quadklipsh Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 the question says it all.... i have a cdp X-33-ES SONY from the early 90s.. Its REALLY GREAT a player .plays all cds .but i guess a little short of the best in its class and price . so i thought of the offer of lampization to it by my technician.. according to him the sound gets tube like mellow ,rich and soft . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I had never heard the term "lampization" before and had to google it (it means "bypassing output stages of CDPs and replacing them with his own tube circuit"). Why not buy an external DAC instead. There a lot of good ones on the market and you can improve the sound of all your sources, not just the CD player. Besides, the laser in you Sony is getting old, and who knows if Sony still has parts for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadklipsh Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 dude , DACs are rarely found her... only diy dacs , and that i donot wana enter into. the DAC of my dvs9 is good but i guess out board dacs or lampization would be better sounding. plus ofcourse tubes would bring out their own character to my music , which would be welcome .... anyone else also could pour in ,plz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Forum member Gotover "lampizated" his Behringer 2496DCX digital speaker processor unit and there is a thread in updates and mods. He removed his s/s outputs and installed some tubes and if you read the thread he says that the sound improved. It is a very custom mod...........and it will significantly change the sound of the unit. I don't know how much you are talking about spending but you can buy a nice Jolida JD-100 CDP that was designed for and has tubes already in it. I have one and it's a nice middle of the road player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I don't know how much you are talking about spending ... But you have to be able to get one to Pakistan. Probably will increase the cost quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadklipsh Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 jolida in pakistan .....exactly . the equipment would cost me a shit load [:'(] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadklipsh Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 the costs are like this ,somehow ... the cd player for 100 bucks... the lampy thing (in a seperate body ) costs 70 to 90 bucks , depending on his asking rates for the effort . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Not in an "all solid state" system. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadklipsh Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 swl... but if a solid state is working in class A , is it still way behind a tubed setup? mine is a musical fidelity A1 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Not "way behind"......but a tubed output cd player will jive better in an all tube system. [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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