![]() The other thing to consider is whether the Horizon has any tube artifacts that impart a sameness over the music. are you using only streaming? any files? are you using MQA? hirez with Quboz? planning on a Taiko Extreme server? how objective do you want to get? and maybe whether you are in the mood to deal with tubes.ĭepending on how deep you want to look at this, my only recommendations would be that the Roon Nuc as your server source is not the top level of server, and you are comparing the USB cable and the Ethernet cables and how each interface interacts with the server, too both of which are variables. it's going to come down to matter of taste. and honestly there is no bad outcome, both products are top level. But, alas, so far the Lampi is just.more enjoyable. I really want to like the dCS more! It doesn't have the burden of tubes, it looks great and I know how overbuilt it is. I find myself listening to the first half of a track on the dCS and then switching to the Lampi with the intention of listening to the same fraction and then I get pulled in and listen to the entire track. The one exception is electronic music - on such tracks the dCS has the edge over the Lampi. But, by comparison to the Lampi it is just slightly thin and less musical. The dCS does ha ndle complex pieces with incredible accuracy and cohesion. ![]() So far which do i prefer? With the exception of electronica/edm, the musicality of the Lampi is just beyond anything I have heard! And, it's not that the Vivaldi is bad - it is not, it's awesome. very full and great cohesion across instruments and range ![]() mid-range is better than I have ever heard soundstage and presence are incredible - holographic less dry and more musical than prior dCS I have been listening to tracks back-to-back since yesterday. Full system is as follows.ĭacs: Lampi Horizon connected via USB to Roon Nuc + dCS Vivaldi Apex (clock/upsampler/dac) connected via ethernet cable I am in the process of auditioning the Lampi Horizon and the Vivaldi Apex stack. ![]()
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