I do really like sound and musicality of my Yggdrasil A2 (gen5) fed by an “uptoned” mac mini, PBN electronics and ESL57.
Excellent timbres, fantastic voices, cellos, great transparency and micro dynamics.
The issues come only with poorer recordings, which become harsh except at low volume. 57’s are less forgiving than some other speakers.
My idea is therefore to try a higher end DAC, not at all for higher resolution or any better objective qualities, but easiness to listen to more records.
Lampizator, Sw1x, Aries Helene, are very much liked in this forum.
I doubt I will find the opportunity to listen to those, will rather have to buy one and make up my mind by experimenting.
Also I might start with a used Dac in case I would need to sell it “rapidly”.
Lampizator is the easiest to find on second hand market ... but I am totally lost with the number of models !!
I would like stay below 7k€ except if a few more k€ give access to a different league. Also need balanced output to best use my PBN.
Some people here seem to have experienced many of their Dacs, any advice would be very appreciated :
- are some models a bit outdated even if still offered today ? Big7 ? Golden Gate 1 ? ATL gold bal ? ...
- I am not good at playing with tube rolling, would prefer to stick to standard or go for a well known recommendation
- do all products belong to the sale family or do they have very different personalities ?
- are all qualities improving with higher prices, or are the ones I am interested in (timbres, no harshness, organic pleasure) reaching a plateau before transparency, details etc ?
Looking at lampi’s website, new or second hand models, I could for example afford :
- used GG1 7k
- used ATL gold bal 5k
- new baltic3 5k
or, deserves the extra budget ?
- a GG2 is available, 10k
- a new bal Big7, 9k
- new ATL TRP, 8k
many thanks for your comments!
Excellent timbres, fantastic voices, cellos, great transparency and micro dynamics.
The issues come only with poorer recordings, which become harsh except at low volume. 57’s are less forgiving than some other speakers.
My idea is therefore to try a higher end DAC, not at all for higher resolution or any better objective qualities, but easiness to listen to more records.
Lampizator, Sw1x, Aries Helene, are very much liked in this forum.
I doubt I will find the opportunity to listen to those, will rather have to buy one and make up my mind by experimenting.
Also I might start with a used Dac in case I would need to sell it “rapidly”.
Lampizator is the easiest to find on second hand market ... but I am totally lost with the number of models !!
I would like stay below 7k€ except if a few more k€ give access to a different league. Also need balanced output to best use my PBN.
Some people here seem to have experienced many of their Dacs, any advice would be very appreciated :
- are some models a bit outdated even if still offered today ? Big7 ? Golden Gate 1 ? ATL gold bal ? ...
- I am not good at playing with tube rolling, would prefer to stick to standard or go for a well known recommendation
- do all products belong to the sale family or do they have very different personalities ?
- are all qualities improving with higher prices, or are the ones I am interested in (timbres, no harshness, organic pleasure) reaching a plateau before transparency, details etc ?
Looking at lampi’s website, new or second hand models, I could for example afford :
- used GG1 7k
- used ATL gold bal 5k
- new baltic3 5k
or, deserves the extra budget ?
- a GG2 is available, 10k
- a new bal Big7, 9k
- new ATL TRP, 8k
many thanks for your comments!