AMR DP 777 or LampizatOr Level 5

Many have done the flavor of the month dac dance as digital has been advancing so quickly and today's marketplace is even more crowded than ever before with all kinds of digital devices. With the reduction of brick and mortar listening locations, word-of-mouth has become more important than ever.

In my experience one of the biggest splashes in the world of Dacs has been Lampizator products, and for good reason...

I've owned a few good dacs and heard many excellent ones but the first time I heard the natural character of a Lampizator Dac in my own system, I knew it was a game changer for me. It was a Gen4 Level4 and I bought it. Since then I've moved up the chain, after the L4 I too went to a Big 6 which was incredible and am currently in amazement of my Big 7 every time I have a listen...

Customer support is excellent as both Rob and Fred are dedicated to maintaining first class attention to detail and Lukasz himself ("Mr. Lampizator") is not only brilliant but also a good listener; and genuinely glad to just "Be there" as needed.

In my opinion you can probably count the very best Dacs on one hand and Lampizator would be the first name I'd mention on that short list.

I think the wait for the AMR SE versions has been to loooooong and many customers have moved on (see Sksos1 post above). It's unfortunate because AMR was thought of as one of the top players but as time moves on people forget.

I had a Lampi L4, G4 and now I've a two box level 7. Lampi dacs are wonderful. I've never heard AMR dac but the person who bought my L4-G4, used to have AMR and Berkeley Alpha 1 and was not entirely happy with them. After he got the L4-G4, he said that the Lampi is truly the best he is yet to hear.

I've bought my L4 from Fred and L7 from Rob. They provide superb customer support.