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| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs OK, in NL…so you are in Europe too.Lukasz does run sales from time to time and the amber Dac is an option in Europe.Yes, Lampis do go on sale 2nd hand, but a lot less frequently than in the US.If and when he does, I will let you know. | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs Mord…I live in CH and the VAT here is 8.5%. LoLVAT in (closeby) France is 19%.The L4 full retail in the US is at or just below $4K, not $5K.Again, if your car is used at $5K, what does a L4 cost used?The rationale for tubes is clearly given by Luk... | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs Mordante,Why do you think I am upset? Not at all.Many people bought the L4 at about $3.5K new when there were group buys last year. Many people traded up, so many almost new ones are available for great discounts 2nd hand.My point was the L4 does ... | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs Why does the LampizatOr use tubes?http://www.monoandstereo.com/2012/08/interview-with-lukasz-fikus-lampizator.htmlWhy tubes in the audio path? I have no particular attachment to tubes. If the parrot guano gave better results in signal amplificatio... | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs I have a Level 4 Lampi and it certainly beats the Snott out of the Schitt.The Big7 sounds better than the EMM Labs Dac2x to me. My pal here recently sold his Weiss for a Big6 and we both livenin Switzerland.The US Lampi dealer used to have a Metru... | |
| Direct Heated Triode Tube DAC by Allnic Audio Labs Tubes allow you to build the light and pure circuitry for the Dacs.Have a listen to the lampi Big 7 and you will understand. Those use 45 triodes. Sublimely good. | |
| Chord Hugo ? DTC,I was away on vacation.I supplied the prices of the Dacs as they were for the owner (he did an upgrade). Anyone can buy a PW2 cheap and do the upgrade and it will cost a max $5K, l;ikely somewhat cheaper. As I said, the prices can be found by ... | |
| Chord Hugo ? DTC, trust me...the easiest determination to make between the top 2 and the bottom 2 here was with DSD material. It was a chasm!It was a bit shocked, as I did not xpect that obvious a difference and it was clear from the first note.I was particula... | |
| Chord Hugo ? DTC, You seem to think that I am trying to slight the Hugo, when I am not. You made a false statement that I knew coud NOT be true, as I knew NO ONE had both a Hugo and Big7 at the time to make such a comparison. I had spoken to The LampizatorNA g... | |
| Chord Hugo ? OK, 2 days ago at a Pal's place, I had a marathon listening session with 4 headamps, 4 HPhones and 4 Dacs, ie Lampi B7, Hugo, DirectStream and MSB Platinum stack upgraded with Galaxy 2 clocks. No speakers used, just Woo Audio (2)/Senneiser/hugo in... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Yup, just confirmed it does do DSD128http://bmc-audio.de/index.php/PureDAC-EN.htmlFeatures:Top-grade Digital/Analog Converter with Current Injection current-to-voltage (I/V) conversionHigh-resolution asynchronous USB interface up to 32bit/384kHzUS... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I was told the PureDac was updated to play back DSD128..Many DSD Dacs out ther can handle DSD128...the only prominents one that cant off the top of my head are the Benchmark 2 and the Meitner MA-1. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,Enjoy your vacation.Just to let you know that yesterday I heard the Big7 along with a Chord Hugo, DirectStream and MSB Platinum stach with Galaxy 2 cock upgrade and all I can say is Holeeeee Crap!If curiousity kills the cat, lets sayou will n... | |
| Is computer audio a bust? AGear, yes, correct...I only have 15 DSD128 albums BUT they sound so good, i want to hear them from time to time and CDP is useless for that.Also, it went without saying that the implementation of BOTH would be top notch, otherwise it would not be... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD TBG, go read the DSD Dac review that Bruce Brown did for Stereomojo. He compared directly to the venerable PBD MPS5I dont see a Sabre chip beating LPF DSD well implemented. THAT is pure bitstream DSD.Vapor generally shows with Empirical and someti... |