Atlantic DAC - Incoming

wisnon said:
I will play around with them to see what works best. In addition, I have an industry pal who is experienced with SM and is a pal of Bill Ying too. he can likely advise me on how to proceed.
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I know who you are referring to. Those SM footers were on sale at 1/3rd the normal used price for a reason. Otherwise I would have snapped them up myself, they were on sale for a while. Maybe they are as good as the real thing, only comparing will tell.
 
tomy2 said:
I had read where some were turned off from the Atlantic because there were no choices for either tube rolling or having tube rectification in the first place. Makes me wonder why then Lukasz changed his mind from originally offering only ss rectifier and no volume control and such if it weren't for people wanting more options.

I guess if the intended market was for those who don't want to roll then maybe sticking with the stock version would have been best.
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If What Mike said is correct then I agree, best to stay SS (or go back to a 6X5 rectifier that has so few -or at least less exciting- options for rolling)


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tomy2 said:
Just to add, I've opted to keep the stock version with ss rectifier and not send it in for the tube like I had originally wanted. I'm really happy with the stock version.

I was just asking about the 5c3 because I'm not familiar with it. Probably should have sent Norman a pm...
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Its nothing new. Its a 5v recti just like the ones in the B7. I think i even had one before...

I agree with Mike though, Atlantic is about keeping it simple. Makes no sense to have a $5K Dac and then hunting for a $1K recti. LoL
Much more interesting is a Superclocked USB.
 
bonzo said:
I know who you are referring to. Those SM footers were on sale at 1/3rd the normal used price for a reason. Otherwise I would have snapped them up myself, they were on sale for a while. Maybe they are as good as the real thing, only comparing will tell.
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Well cosmetically they were not spiffy and in my case with glass shelves, just the wood alone will help.

I am also using UNIQUE from Swiss cables made of similar Mapinga (sp?) wood. Not as footers, they are placed on the doc and or speakers.
 
Hi Norman

Can you give us some news regarding the sound of the tube rectified Atlantic, compared to your GG?
In the meantime you should have put some hours on the Atlantic...
 
Christophs said:
Hi Norman

Can you give us some news regarding the sound of the tube rectified Atlantic, compared to your GG?
In the meantime you should have put some hours on the Atlantic...
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Welcome!


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I played mainly classical and jazz so far, but did listen to a DSD128 vinyl rip of Illusion -by Imagination and MJ's Thriller (DSD64). Both were excellent, especially Thriller which always gives me a sonic thrill!

Bonzo, complex music in Classical is well handled.

I have been busy the last few days, so not much progress on the listening front.

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Wisnon,
Thanks for posting these pics and some of your impressions of the sound. Your Atlantic appears to be fully loaded. What rectifier tube do you have in the unit? Is that stock, or did you put in a different tube?

I ordered my unit over the weekend with the tube rectifier and superclock options. Now I will have to live vicariously through you guys that already have yours until mine arrives!
 
Hi Walt,

The tube is stock, Soviet 5c3. Thus, any 5v recti could be used, but I have not done so yet. Lukasz says the Atlantic circuit has been optimised for this tube (on Facebook).

I will try more rectis later though...I have quite a few...just now WE 274b and Tak. LoL

This is not my Atlantic, rather a demo unit Lukasz sent here for interested prospects to try out (hence why it is so loaded). Switzerland is NOT in the EU, so has hard customs borders.

Your unit appears to be similar... with the only difference being that the demo unit also has separate chipless DSD512 for the person who may want to delve into the upsampling game.
 
Thanks for the response, Wisnon. I will not be in any particular hurry to roll rectifier tubes, as I am sure Lukasz will be using one that sounds fantastic in the Atlantic. I will check out that Facebook post as well.

When you get a chance to listen a bit more, please let us know what you think about how it is sounding. Great feedback on it so far across the board. I can't wait to hear it!
 
Walt, be still thy heart. It sounds WONDERFUL.
As somebody very credible said...nothing Under $10k will beat this and maybe even nothing under $15K! It is darn good...but the B7/GG will have that much more weight, but perhaps less sparkle in the HF.

Mind you, I talk about the tube recti version with superclocked USB. I cant speak about the stock version, as I never heard that.

One unexpected treat is the autoswithing of formats. I frakking love that! LoL
If there was a SQ degradation when switching formats like in some other Dacs, then I would eschew the feature, but this Dac is a champ on PCM and DSD....so autoswitching is welcome and indeed LOVED by me.
 
Wisnon, you're making the wait all the more excruciating:D

Apparently, Lukasz hit this one completely out of the park! The auto switching was a major plus for me as well, not to mention the smaller, rack-friendly footprint.
 
Beautiful, Mike! Do you have both the rectifier and non-rectifier versions of the Atlantic now? It would be a blast to hear them side by side.

Color me jealous...
 
waltersalas said:
Beautiful, Mike! Do you have both the rectifier and non-rectifier versions of the Atlantic now? It would be a blast to hear them side by side.

Color me jealous...
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Ha! I did. Ended up selling the SS recti version to a customer. He picked it up a couple of hours ago.


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Any impressions to share on the differences between them? Have you had a chance to get acquainted with your new friend?
 
Walter - both of these DAC's are excellent. I would say the SS recti Atlantic would shine in a "soft" sounding system, one like my friend who has Sonus Faber Stradivari speakers and Pass XA100.5 amps. The extra detail and resolution of the SS recti would shine through. It's like listening to a DAC that has a good amount of tube magic and a good amount of solid state low noise floor, extension, separation, etc.

The tube recti Atlantic has another good amount of tube magic and is definitely sounds a lot like my Big 7. Really close. But the Big 7 remember has DHT and DHT tube options for flavoring. The tube recti Atlantic is more "front row" listening. The SS recti is more "10th row" listening. Both are excellent.

Exciting times.

Let me get some more hours on this one and I will comment back again.
 
Mike said:
Walter - both of these DAC's are excellent. I would say the SS recti Atlantic would shine in a "soft" sounding system, one like my friend who has Sonus Faber Stradivari speakers and Pass XA100.5 amps. The extra detail and resolution of the SS recti would shine through. It's like listening to a DAC that has a good amount of tube magic and a good amount of solid state low noise floor, extension, separation, etc.

The tube recti Atlantic has another good amount of tube magic and is definitely sounds a lot like my Big 7. Really close. But the Big 7 remember has DHT and DHT tube options for flavoring. The tube recti Atlantic is more "front row" listening. The SS recti is more "10th row" listening. Both are excellent.

Exciting times.

Let me get some more hours on this one and I will comment back again.
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I agree... the Tubed Atlantic is definitely more upfront than the DHT Lampis as well.

It also has a bit more HF sparkle it seems. Giant killing price.
 
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