Never seen Lamm with LV. The only LV I have seen with no Kondo is with Angstrom Lars 300b.
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Never seen Lamm with LV. The only LV I have seen with no Kondo is with Angstrom Lars 300b.
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This year in Munich LV had two rooms and demoed for the first time with something other than Kondo.
Vox Olympian with Kondo and Vox Palladian with Engström.
Both where excellent and again - at least for me - way above the other exhibitors but I prefered the Olympian with Kondo over Palladian with Engström
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Think he is looking at living voice based on the feelers he gave in his home shifting and another thread
No reason to fear ... My curiosity was triggered by the fact that reports on the Living Voice Olympian seem to be free from hysterical anti-digital bias, a not so common thing in the horn loving community.
The fact that I am evaluating a Kondo KSL DAC (96 kHz version) also helped!No reason to fear ... My curiosity was triggered by the fact that reports on the Living Voice Olympian seem to be free from hysterical anti-digital bias, a not so common thing in the horn loving community.
Many horn systems are digital. Especially AG, some Cessaro, Anima, universum, all have great digital. Wilson and Magico systems have some great analog.
You might find the AC Kassandra to your liking...give it a listen since you are potentially movable.from DCS land...No reason to fear ... My curiosity was triggered by the fact that reports on the Living Voice Olympian seem to be free from hysterical anti-digital bias, a not so common thing in the horn loving community.
My DAC weighs more than yours!.
How about these big 813 tubes I just got in for my incoming Genus, they are err, kinda BIG. Why is everything Stavros makes use big parts and is huge / heavy? I know why, because big parts sound better than little parts!
Seriously though, for example small OPTs are generally crap, and a weedy power supply doesn't do a tube amp or any amp justice IMO. Physical constants and domestic acceptance, if it impacts the sound is a no no in my book. Essentially if you own an Aries Cerat system, it is going to dominate the living room both physically and sonically. My other half actually digs the design look so that helps.
How about these big 813 tubes I just got in for my incoming Genus, they are err, kinda BIG. Why is everything Stavros makes use big parts and is huge / heavy? I know why, because big parts sound better than little parts!
Seriously though, for example small OPTs are generally crap, and a weedy power supply doesn't do a tube amp or any amp justice IMO. Physical constants and domestic acceptance, if it impacts the sound is a no no in my book. Essentially if you own an Aries Cerat system, it is going to dominate the living room both physically and sonically. My other half actually digs the design look so that helps.
He is slowly building up a Kondo system. He feels lost out on the forum with dCS and Wilson these days so is getting living voice vox. With his penchant for synergy of all components being from the same brand, he thinks Kondo KSL dac will be the thing. Of course, he will first try the vox with the Lamms. I could be totally wrong but that's the way press works
Or the Lampizator Pacific DAC
GG better
microstrip, I would love you to come and listen to the Kassandra Ref II and the Genus at my demo room hear in Spain.
On the Kondo KSL, Giuliano, my buddy in Italy bought a Kondo KSL DAC to replace his Audio Note DAC 5. I bought his DAC 5, then later bought the Kassandra. The Kassandra is way better than the DAC 5. Needless to say Giuliano sold the KSL as he didn't rate it, and bought my DAC 5 back off me. He had the Kondo Overture then driving Audio Note AN-E SEC Silvers. But now has the Kondo Souga 2a3 power amplifier.
My point is on a scale of 1-10, I would put the KSL at roughly 5, the DAC 5 at 7 and the Kassandra at 9 in my rating scale.
On the Kondo KSL, Giuliano, my buddy in Italy bought a Kondo KSL DAC to replace his Audio Note DAC 5. I bought his DAC 5, then later bought the Kassandra. The Kassandra is way better than the DAC 5. Needless to say Giuliano sold the KSL as he didn't rate it, and bought my DAC 5 back off me. He had the Kondo Overture then driving Audio Note AN-E SEC Silvers. But now has the Kondo Souga 2a3 power amplifier.
My point is on a scale of 1-10, I would put the KSL at roughly 5, the DAC 5 at 7 and the Kassandra at 9 in my rating scale.
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I hate to be off topic but I’m interested Ked in why the GG and not the Pacifica which people say is a 10.
as i understand the differences and to my ears; simply; the Pacifica is more refined and smoother with limited tube choices, the GG is more unfettered (exciting) and you can roll more tubes.
more they are different, and get ranked based on priorities.....especially proclivity to roll tubes.
as far as what is a 10 on the list of dacs, another question completely.
I prefer the GG, I don't like the Pac. It is a very different dac. And yes, I am not the only one in this camp, and there are also those who prefer the Pac much more to their GG, so if someone auditions, they should remember these are two very different dacs and try both, not deduce what one is like based on the other. For example, big 7 and GG were very similar, the latter better all round in similar ways but the GG and Pac are quite different
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Much more than this. I disagree Pac is more refined and smoother. For me tube rolling is only initially to set up GG and optimize it, then I really prefer only one tube once set up, max two in some systems.
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For me Mike the Select ll is a 10. Ive heard it many times. It is my de facto standard.
However I have heard from users of Pacifica it too is a 10 however I have never heard it and so have no opinion about it other than to say it could well be a 10