My Lampizator 211's are here ....

bonzo said:
Except you might not need 100w on Westminsters
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You can definitely get by with less (one setup I run with them is 2A3) but they really come alive with some power (I also run Dartzeel CTH-8550 and Shindo CC80) so noise level is first hurdle for me...
 
arthurs said:
How is noise level Joe, would these be quiet enough for something like my Westminster's?
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The amps are quiet. Plus since there are volume controls on the amps, you can dial back the volume a little when you run your preamp or source into them. No issues whatsoever.
 
Steve said:
Slick (digital) rig Joe. :thumbsup:

I'm watching this space...
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Thank you Steve. You should consider a balanced Golden Gate. After a long break in, it will be off the hook amazing.
 
arthurs said:
You can definitely get by with less (one setup I run with them is 2A3) but they really come alive with some power (I also run Dartzeel CTH-8550 and Shindo CC80) so noise level is first hurdle for me...
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Differential summator circuit in balanced DAC config eliminates the digital noise, so its left to tube microphonics as the only possible source. As Joe runs both Dac and amps, he wont have any issues….unless he has iffy tubes.
 
Joe,

I cannot let you suffer alone. I have just ordered the Golden Gate DAC. After I receive it, I may go for the amps as well. If they drive the Strads, they should have no problems with Magicos.
 
Elberoth said:
Joe,

I cannot let you suffer alone. I have just ordered the Golden Gate DAC. After I receive it, I maight go for the amps as well. If they drive the Strads, they should have no problems with Magicos.
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Balanced, of course…right?

I recall you run fully balanced.

Congrats man, I would say that I would try to wrangle and invit to hear them next time I am town, BUT I will likely only be there when you are far too busy to entertain...
 
joeinid said:
Thank you Steve. You should consider a balanced Golden Gate. After a long break in, it will be off the hook amazing.
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Hi Joe,

I'm thinking about possibly going for the Lampi GG next year. Not sure there would be any advantage going balanced over SE as my Soulution 520 preamp is an unbalanced design. Norman is always writing not to go balanced GG or B7 unless the entire system is fully balanced.

But I think you are probably experiencing the best Lampi synergy of anyone right now with your balanced B7 running straight to the balanced 211's. Looking forward to hearing more about the sound as they continue to break in. Again, huge congrats on something very special!

Best,
Ken
 
Elberoth said:
Joe,

I cannot let you suffer alone. I have just ordered the Golden Gate DAC. After I receive it, I may go for the amps as well. If they drive the Strads, they should have no problems with Magicos.
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Awesome Adam. I wish that I had ordered the GG, I was too chicken, sadly. I love the combo. If you can do with about 85 wpc, you should be fine.
 
Elberoth said:
Joe,

I cannot let you suffer alone. I have just ordered the Golden Gate DAC. After I receive it, I may go for the amps as well. If they drive the Strads, they should have no problems with Magicos.
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Hi Adam,

From what I've read, I think the Strads (92 dB Sensitivity) are easier to drive than the S5's (89 dB Sensitivity). Both speakers have 4 ohms nominal impedance.

Best,
Ken
 
Ken , True about Joe.

He is running Balanced from the chips right up to the amp output stage.
 
I understand that this site is all about enthusiasm, back-slappin' and drinking the Kool-Aid. Nothing wrong with that. And I'm sure that the amplifier being discussed here is wonderful. But maybe someone with a little bit of technical knowledge can address the following on the Lampi website:

"Single Ended triode in mirror mode - TRUE BALANCED, mono block integrated amp..."

A "balanced" single-ended amplifier? What is there to balance? By definition, "single-ended" means that the waveform is not being split in half (as in a PP amplifier) so what, exactly, is being "balanced?" Is "mirror mode" therefore code for push pull?
 
I am sure someone can help answer your question. I think that technically they are PP, but I am not sure.
 
kevinkwann said:
I understand that this site is all about enthusiasm, back-slappin' and drinking the Kool-Aid. Nothing wrong with that. And I'm sure that the amplifier being discussed here is wonderful. But maybe someone with a little bit of technical knowledge can address the following on the Lampi website:

"Single Ended triode in mirror mode - TRUE BALANCED, mono block integrated amp..."

A "balanced" single-ended amplifier? What is there to balance? By definition, "single-ended" means that the waveform is not being split in half (as in a PP amplifier) so what, exactly, is being "balanced?" Is "mirror mode" therefore code for push pull?
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Wasn't this answered long ago in another thread? If you were sure the amp is wonderful, why the snide back-slapping/Koolaid remarks?

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"This is our best product to date, outshadowing even the DACs. It is not a typical push-pull, which sounds inferior to SET because of damned PHASE SPLITTER circuit. In our amp we do not split the phase, we do not touch it. On the contrary - our monoblock is effectively TWO SET mono amps in one chassis that share a summator output transformer. So not only the signal is as pure as SET but it also gets error cancellations and humming cancellation due to mirroring of the signals.
All that is possible only with true balanced XLR inputs of balanced audio, but our DACS are all balanced internally. Even the Big7 and Golden Gate are now available as balanced.

211 amp unlike many others has ONLY ONE amplification stage in input section - one SET 803Ecc. And it has extremely powerful White Follower drivers per each phase. All in all the amp represents the simplest purest form of 100 W power possible. "
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What I do know is that white followers are 2 tubes handling up to 1,000watts DC (no SS), he says and you can see the pictures on his website. He also reiterated- no phase splitting!

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You can easily make an all-tube white follower, it is the same as used in the Aikido circuit, the Aikido white follower just has the ps noise cancellation scheme... I can say from my own experience that a white follower as a driver is far superior to any other driver scheme I have ever tried in my own amp. It makes my EL34 SET sound extremely neutral, detailed and accurate.

Also if he's using a balanced input a phase splitter is not required, but it does require balanced inputs. If he were to provide single ended inputs than he's need a splitter, though with this design it could be done with high quality trafos instead of an active tube stage.

Using the output trafo to combine the outputs instead of using two opts seems like the unique idea here, very interesting... It would be cool if he made a single ended version too though, not everyone needs such a monster amp. This is like having four 211 SET amps running at the same time!
 
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