Tube-based DACS: Positive? Negative?

I’ve been desiring to interject some of the desirable characteristics of vacuum tubes into a fully SS system.

Are there users out there who have positive experiences with tube-based DACs in this regard?

Such offerings by Lampizator, Prima Luna, and others seem to present some interesting solutions. Would love to hear your feedback.

Thanks :)

davkobza11-16-2020 8:04am

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georgehifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion 10,312 posts 11-17-2020 at 11:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Your correct it does use tube rectifiers in the dac The BorderPatrol DAC uses a R2R DAC chip with no over-sampling and no digital filtering fed from a very sophisticated choke input, tube rectified power supply to produce one of the most natural, ’un-digital’ sounds it is possible to hear. But to me it’s a very strange thing to say, that it’s the reason "why" it’s got "un-digital" sound. Cheers George
lowrider57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,418 posts 11-17-2020 at 11:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete George, I agree with your statement. The digital and analogue circuits would be responsible for that. The marketing dept. probably wrote the copy. I offered the Border Patrol as an option with an interesting design.
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,576 posts 11-18-2020 at 01:00am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Been there, done it. Not a fan. I liked the tube that sounded the most like my similar SS NOS DAC best so I just cut to the chase.