Lampizator Audio

We can build only 40 DACS with this unique and scarce engine H99 and this is therefore a limited edition product. Horizon Lite variant (available from 04 May 2025).

Key characteristics:

• Horizon-1 engine H99 – recycled and refurbished after Horizon 360 upgrade program.
• Balanced + SE in every DAC
• Concealed tubes.
• New simple chassis unique to this model
• No volume control
• No display, no remote
• 512x DSD compatibility
• Easily available tubes 6N6P or as a premium alternative „plus” – 5687 with ECC182 compatibility
• Copper capacitors + silver wiring
• Unique digital engine which 2 years ago was considered the best in the history of Lampizator
• USB JL converter
• 15th anniversary design
• Finish: Only charcoal black
• Options: none

Horizon Lite PLUS variant: This is the same DAC but the tube PCB is designed especially for the best and rarest tube ECC182 thats impossible to get and I leave it up to you. It is also stupid crazy expensive. Also known in USA as 7119. We made the ECC182 circuit and the stock DAC will have 5687 triodes installed (you need a quad – that makes it even more sick). Ecc182 is a drop in replacement for 5687. And if your budget is infinite – the 6900 is even better. The PCB is gold plated in this variant.

Enter: THE GENYA DAC

Within our Lampizator team we had set a new challenge: to create an entirely new DAC not based on any model from the past but with no frills, no bells or whistles , no volume control, no remote control, no preamp – just a bare bone DAC with the best possible sound and at the lowest possible cost of everything thats not sound.

We have Horizon 99 digital engines available after the Horizon1 DAC is upgraded to H360 – we can recycle the famous, babulously complex and fabulously good sounding engine. The target MSRP list price is also circa 1/3rd of the Horizon price.

The design criteria were among others:​

• To maintain the chassis size no larger than that of Pacific or Horizon
• To offer single ended and balanced topology at the same time, without the need of choosing one
• To offer NO volume control, no display and no remote contro – no need of choosing and also simpler circuit = better sound
• To maintain as much as possible of the Horizon sound quality.
• To use easily available tubes, which is important in these VERY troubled times. This is important for us, manufacturers – today, and for you – users – tomorrow.
• To maintain the Lampizator house character.

​The resulting DAC is a masterpiece of good sound and yes the look is very spartan and industrial and boring. There are no controlls of any kind, everithing is automatic, it will read automatically in NATIVE FORM every existing file type up to DSD512x. This DAC absolutely MUST work with a preamp or with an integrated amp with a remote control. It can not be used straight to power amps with so called „digital volume control” for example in the ROON server. The DAc needs ANALOG volume control.

Key highlights:

• ​Proprietary, firmware driven conversion process with 760kHz PCM and DSD512
• No silicon anywhere in signal path past the conversion stage
• Silver wiring inside
• Copper foil, true metal sheet capacitors in the signal path
• 6N6P conversion tubes with low impedance SRPP scheme
• All units are truly balanced and SE at the same time
• Zero feedback, neither local nor global
• Zero opamps
• Tube rectified power supply (6X5 USA)​

​Preliminary parameters:

• ​Weight: 17 kg / 40 lbs net, 25 kg / 60 lbs gross
• Dimensions: 440 mm W x 550 mm D x 170 mm H
• Digital inputs: 1 x USB, 1 x S/PDIF RCA, 1 x AES/EBU, 1 x TOSLINK
• Output impedance: 400 Ohms per phase
• 1 x analog output pair RCA and 1 x XLR balanced output
• Output level: 0DB full level @3V peak sinus 1 kHz per phase, 6V p-p for balanced
• Mains 110-115 – 220 – 230 – 240 V AC / consumption 60 VA (0,25A)
• THD @ 2V output: 0,05% SE, 0,01 % Bal

​Colors:

• Matt Black Hole​

​​​Packing in custom hand made flight case

​​Tube compliment:​​

• 1 x 6X5 rectifier or equivalent, 6C5S
• 4 x 6N6P dual triode as input buffer or 6N30P or ECC88 or E88CC or PCC88 or 6DJ9 or 6922 or adapter fitted ECC99, ECC40, 6900, 12BH7, 5687, 12AU7 Ecc182, 7119

​All circuit consists of 4 identical mono circuits and each of phases has one tube stage working simultaneously as input buffer, amplifier and output buffer.