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Lampizator Amber 3

I expect to receive my new Amber 3 next week. It is unbalanced and without volume control.  It will have USB, SPIDF and Toslink digital inputs. Lampizator does not seem to offer upgraded tubes as an option so I am wondering what tubes, new or NOS, selected over the stock tubes might improve sound quality. Is it better to focus on the ECC99 or the ECC82? I find ECC82 equivalent code to be 12AU7 and ECC99 to be 6N6P and E182CC.

I will use Wywires Platinum USB cable and Wywires Digital Juice II Silver series power cord.          

I would greatly appreciate any other guidance people may have. 

Thanks


oglefront
oglefront OP
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I made an assumption based on an October 15, 2019 post by Audioman58 in which he discussed the Amber 3 and upgrades: "(Amber 3) Very analog sounding with excellent detail in some cases better then vinyl, and you can make it better still, good aftermarket fuse, good power cord, and upgrading the rectifier tube and the 12au7 tube, the ecc99 super tube is very good this makes it better still," ... "I sold my $6k psaudio flagshipdac to buy this dac much more 3D realism !!"  


jackd
1,068 posts
 
But once you get it then give it some time and form your own opinion.
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jriggy
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You’ll love it the way it is. Then after some time get a couple of the tubes mentioned as replacements in for a try. In my Atlantic, even the rectifier tube can yield markedly improved presentation changes. But better heard once you are familiar with the unit.  
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kalali
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Does anyone know if the circuit in the Amber benefits from (or requires) the output tubes with matched dual triodes? I'm assuming it does since it uses two different dual triode tubes for left and right channels.
oglefront OP
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The Lampizator North America website says the Amber 3 uses ECC99 and ECC82 tubes. Beyond that I know nothing but have queried Lampizator about how many of each. One photo I saw looked like three different tubes but I don't know if it was the final production model of the Amber 3. 
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