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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
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grannyring OP
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Enjoying my Lampy more than ever as I learn how to maximize the sound of my computer based transport. Something else I learned from Steve and Empirical that is yet another upgrade in sound.....

Use a program called Wave Editor and up sample your 16/44 files to 24/96 using the program. I am using the 15 day free trial and the full program costs $75. Cheap upgrade folks. The same type of gain I experienced going from aiff to wav. The upsampled wav files sound even more natural and relaxed removing yet another slight degree of digital artifact. The details can be found on the Empirical Audio site with a link to an Audio Circles thread on the topic. Read it and learn.
clio09
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I just saw the Wave Editor link on Steve's site and was curious about it. I am using JRiver and currently upsample 44.1 to 88.2. I will take a closer look at Wave Editor to learn how they accomplish the 44.1 to 96. From my past experience it seemed more practical to upsample in even multiples, but perhaps Wave Editor has a new twist to the process. Won't hurt to try it since it is initially free.

While I am very happy with JRiver I have also considered trying Amarra so I can test out the room correction features in it. Maybe I will try both at the same time.
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grannyring OP
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The room correction feature is awesome! Ya, I was told to try 88 instead of 96 on Wave Editor...I may do this! Some feel it sounds even better.
jesusa0
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I´m using Sample Manager -made by the same people behind Wave Editor- to upsample batch of CDs to 24/88, my favorite rate conversion. I found 24/88 -compared to 24/96- performing way better in the bass section. Meaning, more clear bass resolution -at least to my ears-.

You can also get a trial version of the Sample Manager and it costs the same as the Wave Editor.

Regards,

Daniel
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charles1dad
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Hi Daniel,
What DAC are you using now in this set up? Sounds like you're having much fun.
Charles,
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