than the Synergistic fuse. I didn’t realize that SR came out with a fuse replacing the Black. I failed to ask Fred about PCs. I will look into the Audio Arts pc. |
Thankful....do you recall what size fuse the Amber takes? |
My pre is tubed and monoblocks are solid state. Fred is familiar wth my gear and in fact owns gear from both designers/builders. I will look at both the Audio Magic and SR Blue. But will likely go with Fred’s recommendation.
Assuming Fred told you to experiment with fuse direction. He found that it made a difference. |
Should take delivery by end of month. Will definitely give you my thoughts.
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Have had my Amber II.for about a week. Revealing a lot of low level details I wasn’t hearing with my Bryston. I can only imagine what the Lite 7 sounds like.
Fuse is a 1.6 amp according to spec sheet. I will confirm with Fred. I’ll probably buy Hi Fi Tuning fuse as he recommended.
Right now i’m looking at available DSD downloads from HDTracks and Acoustic Sounds. So many to choose from and so little money in my pocket. I’m open to suggestions.
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tomic601 and thankful.........can I ask what server you’re using with the Lampi? I’m looking at eventually replacing my Bryston BDP-1 with the Aurender N100h. Wife has revoked my allowance; so I’ll have to collect pop cans along the highway and try to sell my body for loose change. Lol. Obviously, it’s going to be a long while before I can afford the Aurender.
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Respected - you worded that as if you plan to change out the Aurender. Any regrets? What would you move to if you had the opportunity?
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Glad to hear you’re happy with the n100h. When the day comes when you are able to upgrade, shoot me an email. I might be interested in your n100h. My Bryston server is ok but Manic Moose software needs a lot more work. I understand hat Aurender’s Conductor(?) software Is really nice to use.
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Thinking i’m Ok (well, with my new Amber I’m better than ok) Paid a little extra and got the super clocks. No never heard of Soekris and Denafris, but will google them today out of curiosity. You guys are amazing with your knowledge of all things audiophile. Just reading doak’s setup gave me a headache. I can ‘t imagine the systems you guys have. Tweaking is fun for me but my listening room is a stinker and investing a lot in tweaks at this point doesn’t gain me much. Yep, i’ll replace the fuse shortly but that may be it. We’ll see down the road if I can even justify the move up to an Aurender n100h. Got my taxes in the mail late yesterday so have some free time today and want to download a couple DSD selections from Hdtracks. Will be my first exposure to DSD. Will give you my impression. Also need to rip 25 cds I checked out from my local library yesterday evening. Might rip a few as WAV (vs FLAC) just for chuckles. Regarding DSD, some reviewers panned the 5.6mhz DSD recordings and recommended the 2.8 instead. Can someone please explain in simple terms the diff between the two and why this would be the case? Thought the 5.6 was the “better” more desirable download.
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Quick update.....Extremely pleased with my Amber II. Have been busy converting vast majority of my FLAC files to WAV. The resulting sound quality on the Ambber is very impressive. I did however get out too far over my ski tips this past week. Since I now have a DSD capable Amber, I was anxious to hear one. So I purchased a DSD download from Acoustic Sound and then couldn’t figure out why i wasn’t getting any sound. Duh, I forgot that my Bryston player didn’t play DSD files. Well, my wife felt sorry for me and gave me her blessing on the purchase of an Aurender N100h. Should have it by next weekend. Said it before but this time I mean it. No more upgrades!I Well, maybe the fuses. But that’s it. Oh, and maybe a batter usb cable down the road. And maybe a replacement for the Aurender’s stock power cord. But that’s all. And maybe a few more DSD downloads......
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Thanks I’ll look into the Isotek cable. Right now I ‘m using a Shunyata entry level cable I had in my drawer. All I can say is the combination of the Lampizator Amber II and the Aurender N100H along with newly converted WAV files is mind blowing. |
Hi Jim. Just returned last night from cruise on which I had no internet (too cheap to pay for the ship’s WiFi) Currently fighting gremlins in my system. Aurender and Lampizator have s connectability issue. Until I resolve that issue, i’m at a standstill. Appreciate your offer but i’m not unhappy with my wireworld usb, when my equipment is working. I’ll let you know how this turns out.
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Thanks but after upgrading DAC and server and going on lengthy cruise, I cannot afford a PC at this time |
