Sold. Sold. Sold. Sold.
After 3 years of fully enjoying this unit, and sharing my love for this unit in the forums, it is time for me to start a new build/modification project. I purchased this unit from an authorized dealer just under 3 years ago. The unit cost me $4400 with the installed USB card. The stock unit sounds fantastic and is a winner. In fact, it replaced some $16,000-$18,000 of tube separates for me and I enjoyed this unit just as much and in some ways more. The 2170 is a digital tour de force with preamp, dac, power amp and room correction all in one attractive chassis. I used it with an Innuos server/streamer feeding the 2170’s USB input. It does DSD 128 if you desire. I just let the Lyngdorf do its own thing enjoying the beautiful sound more than upsampling up to DSD 128 in Roon. You can experiment and decide for yourself.
The room correction software is state of the art and sets this unit apart from the rest of the field. It removes the room’s negative influence on the sound and helps your speakers sound as they should and can. Yes, it helps your speakers be all they can be.
I studied the unit at length and performed an upgrade that improved the sound of this unit at least 30-35%. I have upgraded and modified all manner of electronics and speakers over the years, but this particular endeavor is my most successful to date. The level of sonic improvement was thrilling for me. Here is what I did and the result.....please see pictures of the work.
- replaced the Wima .47uf set of capacitors at the output, used for final filtering, with Duelund CAST tinned copper capacitors. These cost me over $400. They are simply the best. - added Jupiter copper foil. 01 uf bypass capacitors to the Duelunds for perfect filtering of the highest frequencies. - replaced the standard internal hook up wire going from the circuit board to the binding posts with the wonderful stranded silver/gold wire. Double runs to each post. This wire sells for over $15 per foot and has perfect tone. - Wired the Furutech IEC with Neotech solid core copper wire and adding the Mad Scientist Kegs (3) to each leg - replaced the cheaper IEC on/off switch with a nice Furutech IEC and did away with the tiny on/off switch as it was a sonic bottleneck in the power supply. When the unit is plugged in it is in standby mode. Press the front power button and the unit turns fully on for operation. - applied damping material to the chassis - treated the complete unit with Total Contact from Perfect Path Audio. This paste is applied in a very thin layer over key components. It is amazing stuff and costs $300 for a tiny 1.5 ML vile. Helps block EMI/RFI.
The sonic results were stunning. Greatly improved bass foundation, stage size swelled, inner details emerged, blacker background, lower noise, improved tone, mids are more fleshed out and sweeter. Music sounds more lite up from within and beautiful. More air and simply more musically involving in the end.
I rated the unit as 7 based on the Furutech IEC leaving a slim gap at the bottom to chassis. This gap is small and really not noticeable with a small piece of electrical tape covering the small space. See pics. Unit is in nice condition as the pictures show.
At my selling price, which is very attractive, you cannot find better sound. I did not and I have had lots of gear come in and out to compare to this special unit. Paid $4400 and put $700 worth of upgrades, parts only, into the unit. Great buy for the right person. I will miss this unit as I poured much time and thought into it with my upgrades enjoying 3 years of great music.
Included is the box, packing, power cord, remote, mic, mic stand and mic cable.
Good luck,
Bill
