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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
wisnon
700 posts
 
SGR, are you in the NYC/NJ area? There is going to be a Lampi rave mid October in NJ and LF himself will be there. You could get to hear them all and judge for yourself.

I believe there will be a L4/L5 and Big 6 there and possibly more cool Lampi stuff. The info is over at Audiocircle.
shawbros3
23 posts
 
Grannyring,

Does your L4 have Duelands or Jensens? My L4 had Jensens and I found some music sounding a tad too soft/polite with decreased dynamics and PRAT.
wisnon
700 posts
 
And then there is another Lampi wrinkle to consider. Lampizator DSD!!! Tubed purity and DSD make for an explosive combo.

I am checking out first production model (DSD-only) and whoa Mama, DSD128 is akin to master tape on an expensive RTR playback machine.
Beats my Qute which has a Linear PSU option, running DSD64 into the BNC.

Suhweeeeet! Its gonna be hard to part with this baby!!!
Lampi DSD will be a big seller...mark my words. Good think it can be retrofitted into even a single box L4 now.
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glory
1,616 posts
 
What does Gearhead know he is not a Lamp owner?

Get the L5 with D caps. Wait for DSD Gen. 4 as it takes L 4 Gen to perfect his work. When perfected his work is hard to beat by even the high $$$ builders.

Get the 182 tube.
wisnon
700 posts
 
SGR,

I think a dual mono L5 chipset in a Big 6 Box with DSD and VC with remote may be the way for you to go. Balanced or SE, depending on if your whole system is already balanced. Duelund caps for sure, but they seem to have a 250hr break-in time, and go thru an M shaped break-in pattern.

You could also specify output tubes to be ECC182 and ask for 5Y3 type rectifier (may cost a bit extra).

Lampi DSD is great, BTW...not sure I can let this one go...
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