New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house

No time, too busy swapping gear:)

We are 2.5 hours apart so it may take some time before I get down there.

Bruce as heard my Dude in his system already and liked it. I loved it in his system! He has a great system for sure.

I heard the Dude in Charles1dad's system against his Coincident preamp. We both thought the dude was good, but not as open and transparent as the coincident. The dude did not have Duelund caps in them. I'm not sure what the caps were and the tubes were not new old stock.

Jwm, the one day my Dude was in Bruce's system the Dude really energized the room and music far beyond what the system was doing before the Dude. But, my Dude is totally tricked out beyond Duelund caps etc...and Bruce has TRL Samson amps. Good synergy perhaps. We did not try his former Lampi direct however. Bruce likes his new L5 direct and I have not toted the Dude over for that comparison as yet.

Bruce perhaps has his own throughs on the two preamps in his home that day. For me the Dude just took the sound to another level.

Like most things, personal preference, gear synergy, atmospheric conditions and a whole bunch of other stuff played a role that day:)

The TRL DUDE in my system was very good and I understand its loyal following. The Coincident Statement as Jwm stated was simply better sounding, more natural, pure and open. The DUDE had a recognizable signature and was by direct comparison veiled (ever so noticeable). System synergy? Very likely so, the CSL mates splendidly with the Coincident SET amplifier and speakers as one would expect. The CSL IMO is more nuanced and organically resolved (Jwm pointed this out during the listening session).

Really though the comparisons don't mean much, some will prefer the DUDE and some will choose the Coincident, too many variables of taste and system matching. Abruce went CSL to DUDE, Wilsynet (gon member) went DUDE to CSL. Either will improve the systems they're place in the vast majority of cases. Grannyring and I are both thoroughly happy with our respective preamplifiers. What's better than that? I don't know how one can argue that one is superior to the other under all the multitude of circumstances that exist.
Charles,

In case you ex-Lampi dac guys missed this:

AL's review from CA:

AS i have had my B7 for about 4 or 5 days now going 12 hours at 6 and 6 at a time . the pcm is as good or better than my msb Platinum stack . as it plays i am in amazement . the presentation is awesome its like hearing your music all over again. my home cpu stinks . and the dsd was good but not giving the wow that the PCM has. so i fired up my iMac and audirvana plus . i put on elvis 57 a dsd download . its only dsd 64 from analog . track 3 it has a simple clapping in left the channel . now clapping is a simple sound but so is a piano and most dacs stink at it this dac is giving me the texture of the hands as they clap. the only time i have heard this is with my msb. this may seem simple but its a milestone . this dac has given me my wow moment. i can hear into the recording so deep that gives me chills of realism . i now have my WOW moment.

thanks rob and most of all lukasz for this device and at this price its an even better wow for me.
al