Recent content by JSA

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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    At Aliexpress you can get something like this...
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    New experience with the dac of the gods - Lampizator Pacific

    Sounds like a no brainer to just go and do the upgrade, right?
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    New experience with the dac of the gods - Lampizator Pacific

    Gentlemen, there is very little mentioned about upgrade of Pacific to v2. Would you be kind enough to share more comments regarding upgrade? What are the key changes? (Some of you mention more resolution and better bass). More resolution doesn’t create less musicality and more sterile sound...
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    274B choices?

    Quite many of new production rectifiers are also pretty decent. My recent discovery is EML 5U4GM - truly magical. For me no. 1 in my Pacific at the moment. My previous attempts with NOS rectis were not too promising. But in all fairness I haven’t tried any of the uber expensive NOS tubes. My...
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    New experience with the dac of the gods - Lampizator Pacific

    Many thanks for your recommendation. Indeed, I probably need to try Wavac PR-T1. I can see it is out of production and super difficult to get in the 2nd hand market, but will keep an eye on it :) In the meantime I will check what Lukasz is cooking at Lampizator. If I understand correctly...
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    Lampizator VP4 Silver: Can vinyl get to the level of digital and if so at what cost?

    I have also tried VP4 Silver earlier this year and it is absolutely amazing phono!
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    Taiko Audio XDMS - Extreme Direct Music Server Software

    Will there be ever version of XDMS/NSM that could ne installed on a "regular/diy" PC rather than on Taiko Extreme Server? Would be interesting to understand/compare how much is contributed by hardware and how much is by software.
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    Lampizator or PS Audio Directstream DAC Mk2?

    From what I have tried in Lampi, you might want to consider something like Linlai 274B-D Titanium or Svetlana 5U4G black plate, both very good but still cheap options. A bit more expensive will be Psvane - either WE274B replica or ACME 274B. The last two are in the same price range as Sophia...
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    Lampizator Pacific - upgrade to version 2

    Indeed :cool: Seems you should be able to try it out later today.
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    New experience with the dac of the gods - Lampizator Pacific

    Pacific - KR242 then T100 then EML AD1/N. On Horizon, I don't remember now to be honest. There are aspects where Horizon is better but overall Pacific still wins for me (and a colleague of mine who has similar setup i.e. Pacific+Wavac MD805m monos). I have rather simple speakers i.e. Usher...
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    New experience with the dac of the gods - Lampizator Pacific

    I have solemnly promised myself to stop with subsequent upgrades :mad: Have tried Horizon twice but still prefer my Pacific. High end preamp would be a very expensive venture. For whatever reason there is a huge synergy (input impedance?) between Pacific and Wavac MD805s.
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    New experience with the dac of the gods - Lampizator Pacific

    In my case Pacific (KR242) with volume control directly into Wavac 805m monos is shockingly good setup. Cannot imagine it can get any better with preamp in-between. But maybe I should give it a try with some uber top preamp...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    I still use KR242. I prefer that over KR242RK, hence I am selling my pair of KR242RK.
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    By the way, if anyone is interested I have few rectis and a pair of KR242RK to let go. Please take a look at classifieds.
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Interesting... So P2 is significantly better or just different to P1?
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