Many good Dacs out there and I tend to prefer the boutique guys.
The Big 7 is the best of Lampi that I have heard, but I mostly heard the 3 and 4. The 5 and 6 I have only heard briefly. His PS design is superb. Lampi DSD is also unique on the marketÂ…and sounds outrageously good. Next wek I will get to hear the Golden Gate Lampi in a killer high end system for an entire day, and can report back on my feelings then.
The Lampis dont sell in the regular commercial model, so the markup is not so high. Its a hybrid semi-direct model.
As fo all those Dacs I heard, well some at home, some at shows, some at Pals homes and some at the HQs of the companies themselves, as I have been fortunate to get invited to personal demos.
All of the high end stuff sounds good, but price/performance relationship has to come into play.
The ones that spak to me of high value per price would be the Dartzeel LHC-208, the Lampizator Big7, and to a somewhat lesser extent the DStream. Now be mindful that the DStream had the original firmware.
I was not a great fan of the Hugo, as I prefer the Qute EX with LPSU.
Never heard Empirical Dac, but I am inclined to think its very good, as Steve is boutique and knows his stuff.
The Big 7 is the best of Lampi that I have heard, but I mostly heard the 3 and 4. The 5 and 6 I have only heard briefly. His PS design is superb. Lampi DSD is also unique on the marketÂ…and sounds outrageously good. Next wek I will get to hear the Golden Gate Lampi in a killer high end system for an entire day, and can report back on my feelings then.
The Lampis dont sell in the regular commercial model, so the markup is not so high. Its a hybrid semi-direct model.
As fo all those Dacs I heard, well some at home, some at shows, some at Pals homes and some at the HQs of the companies themselves, as I have been fortunate to get invited to personal demos.
All of the high end stuff sounds good, but price/performance relationship has to come into play.
The ones that spak to me of high value per price would be the Dartzeel LHC-208, the Lampizator Big7, and to a somewhat lesser extent the DStream. Now be mindful that the DStream had the original firmware.
I was not a great fan of the Hugo, as I prefer the Qute EX with LPSU.
Never heard Empirical Dac, but I am inclined to think its very good, as Steve is boutique and knows his stuff.