Lampizator
Baltic 5
The Baltic is LampizatOr's entry-level fully balanced tube DAC, built on the company's proprietary "Engine 12" digital platform with a four-channel topology (one channel per stereo phase), a 6SN7-family tube output stage, and a directly heated tube rectifier (LampizatOr official). Originally sold as the Baltic 4, the model was officially renamed Baltic 5 on November 20, 2025, and remains the current version in LampizatOr's lineup (LampizatOr official); reviewers have praised its natural midrange, wide soundstage, and instrumental texture relative to solid-state DACs at similar and higher price points (The Ear).
MSRP
$8,395
Used market · Excellent
$5,877est.
MSRP to used market
From $8,395 at launch to $5,877 today (estimated).
Specifications
- Price
- From $8,395 in current LampizatOr North America pricing
- Weight
- ~13 kg net / 19 kg gross
- Dimensions
- 430 mm W × 130 mm H × 500 mm D
- Analog outputs
- Single-ended RCA, balanced XLR
- Digital inputs
- USB, AES/EBU, S/PDIF RCA, Toslink
- Format support
- PCM up to ~768 kHz via USB (192 kHz via S/PDIF); DSD up to DSD512
- Tube complement
- 2× 12BH7 or ECC82-type output tubes; 2× 6SN7-family tubes (6SN7-BE, CV181-T, 6H8C, or 6SN7GT); 1× directly heated dual-diode rectifier (5U4G, 274B, 5C3S, 5Y3, GZ37, or 5R4WGB)
- Digital platform
- LampizatOr "Engine 12" digital processing platform
- Analog architecture
- Fully balanced tube DAC; four-channel topology, one channel per stereo phase
- Output level impedance
- 3 Vpp; 300 Ω per phase
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