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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
alexberger
892 posts
 
Did anybody compare  MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3 to
Chord DACs? Like: Qutest, Hugo TT, Hugo TT2, Dave, Mojo, Hugo2?
ghasley
2,487 posts
 
@alexberger


Not directly. I couldn’t fall in love with my Dave, but it was probably just me.
yoyodyne
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@alexberger

I have owned Chord Mojo, Qutest w/ high-end linear power supply, old Qute HD w/ battery power supply etc. and now own Border Patrol SE. BP SE Dac sounds better to my ears even if BP supports only up to 24/96. (And Amber 3 and modded Orchid seem to sound better than BP SE according to many other Audiogon members)
ghasley
2,487 posts
 
The Border patrol accepts a 24/96 feed (and outputs spdif 24/96 on the usb only model) but it only processes 16/44.1 and it STILL sounds better than most dacs on the market. You have a great dac @yoyodyne !
alexberger
892 posts
 
I don't use streaming. I only listen CDs and vinyl.
So, for me only 16bit/44.1KHz is important.
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