New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house

I visited the Lampizator suite every day. By Friday I was very impressed with the L7's character, but I didn't like the overall sound. I thought the room was way too small and the speakers questionable. I had never really paid much attention to the various Lampizator models, but I think I prefer the L7.

It was only after I heard high hat on it that I was satisfied that it was full range. I am hoping to get a better listen to it in my system.

I seem to have very dissimilar tastes to many here. With quad dsd on the horizon and double dsd now available, I don't think vinyl as normally heard is the standard anymore. Sony is going to put all of its master tapes on quad dsd. This represents about forty percent of the master tapes in the world. Digital in this form will soon be the standard. I have heard double dsd and it is really real sounding. I can only imagine what quad dsd will sound like.

I must say that quad dsd is going to require new dac chips and solutions on how to get it to the dac from the drive.

Abruce, yes it was because the Dude preamp needed breakin.

Knghifi, the reality is that almost everything at CES or any show is new. That is why at Friday through Sunday shows, you really should just show up on Sunday.

Audioengr, I am speaking only about the main TAD room. There were lots of rooms with their speakers this CES and THE Show. At least one was the result of their speaker not being delivered on time.

Knghifi, yours is a very good question. Most of the answer, I think, centers on not being organized. Many, especially small, manufacturers don't have stock to devote to prepare for the shows, including, of course, break in. Certainly TAD is one clear exception. They may seek better rooms and may fine tune their systems, but I have not heard much difference from day one onward.

But I should add that the use of hotel rooms is another major problem. Most are pretty awful. CES's putting the high end audio in the Venetian Towers means that many have two level room where there is no proper best listening placement. The railing of the higher portion is where you should be sitting.

Jafox, Remember what I said about avoiding hearing the $1790 BMC PureDac.

What is the difference between the L5 and the L7?

Some time ago there was a discussion of the volume control on the L5 at THE Show. I have since heard the L5 into a line stage and then directly into the amp. Unless you have multiple sources, going direct is far superior.

I don't know what this says about dac output stages. Two amplifier stages versus one should not be superior. Since I have never heard of either line stage you mention, I cannot make other comments.