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Enough is Enough

I've been looking at changing my DAC. I was considering Lampizator, Playback Designs, and Ideon. Recently a dealer basically told me(with the exception of my subwoofer and music server) my system sucks. He went on to say, I should sell my amps, preamp, DAC, speakers, and start all over! I've owned several different speakers, amplifiers, and DACs. I've attended shows and several different dealers show rooms. In fact, I directly compared one of the amplifiers the dealer recommended to a Rowland 625 S2 amplifier and preferred the 625 S2. I didn't build my system in a vacuum. I determined what I wanted to spend, listened and purchase what I preferred. I've been in sales and submit it would have been better to recommend a DAC that would improve my system. So now I say, maybe enough is enough; because no matter what I have some dealer will tell me it's crap and I have to start over. 

ricred1
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arafiq
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Your dealer is right. Your system sucks! I’m happy to take it off of your hands for 25% of retail value. J/k 😃

all kidding aside, this is a great system that most of us would love to own. 

acman3
4,246 posts
 

Yes, find another dealer, Just wondering who the dealer is who doesn't like your equipment. 

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milpai
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I cannot believe that the dealer asked you to chuck away everything in your system. Only a moron would say things like that about the components you own and the treatments you have in place to make it sound optimal. He must have smoked something, just before you entered his store!

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carlsbad2
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@ricred1 I got your PM but audiogon won't let me reply unless I give them a credit card.  with all the hacks going on, I don't put my credit card on servers just to sit there and be hacked, so I can't reply.  

I found the Lampi bigger and fuller and extremely detailed.  the soundstage is indeed excellent on the DAVE but loved the sound of the GG3.  I can't compare to the Atlantic since I went right for the DHT.  However, Lampi's flagship, the Horizon is a Pentode based output.  I recently spent a weekend listening to it with Lukas and a few others using the Taiko XDMI and it was spectacular, but way above the price range you're shopping in.

Best of luck,

Jerry

 

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simao
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20 years ago when I was just getting into high-end audio and had money to burn, my audio dealer talked me out of buying a new preamp." The world does not need a new preamplifier company, and you don't need a new pre-amplifier." He had not sold me my preamp and could have sold me a brand new one for more but he knew that I didn't need it. His son still carries on his business in Maryland years after he died and I'm always going to remember what an honest and thoughtful guy he was. So any dealer who tells me that I would have to start over is simply asking for money and not for trust.

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