The New Lampizator Horizon DAC
On Saturday, I was lucky enough to be invited to the unofficial launch of the all-new Lampizator Horizon DAC in Los Angeles. I have a Pacific and love it but I was intrigued to experience whether the Horizon was that much better. So, My wife and I drove the 6 hours from Arizona to attend.
The event had about 18 people in attendance and featured Lukasz Fikus, the owner and brains behind Lampizator. We had a 5-hour listening session which included direct A/B comparisons between the Pacific and the Horizon, operating the Horizon without a preamp, and finally tube rolling.
My impressions were the Lampizator created a DAC that could change people's minds on comparing digital to vinyl, The amount of detail, smoothness, clarity, speed was incredible. For those interested in tube rolling the options are almost endless and I heard firsthand many different tube combinations which changed the SQ of the music. Finally, at the end of the session, we ran the Horizon without a preamp. The preamp used in the system was Lamm and the whole system was well over $700k. So we are talking about a very high-end component grouping. IMO, the Horizon DAC delivered about 95% of the sound without a Preamp. It was super hard to discern any differences in SQ.
This DAC was so good that I ended up ordering one. For anyone going to the Tampa Audio show, Lukasz Fikus will be there to officially launch the Horizon to the world this weekend. It is definitely worth a listen.
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LoLZZZZ … All the LampizatOr Fan/Rich boys have been activated 🤨
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Au contraire … I do not camp , you need to go to @thyname for that. For my part I took exception to @ozzy62 ’s comment “ @willgolf don’t let these penny pinching rock throwers rain on your parade. Congrats to you! “ Replying … ” Are you being serious !?!? Calling out folks who might not even earn $50K a year penny pinchers for expressing their view … “ If you are obtuse enough not to recognise the point that I was making … well … | ||||||||
Utterly pathetic … Your agenda is glaringly obvious. ” The "penny pinching" comment may have been an attempt at humor by that poster and it might have struck some as insensitive but audio gear at every pricing strata is a luxury, not basic sustenance “ Exactly so … My own DAC ‘s RRP is in excess of the latest greatest LampizatOr DAC … however unlike some I don’t feel the need to mention RRP’s | ||||||||
Re read my post The comment “ Your value analysis wasn’t asked for” was posted by @ghasley This was my own comment directed at @ghasley actually in your defence ! ” Neither was your critique of what he said! But you went ahead anyway.” I hope this clarifies my post.
tsushima1881 posts ” Your value analysis wasn’t asked for”
Neither was your critique of what he said! But you went ahead anyway. | ||||||||
Nice post @mr_m |