Author Topic: Lampizator DAC (Read 83179 times)

kajak12 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2011, 12:32:13 PM »

Quote from: zenelectro on March 07, 2011, 10:03:27 AM

Quote from: kajak12 on March 07, 2011, 12:15:49 AM
Quote from: yoshio on March 06, 2011, 07:54:01 PM
Hear it today again at Keith place, I must say based on mho this ldac got all the attribute that I have been looking for. Not to bored you guys with all the audiophiles terms but basically it got wonderful tone, gorgeous mid range, it's so dynamic and yet so delicate. Piano sounding so full with nice vibration of the tone, mid range has excellent presence sounding so realistic and emotional. The bass is nice and deep, really deep.

Due to the unit has less than an hour on it, high frequent details is loosing abit, but I was told it has since been improve. Fikus has done a wonderful job on his valve output stage, the noise floor is so slow I can't hear any hissing from my sensitive GOTO.

All in all Im a happy man

its about time you run it against all the audio gd dacs

Different kettle of fish.

AGD = chinese SS mass manufactured ****.

Lampizator = work of art that has had a long, laboured developement.

Probably a more appropriate comparison would be to a killerDAC and a top level PDX.

Terry

terry if you read sna audio gd is the dac to have from jaydens view it would be a great story to write that the Ldac walked over the audio gd.
LDAC VS KDAC yoshio take a flight to sydney and visit stevenvalve (air fares are cheap for you)

Hens · « **Reply #21 on:** March 07, 2011, 01:30:47 PM »

From initial reports, they seem to have similar attributes. haha.

"tone, texture, timbre, body, weight, etc etc" this is what the kdac guys have been telling some of the other guys for quite some time now.

yoshio · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:28:15 PM »

Hi Kajak,

Nah I think the shootout is not really meant for saying which DAC walk which DAC, its more for people to understand the different sounds each DAC can give, and this people can based on this info to choose the DAC the like.

The reason I am so interested in KDAC is because it has similar kind of stuff there to some extent, tube rec psu, and tube output stage. One being old production NOS chip, they other being modern 32/192 chip.

So it will be fun to see how different it is.

Jayden

kajak12 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:25:02 PM »

Quote from: yoshio on March 07, 2011, 02:28:15 PM

Hi Kajak,

Nah I think the shootout is not really meant for saying which DAC walk which DAC, its more for people to understand the different sounds each DAC can give, and this people can based on this info to choose the DAC the like.

The reason I am so interested in KDAC is because it has similar kind of stuff there to some extent, tube rec psu, and tube output stage. One being old production NOS chip, they other being modern 32/192 chip.

So it will be fun to see how different it is.

Jayden

it will be very interesting to hear how similar they are in making music
looks like melbourne will be the capital of LDAC soon

zenelectro · « **Reply #24 on:** March 07, 2011, 10:58:16 PM »

Quote from: yoshio on March 07, 2011, 02:28:15 PM

Hi Kajak,

Nah I think the shootout is not really meant for saying which DAC walk which DAC, its more for people to understand the different sounds each DAC can give, and this people can based on this info to choose the DAC the like.

The reason I am so interested in KDAC is because it has similar kind of stuff there to some extent, tube rec psu, and tube output stage. One being old production NOS chip, they other being modern 32/192 chip.

So it will be fun to see how different it is.

Jayden

Haha - yes I bet he has rubbed the numbers off the LZ DAC chip

T

yoshio · « **Reply #25 on:** March 08, 2011, 09:56:05 AM »

Quote from: zenelectro on March 07, 2011, 10:58:16 PM

Quote from: yoshio on March 07, 2011, 02:28:15 PM
Hi Kajak,

Nah I think the shootout is not really meant for saying which DAC walk which DAC, its more for people to understand the different sounds each DAC can give, and this people can based on this info to choose the DAC the like.

The reason I am so interested in KDAC is because it has similar kind of stuff there to some extent, tube rec psu, and tube output stage. One being old production NOS chip, they other being modern 32/192 chip.

So it will be fun to see how different it is.

Jayden

Haha - yes I bet he has rubbed the numbers off the LZ DAC chip

T

Well maybe, but I have never open one before, so can't tell.

kajak12 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 04, 2011, 03:06:36 PM »

http://www.stereopal.com/HomeVisit/ACT-DAC.htm

great read lots of hifi porn

vitavoxdude · « **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2011, 12:41:05 AM »

Quote from: kajak12 on August 04, 2011, 03:06:36 PM

http://www.stereopal.com/HomeVisit/ACT-DAC.htm

great read lots of hifi porn

Yes some nice systems but most a bit light on the speaker size for my tastes, the twin Oken Vitavox looked usefull.

zenelectro · « **Reply #28 on:** August 05, 2011, 01:33:09 AM »

Quote from: kajak12 on August 04, 2011, 03:06:36 PM

http://www.stereopal.com/HomeVisit/ACT-DAC.htm

great read lots of hifi porn

Wavelength did very well.

Interestingly Wavelengths latest dac is based on ESS Sabre32 - but I think Rankin is one of the
few who knows how to get it to work.

T

kajak12 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:31:06 AM »

Quote from: vitavoxdude on August 05, 2011, 12:41:05 AM

Quote from: kajak12 on August 04, 2011, 03:06:36 PM
http://www.stereopal.com/HomeVisit/ACT-DAC.htm

great read lots of hifi porn
Yes some nice systems but most a bit light on the speaker size for my tastes, the twin Oken Vitavox looked usefull.

Vitavox i have to work for my living so my speakers reflect my income which are rather small compared what they used in the shootout.Knowing you like big speakers they are only made for people with big incomes

vitavoxdude · « **Reply #30 on:** August 05, 2011, 12:38:13 PM »

Quote from: kajak12 on August 05, 2011, 10:31:06 AM

Quote from: vitavoxdude on August 05, 2011, 12:41:05 AM
Quote from: kajak12 on August 04, 2011, 03:06:36 PM
http://www.stereopal.com/HomeVisit/ACT-DAC.htm

great read lots of hifi porn
Yes some nice systems but most a bit light on the speaker size for my tastes, the twin Oken Vitavox looked usefull.

Vitavox i have to work for my living so my speakers reflect my income which are rather small compared what they used in the shootout.Knowing you like big speakers they are only made for people with big incomes

Naaa Mate

Its all a question of balancing income to outgoings / missus acceptance factor and stealth. That's why I have a MAN SHED so the felines keep out, my pussy speakers for indoors are NS1000's, smaller than that I would not go unless in the bathroom!

I used to have my VOT's in the dining room back in Blighty. What I say is be a MAN or get an f'ing big shed c/w beer fridge and hairy chested mates! Ha ha

ozcal · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:49:49 PM »

Gales are smallish speakers that if set-up properly sound very big

vitavoxdude · « **Reply #32 on:** August 06, 2011, 12:58:07 PM »

Quote from: ozcal on August 05, 2011, 10:49:49 PM

Gales are smallish speakers that if set-up properly sound very big

Yup, even driven by a modest NAD they can sound really big when positioned well and supported properly.

ozcal · « **Reply #33 on:** August 06, 2011, 06:44:12 PM »

Yep , the Gales are one of the very few speakers that have made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck and brought tears of joy. One of the others is your M100's

vitavoxdude · « **Reply #34 on:** August 07, 2011, 01:27:15 AM »

Hi Mr G

Yes the Meridians are no sloutches and brought to my life a new difinition to detail in the bottom end, prior to this a 15" driver in a TL held office which sounded extended but when I first heard the M100's I knew the grypyness / speed and resoloution of the smaller units actively driven had it by a long way! Having dedicated amps built in certainly took this radical design to the forefront of speaker replay for me even if they lacked the statics ultimate transparency they make up for it in bass and ultimate loudness and do rock music which the esl57 / 63's don't do as well. I love all the meridian range and they typify the English approach of never being really offensive and just get on with prodcing music. The M100's have similar mid units to the LS35a's but with greater power handling and dynamic range. Dare I say it they offered good value for money too.

V

ozcal · « **Reply #35 on:** August 09, 2011, 07:47:48 PM »

Quote from: vitavoxdude on August 07, 2011, 01:27:15 AM

Hi Mr G

Yes the Meridians are no sloutches and brought to my life a new difinition to detail in the bottom end, prior to this a 15" driver in a TL held office which sounded extended but when I first heard the M100's I knew the grypyness / speed and resoloution of the smaller units actively driven had it by a long way! Having dedicated amps built in certainly took this radical design to the forefront of speaker replay for me even if they lacked the statics ultimate transparency they make up for it in bass and ultimate loudness and do rock music which the esl57 / 63's don't do as well. I love all the meridian range and they typify the English approach of never being really offensive and just get on with prodcing music. The M100's have similar mid units to the LS35a's but with greater power handling and dynamic range. Dare I say it they offered good value for money too.
V

Some of those old Kef drive units were superb , at least they were used in a lot of speakers I liked.
Was never that fond of the M3'S /M2's but the 100's alway got the musical juces flowing.
My first CD player was an MCD PRO , would be interesting to go back and have a listen to one now.

yoshio · « **Reply #36 on:** August 22, 2011, 08:46:26 PM »

Finally a formal review by stereomojo

http://www.stereomojo.com/Lampizator%20Level%204%20DAC%20Review.htm/LampizatorLevel4DAC.htm

wisnon · « **Reply #37 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:50:12 PM »

I agree with the review and so do many audionuts I know.

gthicm · « **Reply #38 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:02:44 AM »

Very interesting review and product. I have not heard one but would like to one day. I have followed this guy for some time and even made a donation to his site. There is a lot of information he has put forth that is very helpful and interesting. Whether his designs are truly breakthrough and relevant, only time will tell. The Stereo Mojo review is a little too euphoric and lacking in details and comparisons, at least for my liking. There are plenty of decent dacs out there for similar money, It will be interesting to see how this new unit fares when put up against other products and is thoroughly reviewed with direct reference to its competition. In the meantime, I will wait and watch. Not looking for another dac right now, but maybe next year.

wisnon · « **Reply #39 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:24:27 AM »

The only review that really matters is your own.

It you dont try, you will never know.