LampizatOr PACIFIC 3 DAC

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34.000,00 

The new creation, rising the bar in the area of digital to analog conversion. Every part of The Pacific 3 DAC is completely new, even if rooted deeply in previous designs. The four main pillars of the construction are: the digital conversion section, the power supply section, the tube output section and control / management / volume section.

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The LampizatOr PACIFIC 3 DAC

Bettering the best is no simple task…

Pacific was for 4 years on top of our lineup, as so called flagship. The invisible DAC. It has no sonic signature. It does not get in the way, between you and the music. New Pacific-2, debut May 1st 2023 – took this good concept to a whole new level. We introduced the Engine Eleven-P chipset for conversion duties which created a whole new class od DAC. The musicality, timbre, space, soundstage, stereo effect, goosebumps, bass, meat, plankton – EVERYTHING we love about the audiophile hobby is there in spades.

Our Lampizator R&D laboratory spent 15 years refining one product – with an obsession of good sound in mind – the DAC. We have arrived at this design as the culmination of that research efforts. In average we prototyped one new board for the DAC per week. Listening to it proves, that it was well worth it. If it could only look as good as it sounds!

Pacific has all the elements that constitute an ultra audiophile product: zero feedback design, latest and best digital conversion technology, tube power supply, active tube anode loading, Directly Heated Triodes in single ended scheme, copper capacitors, and many other features designed with one thing in mind – pure music.

In January 2025 we redesigned the Pacific mechanics: created new subframe floor with all CNC provisions for mounting, added new chassis similar to that of Poseidon, improved the transformers, the inputs and outputs, made new OLED display with new firmware, new user interface – instead of a rotary knob we have three buttons.

The new Pacific 3 DAC is elegant, modern and yer retains all the DHT sound that we are famous for.

Some facts about Pacific:

  • DHT triodes with purest sound on Earth
  • 4 digital input types instead of 3: AES/EBU, S/PDIF, Toslink, USB,
  • MAIN SPECS:
    • no more 4 variants – ONE VARIANT HAS IT ALL
    • Fully Balanced & Single Ended RCA , WITH preamp/volume
    • New OLED display, no more LCD
    • Total muting to keep switching noises down
    • Plays every digital file known
    • no drivers needed for any computer operating system
    • Volume control models have one analog input for analog sources (active input with tubes and volume)
    • CANCELLED: in Pacific 2 we cancelled the LAN input with possibility to install ROON BRIDGE.
    • CANCELLED: gold plating in any shape or form.

LampizatOr The Pacific – our new reference “flagship” model.

The phenomenally musical result is a combination of eight factors that rarely meet in one product:

  • DSD native filter technique, most advanced PCM processing known
  • Use of DHT tubes in one stage, zero feedback fashion, in purest Active Anode Load SET mode
  • MUNDORF silver/gold capacitors selected after testing all the world leading caps
  • Hand made with silver wiring in teflon insulation, gold plated PCB traces
  • Tube „diode and chokes” power supply with grossly oversized parameters
  • Use of metal foil power supply capacitors instead of cheap electrolytics
  • Use of the best FPGA asynchronous and custom powered USB with two own clocks and customized firmware
  • Use of resistor ladder discrete volume control
  • The tubes we use are 101D, 300B, 6A3, 245 or 45’s, 242 and PX4 (interchangeable). Yes – you CAN roll them all in every DAC, which is an ultra rare solution. We are proud in being the pioneer of this technology.
  • We also used DHD – directly heated diodes as rectifiers (5U4G is the standard), but one can roll 274B, 5c3s, 5U4, 5R4, GZ34, 5Y3.

Technical Highlights

  • Unique tube conversion output with Single Ended Triode, Directly Heated Triode, Active Dynamic Tube Anode Loading & Zero Feedback
  • New digital “engine” board with a conversion process unique to Lampizator with DSD512 auto-sensing
  • New USB & LAN computer interface that is with preinstalled ROON bridge
  • New transformers, power supplies, new heater power circuits and new chassis
  • New Taras 2017 VC-04 Volume Management System

Reviews

(…) outstanding timbre, and tone, and deep, organic bass lines, and midrange that didn’t suffer an iota from the air, and extension the top end displayed. “Addictive Musicality” is what I scrawled in my RMAF brochure book next to the room name. Sound-staging actively changed from recording to recording (as it should be because sound stage is derived from the recording, not the equipment), which to me is always a hallmark of a truly transparent, and properly-engineered set-up.
– RAFE ARNOTT/ PART TIME AUDIOPHILE

Specifications

Specification Value
Size [W x H x D] cm 43 x 19 (plus tubes 15 cm) x 52 (plus 10 cm for cables at the back) (17” x 71/2x 20)
Weight 20 kg net, (50 lb) 30 kg (70 lb) shipping gross (ships in the flight case)
PCM conversion New fully balanced 2017 engine code “57” – up to 24 bit, up to 192 kHz via SPDIF,
up to 705 kHz DxD via USB up to 32 bit/356 kHz via LAN
DSD conversion via LAN or USB only, auto-sensing, auto switching, 64x, 128x, 256x, 512x
Output voltage signal 3 V pp, adjustable by request. In Volume control models – 6 V pp adjustable in 64 one dB steps
Optional inputs BNC, second SPDIF-RCA, AES/EBU, Toslink
Mains Voltage 110-240 V AC, with built in RFI filter
AC power consumption 70 W (SE) and 90 W (Bal)
Tube compliment one 5U4G rectifier, two 6H6P dual triodes, two SET DHT triodes (four for balanced) with a switch allowing for the use of: 300B, PX-4, 101D, 45, 245, 345, 242, PX25
Rectifier tube 5U4G or 274B – Octal base – or any 5V equivalent like 5AR4WGB, 5Y3, GZ34
Output capacitors Mundorf Supreme Silver/Gold or equivalent
Footers High end STACORE footers
Chassis Pure solid brass, clear coated.
Sockets WBT inputs and outputs
Warranty 5 years excluding tubes

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