$100,000 line stage
I agree, for $100,000 + MSRP, The chassis looks unattractive. I guess you have to compare it to a street legal race car. Very plain, just enough safety-emissions to be legal. Nothing pretty compared to a typical "dealership" exotic car.. You could compare the basic volume control to having to use actual keys to start the car instead of button, plus probably no air conditioning or power windows. It's all under the hood |
I was surprised how much an improvement this Destination Audio preamp was over my passive preamp (which was better than the Schiit SYS, which I still keep in a drawer as a backup). Since this review, I became friends with Destination Audio owner, Sam Wisniewski, and ended up demoing their Horn Loudspeakers from my room. Crazy! http://ayllonmedia.com/news/destination-audios-preamp-shines-enhances-performance-of-the-lampizator-lite-7-dac |
A thought for those of you that would love to experience a preamplifier that sounds that good. Well you might want to check out the deHavilland HiFi Merury 3. Having been to many many audio shows and rooms in those shows you will be hard pressed to find a better preamplifier. All hand wired big tubes big sound. Simply wonderful full bodied, high resolution, class A single ended. No baggage. $130,000 it is not. $4,995 it is. http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/MERCURY_PRE.htm Talk to Kara. |
And add this Gryphon to that preamp: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-amplifier-2017-09-12-amplifiers |
