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New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house

Wonder if any other new owners of this DAC are out there as I find it to be the finest digital playback I have heard to date. This is the first digital front end piece of gear I have owned that has transformed my music.

Ya, other digital gear does this or that better, but this Lampy breaks through to a new level of musical enjoyment. Clear view into the music helping the speakers just disappear. Only 24 hours of break in and the music flows so sweet, intimate and seemingly without boundaries.

Looking under the hood I see an impressive power supply with films caps and several high quality chokes. Point to point silver wired except for the digital and USB boards. This is a three tube player that is tube rectified. One has the option for SS rectification if desired.

Ya, I love this Lampy!
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wisnon
700 posts
 
KingHifi.

The buffering would be in the domain of the Squeezplay software engine on the host computer, similar to Audirvana/JRiver and that info is in the public Domain. The SBR is just the streamer/Dac and the Lampizator treatement paradigm is to discard the feeble Dac function and to enhance the digital pass thru by reclocing, improving components and Power supply, as well as to square up the digital wave via the use of the digilampizator.

The TranspOrt is NOT the same as the USB/SPdif converter...there seems to be some confusion here.

Tbg, hello, long time no speak. The speakers were not properly set up and broken in until late Friday, i am told...then it started impressing mightily. Previous skeptics have broken out their checkbooks, I am told. Finally, I have a Lampi DSD-only dac and I can attest to the fact that properly recorded 128 stuff is sublime!
synthax
1 posts
 
+1 with brand new Lampizator L4 G4

Dear Users,
Do you have any experience with Lampizator USB board? How does is cooperate with Mac Mini? Or is it better to use usb-> spdif converter ?

Thank you for you help
knghifi
1,668 posts
 
From Lampizator Transport web page:
"MY LampizatOr Transport plays from own FIFO RAM Buffer."

This is the buffer I'm asking? Does it buffer X amount or number of tracks before play starts.

Without going into too much detail, I was just using JRiver, Audirvana ... as examples.
wisnon
700 posts
 
Kng, You are correct (I was wrong, mea culpa). While there may be local computer "buffer" its not that critical as the signal still has a ways to go to hit the Dac.

After investigations, there IS indeed a Ram buffer located in the SB-R, similar to buffers in DVD players. The buffer is very fast RAM memory and is located an inch or so away from the tube output, so a TRUE buffer, for about 4 seconds (I believe). This is the basic architecture of the SB-R and not unique to the TranspOrt.

The Squeezecentre player may also be storing info on the computer before sending via wireless or LAN cable, but would not be a true buffer, as much can happen to screw up the signal before it gets to the Dac, given the USB cable transmission and the stock SBR processing.
agear
1,362 posts
 
Some props from Audiofederation who has historically been a demanding listener who has angered many an industry type: http://audiofederation.com/blog/categories/shows/ces-2014/
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