New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house


Wonder if any other new owners of this DAC are out there as I find it to be the finest digital playback I have heard to date. This is the first digital front end piece of gear I have owned that has transformed my music.

Ya, other digital gear does this or that better, but this Lampy breaks through to a new level of musical enjoyment. Clear view into the music helping the speakers just disappear. Only 24 hours of break in and the music flows so sweet, intimate and seemingly without boundaries.

Looking under the hood I see an impressive power supply with films caps and several high quality chokes. Point to point silver wired except for the digital and USB boards. This is a three tube player that is tube rectified. One has the option for SS rectification if desired.

Ya, I love this Lampy!
grannyring
The Mini is a rat's nest of noise. Everyone needs to go to the Lessloss site to review this topic. That's why a dedicated transport free of any computer is where people are headed. Duh.
Hchilcoat, I have an (unmodified) MacMini 2010 and compared it with an Oppo 93 as a transport. I wouldn't recommend either as a CD spinning transport. But ripped music through the mini absolutely kills the Oppo. Not the same model you're using, but as a transport, the Oppo was significantly worse than an Examplar 2900 from way back in the day. Regardless, I don't really believe in spinning CDs anymore... I heard a drastic improvement playing from a hard drive. Why not take read errors and error-correction processing out of the chain?
Agear, until you hear my MM vs your standard it is impossible to know. I cannot say you are or wrong...
The transport vs computer debate is really interesting.Some swear ripped to hard drive is superior and there are those who have been there and done that and say nope, it isn`t better despite all the hype. Like nearly everything concerning audio there`s a lot of overlap and as expected no absolutes. System,set up and implementation are the usual variables.I will say that those eager to declare spinning CDs passe and dead are wrong,they sound excellent in a well set up system.Choice is good.
THanks Cal and Glory re: Mac Mini vs Lamp Transport. Not to muddy the water but what about the CAPS server vs these options?