For me Lampi DSD has no equal in Digital at the moment. For PCM, it's a matter of taste between the 3...close enough that price may be the major difference. I cant say more that that, as the CH extensive demo (3 hours alone with 2 speakers and 2 amps used) was at their HQ and the Trinity was at a pal's place with Trinity Transport, etc and fully set up to perfection.
All these Dacs have that elusive but unmistakable "high end" sound. Value for money is clearly with Lampi though...but with less bling than CH.
I have both the Trinity and the Big 7. At the moment, after the latest changes to my system, I prefer the Trinity on PCM over the Lampi. The second person I know that has both DACs (Audiocrack) has posted similar impressions.
On DSD it is no contest - Lampi is the best I've heard.
Have any of you tried to convert PCM to DSD (using JRiver or other) and compare the result listening to the Big7? It would be interesting, I know that no new information is generated, but the DSD on Lampi is so good that maybe it will be a nice surprise. I will try it.
I have both the Trinity and the Big 7. At the moment, after the latest changes to my system, I prefer the Trinity on PCM over the Lampi. The second person I know that has both DACs (Audiocrack) has posted similar impressions.
On DSD it is no contest - Lampi is the best I've heard.
Have any of you tried to convert PCM to DSD (using JRiver or other) and compare the result listening to the Big7? It would be interesting, I know that no new information is generated, but the DSD on Lampi is so good that maybe it will be a nice surprise. I will try it.
Converting while playing is a natural thing and the results are great, as we could read about Audiopax, Lampi and Avantgard room in Munich. They used HQPlayer.
I forgot to make clear I am talking about converting the file itself, saving it in the Library to future use. That's for people like me that uses a streamer (Aurender in my case) and not a computer as a music server.
Converting while playing is a natural thing and the results are great, as we could read about Audiopax, Lampi and Avantgard room in Munich. They used HQPlayer.
I forgot to make clear I am talking about converting the file itself, saving it in the Library to future use. That's for people like me that uses a streamer (Aurender in my case) and not a computer as a music server.
What I think A.Bill wants to know (so do I) is when you upsample PCM to DSD and play it on Lampi, how does it compare with The same PCM song on Trinity?
What I think A.Bill wants to know (so do I) is when you upsample PCM to DSD and play it on Lampi, how does it compare with The same PCM song on Trinity?
The Lampi probably has the MOST overspecified Power Supply out there in Dac-Land. This is Luaksz's forte as his background is high voltage physics and tube gear depends on well elaborated power supply.
I found this thread to be informative. My takeaway is that the U.S. distributor acted in bad faith: he told a prospective buyer ex post that a non-working trial unit could not be returned because the time the unit was not working counted toward the trial period. He did not communicate this to the buyer until the trial period had already lapsed. He only resolved the problem when the buyer went "public" on this forum. Buyer was roundly criticized for doing this, but didn't have any other recourse short of begging or hiring a lawyer. Lampizator may be run by a great guy, and his DACs may be the best money can buy, but he is not being well-served by the U.S. distributor's approach to sales and customer service, at least in this case.
