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LampizatOr- The Horizon  DAC Manual

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Table 1

Tubes for the Horizon - input 
conversion - TWO tubes (dual triodes)

SOCKET /
adapter 
NAME

5687

6922

12AU7

VT99

E182CC

6922

12AU7

VT99

ECC182

6DJ8

ECC82

6F8G

The name of the Horizon default 
socket is OCTAL and the pinout is 
6SN7.

7119

Ecc88

ECC802

5687

E88CC

12BH7

6900

6N1P

ECC99

6H1(pi)

ECC81

6N23P

ECC180

6N6P

12AT7

6H6(pi)

6N30P

6H30(pi)

WITHOUT ADAPTER fits:

6SN7GT

VT-231

6H8C

6N8S

CV181

Two dual triodes are needed.

Output buffer pentodes (no adapter)

6L6

EL34

6CA7

KT77

6550

6V6

KT66

KT88

KT90

5881

KT120

KT150

KT170

With 

adapter

EL84

Rectifiers - no adapters needed

5r4WGA

5Y3

5C3S

274B

5U4G

GZ480

GZ34

GZ37

Summary of Contents for LampizatOr

Page 1: ...t h e h o r i z o n LampizatOr DAC User Manual Revision Beta 00 January 2022...

Page 2: ...matter how small invalidate the 5 years warranty Changes upgrades and mods must be pre authorized in writing even tube change DACS returned during the test period with the seal broken will not be refu...

Page 3: ...mized muting solutions proprietary firmware and software the chip that revolutionizes the industry new tube scheme new tube selection TRP tube rolling paradise setup new chassis new heating scheme new...

Page 4: ...r on off cycle 11 Cabling and cable handling 12 Tube rolling and replacement 13 Tube ADAPTERS 13 Rectifier Rolling 15 Aging problems 17 Fuse Change 17 Volume control 17 COOPERATION WITH THE PREAMP 19...

Page 5: ...L changes the volume from complete MUTE 63 dB to complete bypass 0 dB in 64 smooth steps On the Horizon s Nixie display the 00 represent muting 01 is minus 63 dB sound and 62 is the loudest volume set...

Page 6: ...el negative phase Right channel negative phase are the power pentode tubes must all four be equal and the same The basic tube there is EL34 or KT88 Small 6SN7GT is a dual triode and works for two phas...

Page 7: ...nalog RCA input 8 analog XLR balanced input MAINS VOLTAGE All DACs are shipped with the voltage of MAINS according to the country of destination If you bought the DAC second hand and you are in differ...

Page 8: ...into details enough to say it should work flawlessly for the foreseeable future The DAC should be future proof Shall we ever launch a major upgrade to the digital part you can get the upgrade at very...

Page 9: ...mes larger than those found in small tubes making electron density much smaller and the flow is much easier This for some reaqson sounds better The Heaters of our DAC are AC type precisely controlled...

Page 10: ...DSD format this format is not new as many people think it is as old as digital but it wasn t used for consumer audio or home audio before It became very popular after 2010 and continues to make its wa...

Page 11: ...ng Optimal placement Apart from the heat issue as described above the DAC has no special placement requirements Just remember to keep the S PDIF cable not longer than 1 5 m 5 feet and RCA chinch cable...

Page 12: ...lugged when the transport is powered off The DAC can be on However doing it on hot when all is working is not dangerous for the DAC as long as the AC power supply has the GND for all products DAC tran...

Page 13: ...significance for the sound quality is Rectifier 10 Small dual trioded 6SN7 40 pentodes 20 synergy between pentodes and dual triodes 30 The sign that the tube nees changing is that there is no sound an...

Page 14: ...both octal same parameters different pinout 3 Some tubes can have same base same pinout and same parameters except the different heaters Best example is ECC82 and 12BH7 the former uses half heating of...

Page 15: ...he Horizon default socket is OCTAL and the pinout is 6SN7 7119 Ecc88 ECC802 5687 E88CC 12BH7 6900 6N1P ECC99 6H1 pi ECC81 6N23P ECC180 6N6P 12AT7 6H6 pi 6N30P 6H30 pi WITHOUT ADAPTER fits 6SN7GT VT 23...

Page 16: ...s IN A RECTIFIER THE ONLY TWO PINS WHICH SHOW ANY OHM READING AT ALL ARE HEATER PINS THE READING SHOULD BE IN SINGLE OHMS like 2 Ohm Some people report back that the directly heated diodes sound bette...

Page 17: ...provided in the little drawer removable when changing the fuse The fuses are 2A or 3 15A for USA Japan Taiwan they are slow blow and overrated by the factor of 2 Therefore it is impossible for the fu...

Page 18: ...lled the encoder The module is capable not only of volume adjustment but also of the input selection both analog inputs as well as digital Using the volume module Press the volume button down for 3few...

Page 19: ...y properly designed amp or preamp keeps the load value above 40k And if it doesn t we simply don t choose such amp because it was not designed with audiophiles in mind DIGITAL INPUTS There are three d...

Page 20: ...nd Of course providing that the transmitter part of the link is at least semi decent NOTE All Apple products which have headphone output iMac MacBook Power MAC MAcMini iPhone iPad iPod have a secret t...

Page 21: ...ency Only USB2 rated cables will work The USB standard printer cable will not work optimally USB cables with ferrite filters the thingie on the cable will not work From JL website Asynchronous USB to...

Page 22: ...Horizon DAC Manual i2S PINOUT I2S Pinouts The JKI2S uses a RJ45 connector to output I2S signals according to the following pin outs 1 SLCK 2 SLCK GND 3 SDATA 4 SDATA GND 5 L RCLK 6 L RCLK GND 7 MCLK 8...

Page 23: ...ant figure out how to do it They are probably still scratching their heads After plugging the DAC by the USB cable and turning it on within 3 seconds the device should show up on the MAC Note the devi...

Page 24: ...k is MIDI SETTINGS of the MAC computer We go to the top right corner of the screen and press SPOTLIGHT Loupe We type in the search line MIDI SETUP and enter In the MIDI setup we can choose frequencies...

Page 25: ...s head form unilateral triangle 3 x 60 degrees with the distance between speakers being exactly equal to distance head speaker 2 Head must be in exactly middle of the speaker base and the speaker base...

Page 26: ...t exactly new but it is not burned in enough Our customers report back that after 3 days of constant powering playing or not the DAC opens up significantly Further improvements are observed after up t...

Page 27: ...27 LampizatOr The Horizon DAC Manual Audirvana Screenshots of working MAC OS configuration of 27 32...

Page 28: ...wanted the best sound at any cost 3 Why Copper capacitors Since there are only 4 components in total in our signal path it is important to use these 4 parts from the highest quality group the output c...

Page 29: ...cables leading to the amp connected to OUTPUT sockets and NOT the preamp input sockets Is Amplifier powered connected input selected corectly un muted with speakers connected If you use a computer wi...

Page 30: ...Horizon DAC Manual The special footers There are thousands of after market footers out there and you can attach your own footers via a M5 threaded hole that we provided for that purpose under our stoc...

Page 31: ...nput selector PCM DAC PCM RECEIVER DATA INPUT USB Receiver DSD FILTER engine compu ter Bi Phase signals PCM coding S PDIF AES EBU TOSLINK TTL Block Diagram DAC with Remote Control Tube Output stage Vo...

Page 32: ...32 LampizatOr The Horizon DAC Manual The Rear Panel inputs and outputs of 32 32...

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