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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Oh yes, I've just found them on the Best300B website. Have you compared the RK 242's to the original KR 242's? Do the RK version produce the same very high output from the DAC?
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Is there an RK version of the 242 available now then? Last time I asked Eunice she said they didn't have plans to make any, so that's good to hear.
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    I'm in the UK. I think I'm maxed out on the tube and recti combos I want to try for now. I did also want to try the RK PX4 as Luckas recommended that to me, but again I need to be at a better baseline on the basic 101D's in terms of overall performance. Once I can do that, I can then work up...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Which tubes are folks matching the 596 with though? To be honest I only ever tried it with the 45's and the 101D's, and discounted it after that, so maybe I've not given it a fair crack of the whip. Yep, the Chatham is the potatoe masher - I think its superb with the UK 300B's, there's not a...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    The 242’s sound really good with the Tak, though I think they are probably driving the pre-amp input a little hard, so they can sound a little forced on some tracks. They do everything well that we traditionally search for in ‘hifi’, great soundstage, superb detail and resolution etc. But my...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    I’ve not found that to be fair. The Tak 274b does seem to be more etched and produce more resolution - I wouldn’t call it thick sounding, if anything it’s on the leaner side to me. One of the main things I’ve found in this voyage of discovery is the recti needs to be matched to the main tubes, I...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Yes, I’m sure you probably did Ked, but the rest of my system is balanced right through, so a non-balanced DAC was a mind-block for me. Yes, I have all the tubes in matched quads, so I’ll need to off-load half of them if I do eventually go SE.
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Yes, it gets a little addictive doesn’t it!
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    I’m not that impressed with it. It’s not an offensive recti (other than to look at!) in any one sound quality direction, but the Tak, the Chatham (that you put me onto) and the KR 5U4G Anniversary are far superior in my humble testing, with the main tubes I have.
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Hey Christoph, Back with the p2p wired B7 it had Psvane 101D's and some EML 45 mesh tubes I think. The EML's sounded dreadful at the time (flat and lifeless), but the 101D's sounded amazing. Can't remember the recti - whatever was stock back then (5U4G perhaps?). All I remember was the palpable...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Hey Norman, funny you say that - the magical SE B7 that I home trialled way back, also had a volume control, but my current B7 doesn't - though on the loaner unit, I always set volume to max, and controlled it via my preamp. So the lack of 'magic' with my current unit could be the balanced vs...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    "ancillary streaming hardware" for me is SoTM SMS200Ultra > SoTM txUSBUltra plus external clock, plus power supplies for all three. I've had enough of all the boxes, I just want to go ethernet directly in to the DAC. Incidentally I don't have a GG1, but a B7. I loaned a SE B7 years ago, one...
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Hmm, that is a shame. Getting rid of all my ancillary streaming hardware would be a good excuse for me to upgrade to the GG2. Just as an aside, what is the Golden Gate 2.5 listed in your signature (as in what is the .5)?
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    Pacific dac: Lampizator's new top of the line dac

    Does anyone know if the ethernet input/Roon endpoint functionality on the Pacific has been made available as a GG2 upgrade yet?
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    No, not yet. Any suggestions?
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    Anyone ever tried WE 422A rectifiers?
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    Interestingly bloat and unevenness was exactly how my Psvane UK 300B's sounded with the Tak recti - they sounded pretty dreadful, really closed in and rolled off at both ends - as soon as I swapped the Tak out for the Zaerix 5R4GY that Norman recommended to me, it was like the 300B's were...
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    It certainly is with the Psvane UK 300B’s, my Tak didn’t sound very good at all with them.
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    Right, ok, thanks Norman - same one as for the Psvane UK 300B’s then.
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    So what recti are people recommending with the RK 300B's?
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    Amplifier recommendations for Salon 2’s . . .

    Sorry yes, once I'd posed the question I kind of sat back to take in the responses. I knew it might be a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question resulting in a different answer from each responder, but thank you to everyone that gave their thoughts. I think ultimately the Salon 2's...
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    It is very good - it made a massive difference when I compared it to the EML 5u4G that I started out with. Is that the Lampi Anniversary version of the 5u4g? I have one of those that came with the 242's that I bought, but I've not had chance to try it.
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    Thats great feedback - the first pair must have been faulty then surely, for there to be such a stark difference? I may have to just push the button on a set.
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    What recti do you use with it, the Tak? Is your unit balanced or SE?
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    Thanks Christoph. My only 300B comparison to the 242 is the Psvane UK Design 300B, and in my system (I suspect many factors are dependent on the interaction with the whole system) there are things they do better than the 242's. For me the 242's offer the greatest level of resolution and...
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    Golden Gate 2 Reactions

    Its good to hear some of the feedback on the RK 300B in here, I've had my finger hovering over the 'buy' button for some time waiting for feedback (didn't think of looking in this thread). I have the Psvane UK 300B on Normans recommendation, in my B7, and think its a superb tube - its a hard...
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    Lampizator Big 7

    Hey Norman, I think it has the standard DSD256 Amerano Combo384.
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    Lampizator Big 7

    Anyone here using their Big 7 with the SOtM SMS-200 Ultra. I just plugged a recently acquired unit into my Big 7, and anything DSD (native or upsampled) produces an annoying hiss with the music. I must be doing something wrong - any pointers?
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    Lampizator Big 7

    Looking forward to your thoughts - what tubes do you use currently?
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    Lampizator Big 7

    Shakti, did you ever get your RK 300B's - any impressions?

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