lab 12

tube electronics

The Lab 12 DAC1 Reference is an amazing Digital to analog converter for the price. Inputs: 2x SPDIF (Coaxial RCA), 1x USB2, 1x spdif (Optical Toslink). Outputs: 2x RCA, 2x XLR unbalanced (balanced version available). Tubes: 2x 6922 dual triode. Input sampling rate up to 24bit/192 kHz, non oversampling mode, 8x Multibit Philips DACs network, 6 separate regulated power supplies, toroidal power transformer, SRSG® implementation, Fine Symmetry® implementation, five year guarantee. $3390 each. Plug a Roon Nucleus into via USB and you’re done.

The Mighty Power Amp ($2400) is 10 WPC, can take EL34s, KT88s, or 6550s. Triode or Ultralinear mode, with efficient speakers this amp is a pleasure.

The Integre4 MK2 Integrated amplifier with remote is 65 Watt per channel and uses 4 x 6n1p dual triodes, 4x KT150 power pentodes ($6600). Inputs: 5x unbalanced line stereo RCA connectors, 1x unbalanced line stereo XLR connectors. This is a nice integrated.