I've had a Lavry Blue and now own a DA10 -- I have had experience with both products for quite some time. I've not only heard the DA10 compared favorably with the Gold, but I've heard both in the same system. Of course it was different. For $8,000 more, it had better be different. But, it was subtle and nuanced and not night and day. The Gold is really a product intended for a flawless system, which would include a room, etc., for deep and most often corporate pockets, and for a no-expenses-spared-I've-got-to-make-the-best-Beethoven-recording-ever budget. FWIW, this is pretty much what I've heard from everybody familiar with these products. The DA10 is a damned good unit for the price.
Jenks;145838 Wrote: > The Lavry DA10 will sound a bit soft in many systems and is a house > sound. Having owned both that and a Lavry Blue I wouldn't consider them > very similar except for that house sound. And to suggest the DA10 comes > close to the Lavry Gold is not remotely like my experience of them - > more like wishful thinking. > > The Lavry DA10 will definitely improve a standard SB3 in a good system, > but the better route is to open up the SB3 and do some tweaks. I have > ripped the guts out of a SB2, modded the board a little, stuffed it in > a box with a Monica2 DAC board and stuffed a transformer and linear > supplies in there too and can't wait to hear if the Transporter can > match it - some very pricey CDPs I have tried haven't. > > All of that is fitted in a 1U height, half rack width aluminium box > with a depth of 14 inches. From a front view it is no bigger than a > SB2. -- highdudgeon Really nice Harbeths. Nuforce amps. Digital EQ. Lavry DA10. SB3. Transporter on the way. This is my "main system." The nicest thing was doing away with the preamp. The SB3 is a perfect Transport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28369 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
