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[Audio.Knob]

I was searching for reviews on my new DAC and this forum came up. I soon realised it was owned by a member on here. There’s not that many around.
Its a brilliant DAC. Here’s a few photos of my system. Cheers

 

[P-pan]

Hello and welcome to Wbf.
Looks like a really competent system you have there.
Nice to see another member who also have the Marten Mingus Quintet

 

[Audio.Knob]

Hello and welcome to Wbf.
Looks like a really competent system you have there.
Nice to see another member who also have the Marten Mingus Quintet

Thank you. They are excellent speakers.

 

[heihei]

Lovely looking system

 

[Audio.Knob]

Lovely looking system

Thanks mate. Its 30 years of upgrades.

 

[treitz3]

Hello and good evening to you. Please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to the WBF.

Tom

 

[Audio.Knob]

Hello and good evening to you. Please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to the WBF.

Tom

Cheers Tom.

 

[itay123]

wonderful setup! And welcome

Excellent DAC!

 

[Audio.Knob]

wonderful setup! And welcome

Excellent DAC!

Cheers.

 

[LL21]

Beautiful. Would love to hear more about your DAC and perhaps what other options you were considering and why you went this way? Thank you!

 

[gleeds]

Thanks mate. Its 30 years of upgrades.

All good things take time

Welcome!

 

[Audio.Knob]

Beautiful. Would love to hear more about your DAC and perhaps what other options you were considering and why you went this way? Thank you!

Thanks mate.
I know a hifi importer very well and have been buying gear from him for 20 years. He gives me first options on kit that’s been traded in. I then consider the offer, read reviews, look at specs etc and then decide whether it will suit my system.
I was in the process of upgrading my streaming side and had already purchased the APL, at a great price, which is a superb streamer. I had it upgraded to the latest SE spec before I picked it up.
I was using it with my Ayon S10 in DAC mode. As I no longer needed the pre amp stage in the Ayon I was on the lookout for a DAC only. It was a no brainer to grab the Pilium. Great timing. So I traded in my Ayon S10 signature.
I have also owned the monster Pilium integrated.
It’s excellent gear.
The APL and Pilium DAC is an awesome combo. I never expected to owned a DAC this good, the retail price is insane.

 

[itay123]

Did you also brought Pilium Leonidas?

 

[Audio.Knob]

Did you also brought Pilium Leonidas?

Yes but I traded that in on the Vitus Pre/Power.

 

[itay123]

Yes but I traded that in on the Vitus Pre/Power.

Congrats!,
the Leonidas is BEAST!
About three and a half years ago I compared the Leonidas to a KARAN REFERENCE set (600+KAL3 REF) and the Pilium Leonidas simply sounded significantly better, as far as the "purity" of sound, the literal physical weight of the instruments, silence and clarity, proper naturalness,
the KARAN sounds anemic and stuffy next to it.

at the same session I closed on PILIUM's PRE + POWER full set.

 

[Audio.Knob]

Congrats!,
the Leonidas is BEAST!
About three and a half years ago I compared the Leonidas to a KARAN REFERENCE set (600+KAL3 REF) and the Pilium Leonidas simply sounded significantly better, as far as the "purity" of sound, the literal physical weight of the instruments, silence and clarity, proper naturalness,
the KARAN sounds anemic and stuffy next to it.

at the same session I closed on PILIUM's PRE + POWER full set.

Nice one! I bet the pre power is an awesome combination. They aren’t easy to move around! The Leonidas was bloody heavy

 

[itay123]

Nice one! I bet the pre power is an awesome combination. They aren’t easy to move around! The Leonidas was bloody heavy

Yes, they are extremely heavy, the FlightCase added a lot of weight to the already massive weight.

Achilles Stereo Power Amplifier​

Net Weight: 130kg

Alexander​

Net Weight: Preamp: 30kg
PSU: 25kg

BTW you can take a look at my thread, see my journey.

itay123 setup

Hi Friend's Like to share and introduce my SETUP: including: •Speakers: -Kaiser Acoustics Kawero! CLASSIC c3(+) -KONDO wiring & cross - the Full C3 Version •Power-amp: PILIUM Audio ACHILLES •Pre-amp: PILIUM Audio ALEXANDER •Dac: Lampizator Golden gate R2R balance ENGINE dac with DSD512...

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[Audio.Knob]

Yes, they are extremely heavy, the FlightCase added a lot of weight to the already massive weight.

Achilles Stereo Power Amplifier​

Net Weight: 130kg

Alexander​

Net Weight: Preamp: 30kg
PSU: 25kg

BTW you can take a look at my thread, see my journey.

itay123 setup

Hi Friend's Like to share and introduce my SETUP: including: •Speakers: -Kaiser Acoustics Kawero! CLASSIC c3(+) -KONDO wiring & cross - the Full C3 Version •Power-amp: PILIUM Audio ACHILLES •Pre-amp: PILIUM Audio ALEXANDER •Dac: Lampizator Golden gate R2R balance ENGINE dac with DSD512...

www.whatsbestforum.com

130kg!

 

[itay123]

Yap

 

[Audio.Knob]

I thought this was heavy