Good morning gentlemen,
I’ve been missing in action due to work but I’ve been playing with equipment a few nights and specifically with the oppo 205 and lampizator. Tons of A/B comparisons between these have led to confusion. On certain nights I feel as if the lampizator distances itself and other nights like last night, it was a race where I couldn’t choose a winner. I also used BOTH components directly as preamps and as sources through the ref10. I cued the same songs through roon on both the oppo and lampizator and connected both of them on 2 different inputs on the ref10 and matching volumes perfectly on both sources so that when I switched inputs on the ref 10, the volume was the same on both. I proceeded to push play on both players and the same song at the very same exact second and went between input 1 and input 2 constantly and I couldn’t really hear a difference. I tried plenty of songs and the results were the same.
when I had the platinum 7 speaker cables, I picked up a difference when doing the experiment above. I heard the lampizator sounding sharper and the oppo just a tad less focused. The Odin speaker cables make both sources sound pretty much the same. Not sure if it is because they haven’t broken in yet. I still have to take these cables to my dealer but it’s hard for me to let go of this experiment and watch the system grow before my eyes as the cables break in.
Again, the experiment is indeed confusing to me. I clearly remember the lampizator sounding better when I was using platinum 7 speaker cables in the system. It was more liquid, more pure, more articulated but this doesn’t mean it doesn’t sound good right now. It was just easier for me to hear it shine better when comparing it to the ref10.
Today I will be introducing Shunyata alpha NR powecords on the amps and the ref10.
I’m somewhat pissed off that I took down the sound I was getting through the Odin 1 and lampizator with platinum 7 speaker cables. It was INCREDIBLE and possibly the best I’ve heard here.
I am getting the feeling that the speaker cables right now are the bottleneck because they are trapping the sound and turning it into whatever they want. I probably should have my dealer break them in but that is a long 10 day affair for me that is painful to endure. I’m the type that just wants to keep sitting and listening and writing down my thoughts. It is part of the journey of watching the system go up another level little by little.
That said, the oppo 205 with the Odin 1 pc and platinum 8 xlr cables is a sleeping giant that can creep up on you and begin to make you question things. It’s best that you all with expensive rigs don’t attempt to do this. I’m telling you it is no slouch and no I’m not saying that right now it is beating any source I own because I need to sort out my speaker cable issue but even when I had the platinum 7 sspeaker cables I heard great things through the oppo. Crazy but yes I won’t bs anyone here. One more thing, please remember that I’m using a 11,000 dollar powercord and 6,000 dollar xlr cables on it. Don’t think a naked oppo 205 with stock chords can come close to the big dacs.
I’ve been missing in action due to work but I’ve been playing with equipment a few nights and specifically with the oppo 205 and lampizator. Tons of A/B comparisons between these have led to confusion. On certain nights I feel as if the lampizator distances itself and other nights like last night, it was a race where I couldn’t choose a winner. I also used BOTH components directly as preamps and as sources through the ref10. I cued the same songs through roon on both the oppo and lampizator and connected both of them on 2 different inputs on the ref10 and matching volumes perfectly on both sources so that when I switched inputs on the ref 10, the volume was the same on both. I proceeded to push play on both players and the same song at the very same exact second and went between input 1 and input 2 constantly and I couldn’t really hear a difference. I tried plenty of songs and the results were the same.
when I had the platinum 7 speaker cables, I picked up a difference when doing the experiment above. I heard the lampizator sounding sharper and the oppo just a tad less focused. The Odin speaker cables make both sources sound pretty much the same. Not sure if it is because they haven’t broken in yet. I still have to take these cables to my dealer but it’s hard for me to let go of this experiment and watch the system grow before my eyes as the cables break in.
Again, the experiment is indeed confusing to me. I clearly remember the lampizator sounding better when I was using platinum 7 speaker cables in the system. It was more liquid, more pure, more articulated but this doesn’t mean it doesn’t sound good right now. It was just easier for me to hear it shine better when comparing it to the ref10.
Today I will be introducing Shunyata alpha NR powecords on the amps and the ref10.
I’m somewhat pissed off that I took down the sound I was getting through the Odin 1 and lampizator with platinum 7 speaker cables. It was INCREDIBLE and possibly the best I’ve heard here.
I am getting the feeling that the speaker cables right now are the bottleneck because they are trapping the sound and turning it into whatever they want. I probably should have my dealer break them in but that is a long 10 day affair for me that is painful to endure. I’m the type that just wants to keep sitting and listening and writing down my thoughts. It is part of the journey of watching the system go up another level little by little.
That said, the oppo 205 with the Odin 1 pc and platinum 8 xlr cables is a sleeping giant that can creep up on you and begin to make you question things. It’s best that you all with expensive rigs don’t attempt to do this. I’m telling you it is no slouch and no I’m not saying that right now it is beating any source I own because I need to sort out my speaker cable issue but even when I had the platinum 7 sspeaker cables I heard great things through the oppo. Crazy but yes I won’t bs anyone here. One more thing, please remember that I’m using a 11,000 dollar powercord and 6,000 dollar xlr cables on it. Don’t think a naked oppo 205 with stock chords can come close to the big dacs.