Lampizator Golden Gate

I only speak of digital in terms of soundstage/dynamics, etc and only of the fully Lampi balanced array for the ultra quiet noise floor, due to the summator circuit. The 211 amps have no phase splitter and this he claims is the basis of the SE SQ.

My comparo statement was for all Balanced vs mixed or all SE. If I were to rank soundtage, etc based on what I was told, Fully Bal chain>SE chain>Mixed chain. This is likely much changed for ANALOG sources like vinyl, R2R, cassettes, FM, etc, where SE should be the "winner". Then Bal is only considered for long runs and the EMI arguments you gave. You are correct, this has nothing to do with the 6DB gain.

Hopefully demo units will be made for upcoming shows where the fully Bal chain can be displayed for curious people like you and me to hear.

BTW, I just got the REGEN and hopefully my Corning cable still works. i want to try these out with the B7 this weekend. Have you seen the big universal acclaim for the REGEN at the Compaudiophile forum?
Digital (chips) by its nature is balanced, unlike analog sources. SE for digital is the compromise.
 
wisnon said:
I only speak of digital in terms of soundstage/dynamics, etc and only of the fully Lampi balanced array for the ultra quiet noise floor, due to the summator circuit. The 211 amps have no phase splitter and this he claims is the basis of the SE SQ.

My comparo statement was for all Balanced vs mixed or all SE. If I were to rank soundtage, etc based on what I was told, Fully Bal chain>SE chain>Mixed chain. This is likely much changed for ANALOG sources like vinyl, R2R, cassettes, FM, etc, where SE should be the "winner". Then Bal is only considered for long runs and the EMI arguments you gave. You are correct, this has nothing to do with the 6DB gain.

Hopefully demo units will be made for upcoming shows where the fully Bal chain can be displayed for curious people like you and me to hear.

BTW, I just got the REGEN and hopefully my Corning cable still works. i want to try these out with the B7 this weekend. Have you seen the big universal acclaim for the REGEN at the Compaudiophile forum?
Digital (chips) by its nature is balanced, unlike analog sources. SE for digital is the compromise.
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Cartridges are "naturally" balanced also. Analog gain stages be they phono or dac often use OPA's which are "naturally" differential in and SE out with a dual OPA's per channel used for balanced but a single OPA used for unbalanced. I am not sure I would call this a compromise, but if it is, it has nothing to do with analog versus digital AFAIK.
 
I am no vinyl expert, but bason onwhat Mr Huber said last year, typical phono stages take one channel of the cartridge output and send it to ground. He somehow combines both and has better dynamics, etc. Thus most would be a SE application, no? My explanation above would be for Dac chips - the signal out legs- (as opposed to subsequent gain stages for Dac output), not digital per se, as Lampi chipless DSD would not be bound by the above "rule", AFAIK.
 
Mike - glad you like the Lampi. I emaild Joe the other day, sharing my findings about the Lampi and how much I liked it, but he wasn't convinced ...

I hope he is now :)
 
Elberoth said:
Mike - glad you like the Lampi. I emaild Joe the other day, sharing my findings about the Lampi and how much I liked it, but he wasn't convinced ...

I hope he is now :)
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You should post your thoughts here!

Glad you like it!

Mike


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Mike said:
You should post your thoughts here!

Glad you like it!

Mike


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Mike,

I have to say, I'm really looking forward to your Lampi GG review. I'm sure it will be something special.

Best,
Ken
 
Elberoth said:
Mike - glad you like the Lampi. I emaild Joe the other day, sharing my findings about the Lampi and how much I liked it, but he wasn't convinced ...

I hope he is now :)
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Not sure who Joe is but I will say that it's hard to hear a Lampizator and not be impressed! :)
 
bmoura said:
Not sure who Joe is but I will say that it's hard to hear a Lampizator and not be impressed! :)
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Joe? He's the number one Joe! The one and only. If Joe gets a Lampi he may have cornered the market on best DAC's. He has a BADA coming.


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Elberoth said:
Mike - glad you like the Lampi. I emaild Joe the other day, sharing my findings about the Lampi and how much I liked it, but he wasn't convinced ...

I hope he is now :)
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From my buddy Ed in Monaco:
UpTone Audio Regen Listening Impressions - Page 10

Lampi Big 7 and Regen are a match made in heaven, especially when the Corning Optical cable joins the union together!


"[h=2]Jaw Drop ! Corning > TQBD > Regen > Lampi B7 playing DSD128[/h]
It took only 10 seconds for our jaws to drop. We thought the SQ was superb before putting the Regen in, but the Regen's effect was even greater than our high expectations. It's one of those cases where you have to hear it to believe it

The difference the Regen made was about 1.5 times the SQ difference of going from DSD128 to DSD 256 on the Exasound with HQP doing PCM to DSD. The Lampi b7 that Geoff received last wheel seems only to go up to DSD128, but with the Regen I am hearing details, realism, texture, and fine timbre that I simply did not believe existed on well known tracks.

IMHO, the Regen and the Corning USB compliment each other very nicely, their sonic effects being different and beneficially additive.

Next week at Munich High End we will be using the Regen ( powered by my JS-2) and seeing if anyone can catch us in sound quality ;-)

May be the hype helped, but Regen is certainly one of the biggest hardware SQ upgrades I have heard in a long long time.

Hats off to John and Alex for coming up with a USB sound quality game changer for the Lampi B7. Next week we will try Regen with the Exa E22, and with an Antelope Zodiac Platinum

downstream from the Lampi were Audiopax pre, Audiopax mono blocs, and Avantgarde Duo Omegas​"
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Elberoth said:
Mike - glad you like the Lampi. I emailed Joe the other day, sharing my findings about the Lampi and how much I liked it, but he wasn't convinced ...

I hope he is now :)
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Oh, of course I am convinced. I've heard several Lampizator dacs. Even the one not so good demo was outstanding.

bmoura said:
Not sure who Joe is but I will say that it's hard to hear a Lampizator and not be impressed! :)
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:hey:

Mike said:
Joe? He's the number one Joe! The one and only. If Joe gets a Lampi he may have cornered the market on best DAC's. He has a BADA coming.


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Fingers crossed for the Reference Berkeley DAC to show up :D

dlb2 said:
Joe knows better than to follow the crowd...
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You tell 'em Doug! The crowd zigs and I zag.

Dpod4 said:
Joe is the DUDE.
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:heart: And you da man!
 
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Doktorfuture said:
I've had the Golden Gate for a few weeks.

To cut it short I spent 10 hours doing white-noise burn-in with the OSX program "Audio Test" and the character of the GG changed a lot! Before the burn-in I felt the B7 was 'lighter touch' and 'more realistic' than the GG, but after the burn-in I'd say the GG has really transformed. Night and day. 2x+ better IMO.

My GG is balanced output, and goes -> Audio Research Ref250's -> Acapella High Violoncello II Mk II. OCC Silver cable. HRS Racks + Nordost isolation.

I have problems with high rate DSD on the Mac, so I need to try a PC.

Attached image is Lukasz in my kitchen adding an AES/EBU to the unit. That's service!
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Somehow I missed this feedback, but I'm so glad to see it now!

Thanks again for being our test case and pioneering the Golden Gate build. We hope it brings you many years of enjoyment!
 
Got my Regen (+ Teddy Pardo ULN LPSU), but didn't have the time to listen yet. We will see what it brings to the table with the Lampi.
 
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