In EUR 11k and 14k roughly, plus VAT, cost depends on configuration. The original WE 101Ds cost around $2k, while the 101d replicas can be had either stock or around $400, with other valves like 6A3 at even USD 100. You can guess the ex-dem or used prices.
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In EUR 11k and 14k roughly, plus VAT, cost depends on configuration. The original WE 101Ds cost around $2k, while the 101d replicas can be had either stock or around $400, with other valves like 6A3 at even USD 100. You can guess the ex-dem or used prices.
And now there is the Balanced GG coming up. Could be another Stereo Mojo review coming up.....
Msb diamond dac IV with umt transport and seperate power supply,emm labs (can't remember the model but 2 piece seperate dac and transport) gryphon kalliope dac, msb analog are the ones I compared the dac 100 with.
Easily hands down the Ypsilon is more detailed more musical and portray a layer after layer after layer soundstage.
Easily hands down the Ypsilon is more detailed more musical and portray a layer after layer after layer soundstage.
The Lampi Big 7 is much better than the The MSB Diamond DAC IV (even the plus version, with Galaxy Femto Clock option). I had both (and still own Lampi).
I agree...as does (as i have read some time ago) Atmasphere and Albert Porter whose name figures prominently on Audiogon forums. And the Stahl-Tek i heard was the original Vekian some 4+ years ago...its has since gone on to to Vekian Special, Opus, then Jazzhead's Opus Prime. People have gone quiet on it at AE some time ago, but its still great imho and of all the digital i've heard was truly the first that made think (long and hard) about trading in my beloved Zanden for it. The only others to a lesser extent that did this were the DCS Vivaldi and the Metronome Kalista/C2A, but it was the Stahl-Tek about which i thought long and hard for a number of months.
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A friend who owns the ST Prime , recently heard the Trinity DAC at Dietmar's house . His take that while the Trinity had a more precise presentation with better stop start to notes , the ST Prime had a a better analogous flow to proceedings with about equal detail and resolution . Only passing on what I was told , keen myself to compare the two .
A friend who owns the ST Prime , recently heard the Trinity DAC at Dietmar's house . His take that while the Trinity had a more precise presentation with better stop start to notes , the ST Prime had a a better analogous flow to proceedings with about equal detail and resolution . Only passing on what I was told , keen myself to compare the two .
Interesting...good to know. If you hear it, let me know what you think. I have a pretty good handle on your tastes which i respect a lot, so would be particularly interested in what you think.
Must be. I was never able to tell how an individual component sounds, having listened to it only once, in a completely unfamiliar system and room.
A lucky guy indeed
Must be. I was never able to tell how an individual component sounds, having listened to it only once, in a completely unfamiliar system and room.
A lucky guy indeed
Yes, rather difficult to discern the SQ of a single unit amongst a chain
, maybe his comments were based more on a perceived house sound .
Why that impression, since I average one classical concert every week to ten days at the Barbican, royal festival hall, etc, and use mussorgsky pictures, schehrezade, Bach chorals for audition, and I have never heard bass, speed and slam on classical (Gnomus, for example), replicated on anything like a Lampi. Not to mention spaciousness ahs soundstage. Would be a mistake if you dismiss it as a strawman valve component that eats details. In fact it is hyper detailed. 101ds are best for orchestral, I like 6a3s for opera.
You need the 7 though, 5 will have less details and is not ideal for complex music. 7 is a different design and animal
I was going off a review of the Big 7 (by the owner of Audio Shark) that said it wasn't good for classical and that the product wasn't aimed at classical music lovers.
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