[ LampizatOr announces their Level 7 – the One and ONLY DHT DAC ! ]

We are proud to announce after LampiozatOr the launch of new DAC to complete existing level range. The Level 7. DHT DAC based on 2A3 triode. The project on which he had been working last few months to perfect it and it is finally done ; ]Please find out bellow what does he say about it in his own words :

” This dac uses DHT tubes that normally “ belong “ to an amplifier but we use them like noo ne ever before – for DAC converter.

Why is this DAC radically minimalist?  Because in Level 7 we connected a superb DAC chip to the grid input of 2A3 single ended triode and we did it directly – without a single series component. Yes, we have neither a resistor nor a capacitor between the chip and the triode.

Unlike in an amp, in our DAC it does not matter that the tube is a weakest amplifier tube ever, and that it is famous for great mid range only. In our design the midrange magic is there, but the most striking feature is absolutely awesome bass. It is so deep, powerful and big, that we feel it is unobtainable any other way.

To build such DAC we needed very special parts and they wouldn’t squeeze in one box. Hence our Level 7 is a two box DAC, with PSU box separately and music box separately. they are connected by so  called umbilical cord. We took the Level 5’s PSU and Level 6 DAC electronics and 2A3 tubes – in a hope it would outperform everything we ever did before.

I am super proud of this new Level in our offer because our customers confirm – no DAC in the world makes music the way Level 7 does “

 Please also find bellow some information about parameters and tech spec :

 Parameters and specs:

Two boxes 43 cm wide, 13 cm high and 34 cm deep. Front panels silver or black.     Tubes exposed in the upper box increase overall height by the heigt of 2A3 (up to 20 cm)

 Inputs:

 RCA S/PDIF as standard (BNC socket as an option)

 USB asynchronous 32 bit port with independent power supply

 Third digital input as your choice: S/PDIF or XLR AES/EBU or TOSLINK

Only one series signal capacitor in the whole DAC – namely the output DC decoupling cap.

ALL DACS LEVEL 7 COME WITH DUELUND CAST AS STANDARD AND NO OTHER CAPS ARE POSSIBLE.

 USB input comes as standard in the price.

Outputs:

A single pair of RCA stereo SE. No balanced topology possible.

File compatibility: 

Via SPDIF or AESEBU or TOSLINK we can read up to 192/24 files

Via USB we can read 24bit and 380 kHz files

Via USB DSD we can read 64X and 128X files in DoP format.

Tubes:

Two 6X5 rectifiers (compatible with 6c5s) or 5C3S octals

Two 2A3 or 45 or 300B .The choice must be done on the day of ordering as the three types are not inter-changeable. (as standard we supply Electro-Harmonix Gold new tubes from Russia)

Wiring with multi-strand, pure silver in teflon .

DSD module is the only paid option. It shares the USB port with PCM HI-REZ.

Price is 7200 GBP  (inclusive  20 % VAT in United Kingdom)