So, checked out two systems over Saturday and Sunday, both with the Esoteric K01.
One with Esoteric K01, Shindo pre (second from top), Shindo monos, and high end Audio Note speakers with external crossovers.
We first used Esoteric as a transport into the Lampi via a low end spdif cable. The Big 7 just blew the Esoteric away. It was a KO. The esoteric in comparison was as flat as pancake, with no soundstage. The owner liked the Lampi better too. He preferred his Shindo TT the most, and while I could see some things better in the TT, not enough to convince me - yet.
After the Esoteric was replaced by a noisy mac air as a transport, the soundstage and the rest fell but was still better than the esoteric.
We played the Lampi through both the Shindo pre and without it. With the pre out of the way, it is cleaner and faster and more accurate, but loses some body and weight, and valvey. This is the same experience that I had through my Jadis JPL. I prefer a pre, but can also do without. Nice guy, he usually books multiple tickets for major concerts which get sold out, so that he can hand some to his fellow audiophiles. I had picked up my Mahler 2 Berlin Philharmoniker from him.
The second system follows in the next post.
One with Esoteric K01, Shindo pre (second from top), Shindo monos, and high end Audio Note speakers with external crossovers.
We first used Esoteric as a transport into the Lampi via a low end spdif cable. The Big 7 just blew the Esoteric away. It was a KO. The esoteric in comparison was as flat as pancake, with no soundstage. The owner liked the Lampi better too. He preferred his Shindo TT the most, and while I could see some things better in the TT, not enough to convince me - yet.
After the Esoteric was replaced by a noisy mac air as a transport, the soundstage and the rest fell but was still better than the esoteric.
We played the Lampi through both the Shindo pre and without it. With the pre out of the way, it is cleaner and faster and more accurate, but loses some body and weight, and valvey. This is the same experience that I had through my Jadis JPL. I prefer a pre, but can also do without. Nice guy, he usually books multiple tickets for major concerts which get sold out, so that he can hand some to his fellow audiophiles. I had picked up my Mahler 2 Berlin Philharmoniker from him.
The second system follows in the next post.
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