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| Shocking Lampizator Service @bubinga that is undoubtedly generally true. but that doesn't mean you can't extract/discern general quality/build issues from the all of the noise posted. I still believe that Lampizator DAC's are not robustly manufactured/built and easily prone ... | |
| Shocking Lampizator Service While their DACs sound fantastic, if you scan various forums I think you will notice that there is a very high rate of issues and warranty service with Lampizator. I have had three Lampi DAC’s pass through my hands and they all had issues requirin... | |
| Denafrips Terminator Plus vs T+A DAC 200 I have owned, in order, the May KTE, Lampi Baltic 3, and the T+A Dac 200. Never really got along with the May KTE - just bland compared to the vivid sound of the Baltic 3. Thought I would stick with Lampizator for good. But I got excited about the... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC I have owned both. It is definitely much better. No comparison. | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? @shkong78 please PM me to discuss further. As per our discussion on another forum, I replaced my LM805 with the Class D’s. So I have done that one ;) but maybe we can figure something out. | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? @jeffseight I am in Seattle and could provide Atma-sphere Class D's | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know @atmasphere ok, one last thing then and i’ll stop harassing you :) .... where in the AES48 doc does it define the requirement for the signal current (pin 2 and pin 3) to reference each other and not reference the ground in order to be compliant? b... | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know @atmasphere See figure 3 on page 7 of AES48 Draft. Maybe I was being presumptuous by assuming that the signals pins == "signal circuitry" in the diagram. The REF label is next to the black lines coming down from "signal circuitry". | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know @atmasphere thanks for the followup and link. I read it and understand it in and of itself. T+A previously stated that pin 1 is connected to the enclosure (chassis) and not signal ground so this would suggest that they do match the "recommended ... | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know @atmasphere fyi, here is a portion of a followup response from T+A regarding AES48 compliance. I tried to parse the diagram in the draft AES doc but this is now officially way over my head :) The analog signal circuitry of the DAC200 is referen... | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know @atmasphere Hi, I asked T+A about whether or not their DAC 200 is AES48 compliant and they responded: "The AES48 standard was paid attention to when designing this DAC. There is a small difference, though: the connection between pin1 and enc... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 I have owned both the Holo May KTE (with HQP upsampled input) and Lampizator Baltic 3. A/B'ed them for a while but honestly, it didn't take long to convince me that the B3 sounded much better. (The May certainly wins on build quality, and technica... | |
| Primaluna? Interesting. I never had trouble dialing in the hum pots with my 90db Spendor’s. Dead quiet. A tiny bit of transformer hum if I put my head up next to the amp which might be DC offset. Agreed that PL might be more versatile but I don’t think they ... | |
| Primaluna? @ghasley Fair enough. Did you prefer the PL? | |
| Primaluna? Indeed I have compared the PL to the LM in my same room. I did not compare 805’s to the common PL tubes in isolation - not sure what amp allows for that. Just offering another (better) option for the OP that is easy to bias and is in the same brac... |