Ladies and gentlemen:
tonight I’ve done more serious listening between the dac pacific Lampizator and ref10.
This week I added the wireworld platinum 7 powercord to the dac and I am now using platinum 7 xlr from the ref10 to the amps.
Last weekend when I did the shootout I was using wireworld silver 8 xlr to connect the amps to the preamp. I chose the ref10 over the pacific lampi because it was more forgiving with bad music and just threw a bigger sound overall. The dac was less forgiving but still stellar sounding nonetheless.
Anyhow as I said above, I added the platinum silver 7 powercord to the dac and platinum 7 xlr to the preamp/amp connection. I’ve been listening to the dac as a preamp for the last 3 days after adding the platinum 7 powercord cord. I let my ears simmer in the sound and get as acquainted as possible with the sound.
Today, I fired up the ref10 and began to do a/b comparisons and I am now gauging things better. The ref10 is huge sounding with air around the instruments and clarity in spades. It has been the only preamp that woke up my revel salon 2s in regards to the bass. It added a ton of fun to every single songs that I’ve played through it. It has never ever disappointed me. That said, I can now honestly say that things have shifted and I am now leaning towards the pacific lampi. Reasons why:
1. It sounds liquid and very detailed at low volumes. This volume level is what I mainly have to listen to when I do late night listening. The ref 10s relaxed presentation stays relaxed at lower volumes and that makes it a little harder for me to pick up the same level of detail as the Pacific DAC.
2. The dac sounds as if the singer brings the mic closer to his mouth while the ref10 does not. This effect helps tremendously when I listen to music videos (YouTube videos) which I do listen to here and there in order to see how much clarity a component can dig out from an old music video from the 80s or 90s. This exercise has been crucial for me in the past especially when testing a cable’s ability to absorb noise.
3. I had the wife sit down and listen to both while blind folded. She kept picking up the lampizator. She said the ref10s was somewhat warm sounding.
With that said, this could be the start of a new adventure in terms of preamplification.
I’m shocked to say the least but my ears have identified something that is stimulating and really amazing. I want to keep tweaking the sound of the lampizator with other things I have in mind. I also still need to get powecords for my monoblocks. The entire set up will have silver cables throughout in order keep things with synergy. This is super exciting and incredible. I never thought this dac would grow on me so much over the past few days but I can’t deny facts. What a spectacular component. I DO NOT REGRET FOR ONE SECOND not having bought the MSB dac.
tonight I’ve done more serious listening between the dac pacific Lampizator and ref10.
This week I added the wireworld platinum 7 powercord to the dac and I am now using platinum 7 xlr from the ref10 to the amps.
Last weekend when I did the shootout I was using wireworld silver 8 xlr to connect the amps to the preamp. I chose the ref10 over the pacific lampi because it was more forgiving with bad music and just threw a bigger sound overall. The dac was less forgiving but still stellar sounding nonetheless.
Anyhow as I said above, I added the platinum silver 7 powercord to the dac and platinum 7 xlr to the preamp/amp connection. I’ve been listening to the dac as a preamp for the last 3 days after adding the platinum 7 powercord cord. I let my ears simmer in the sound and get as acquainted as possible with the sound.
Today, I fired up the ref10 and began to do a/b comparisons and I am now gauging things better. The ref10 is huge sounding with air around the instruments and clarity in spades. It has been the only preamp that woke up my revel salon 2s in regards to the bass. It added a ton of fun to every single songs that I’ve played through it. It has never ever disappointed me. That said, I can now honestly say that things have shifted and I am now leaning towards the pacific lampi. Reasons why:
1. It sounds liquid and very detailed at low volumes. This volume level is what I mainly have to listen to when I do late night listening. The ref 10s relaxed presentation stays relaxed at lower volumes and that makes it a little harder for me to pick up the same level of detail as the Pacific DAC.
2. The dac sounds as if the singer brings the mic closer to his mouth while the ref10 does not. This effect helps tremendously when I listen to music videos (YouTube videos) which I do listen to here and there in order to see how much clarity a component can dig out from an old music video from the 80s or 90s. This exercise has been crucial for me in the past especially when testing a cable’s ability to absorb noise.
3. I had the wife sit down and listen to both while blind folded. She kept picking up the lampizator. She said the ref10s was somewhat warm sounding.
With that said, this could be the start of a new adventure in terms of preamplification.
I’m shocked to say the least but my ears have identified something that is stimulating and really amazing. I want to keep tweaking the sound of the lampizator with other things I have in mind. I also still need to get powecords for my monoblocks. The entire set up will have silver cables throughout in order keep things with synergy. This is super exciting and incredible. I never thought this dac would grow on me so much over the past few days but I can’t deny facts. What a spectacular component. I DO NOT REGRET FOR ONE SECOND not having bought the MSB dac.