MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?


I’m considering one of these. Please share your thoughts, especially if you’ve heard them. I will be streaming 70% and CD’s 30%

Jazz, R&B and classical in that order are my listening habits.

My room is 20x30 and very nice acoustics.

Current system:
Dali Epicon 8, Luxman 509X, PS Audio NuWave DSD, Cambridge CXC, Shunyata interconnects & Nordost speaker cable

Thank you!!!

jzzmusician

Showing 4 responses by audioman58

No comparison I know both well the s Amber 3 easily beats it
in most every way , and you can roll different rectifier tubes 
as well as 12au7 tubes it is also much more I feel it is the best dac  under $6 k I had ps audio $6 k dac, and I sold it for the Amber 3
It has a very natural performance.
I totally disagree with Teejay, having a tube rectifier without question gives you a bigger soundstage and depth, plus tube rolling can give you a much better still performance with 6x5,6ax5 rectifier choices,as well as 12au7 tubes. The ecc99 super tube gives it much more dynamics on demand .each of 5he 3 tubes has a specified duty, much better dynamics much bigger seperate power supplies.my friend has the 
Orchid with the WE tubes , we used the same very good Triode 
Audio Labs Digital American power cords
just go to enjoy the music .com under current reviews 
5 stars across the board for sonics , No other dac under $5 k 
is more musical.i sold m6 $6k PS Audio dac  for this dac sounds 
so more like a real life audio performance .
i do want to mention, I have used many usb cables .the            Final touch Audio usb cable beat my Wireworld Platinum 
and friends AQ Diamond .the best usb cable under $1500
we have found for sonic - Analog naturalness. It is $750 but worth every penny. The Orchid was also tested with this cable and sounded Excellent . The Orchid is the best under $2k dac I have heard. If you upgrade the big coupling capacitors and put a good fuse in it your can truthfully get another 10% musicality out of it 
the excellent Milflexcopper  foil paper poly oil caps fantastic in the orchid, and a very good power cord a must .if in the New England area email me and come over to hear the system and judge for your self. Everyone Have a nice Christmas 🎄🎄
Having a tonof experience modding products to get the most out of them 
the orchid has a lot of hidden potential just by upgrading all the white smoothing,
coupling caps . The Pogota is much better then the orchid it is a true 20 bit 
classic Burr Brown 1704 chipset and sounds very good . I have upgraded 2 of these and a orchid  changing the 6 white caps , upgrading the fuse is a dramatic upgrade , you can go even further upgrading the power supply caps many installing a all copper Furutech IEC input. We are talking over a 10% improvement across the board and comparison with dacs several times their cost 
the New Jolida Black ice  glass DSD with a few mods is a giant killer 
stock it won in a shoot out against several well known dacs . The mods are a big plus .
I have a maxed out Lampizator Amber 3 with totally upgraded bigger case .
no need to remove 16 screws and remove the whole case I set it up just slide off the top . I  put over $2300 in upgrades with tube rolling options and the best of the best  parts and wiring .i am upgrading to a modded Atlantic . Nothing under $6k is as musical or versatile as this dac and looks great.
it had stock 6x5 rectifier  tubes , I find the 6ax5 Tungsol or Amperex verygood. Upgrade. I  had added a 5 v transformer for Even better sound the great classic 5ar4 and currently using nos 1950 RCA 5U4G coke bottle smooth plates exceptional sound.
rectifier tubes and without question help to Taylor your system .