LP6 Ti 199 -- The Most Expensive and Technical Advanced Portable Player on The Planet?

[dhc0329]

I have DMP-Z1, N8, N6ii, DX220 and Max, LPGT, SP2K, M15 , M6 Pro, R2R2K Black and LP6Ti. (And, yes, I do realise that I’m a: incredibly lucky, and b: out of my mind. Not to mention c: completely broke).

There is plenty to enjoy in each of them but, if I had to pick just one, for sound alone, with the music (almost entirely classical and mostly high res) I listen to, it would almost always be LP6Ti. With DMP-Z1 close second.

I don’t have the vocabulary or technical know-how to explain exactly why, so please take this as the entirely subjective opinion it is, but the LP6Ti has an effortless, warm, spacious and resolving sound that suits my tastes and my music, and brings out the best in all the IEMs I’ve used with it so far. I only have one full-size, non-electrostatic headphone, and I haven’t tried that yet, so I can’t comment on how it drives those.

Certainly, I’m now keen to hear L&P’s upcoming P6 with discrete ladder DAC.

So there will be a new P6 device? Do you have any detail on this? Also, can LP6TI detect and operate 1TB SD card?

 

[jmills8]

I have DMP-Z1, N8, N6ii, DX220 and Max, LPGT, SP2K, M15 , M6 Pro, R2R2K Black and LP6Ti. (And, yes, I do realise that I’m a: incredibly lucky, and b: out of my mind. Not to mention c: completely broke).

There is plenty to enjoy in each of them but, if I had to pick just one, for sound alone, with the music (almost entirely classical and mostly high res) I listen to, it would almost always be LP6Ti. With DMP-Z1 close second.

I don’t have the vocabulary or technical know-how to explain exactly why, so please take this as the entirely subjective opinion it is, but the LP6Ti has an effortless, warm, spacious and resolving sound that suits my tastes and my music, and brings out the best in all the IEMs I’ve used with it so far. I only have one full-size, non-electrostatic headphone, and I haven’t tried that yet, so I can’t comment on how it drives those.

Certainly, I’m now keen to hear L&P’s upcoming P6 with discrete ladder DAC.

Maybe if only Classical Music than agree but this and the Sony sound very very different.

 

[dhc0329]

P6 looks quite interesting..
https://shop.musicteck.com/collecti...uxury-and-precision-p6?variant=32150519382078

 

[decur]

So there will be a new P6 device? Do you have any detail on this? Also, can LP6TI detect and operate 1TB SD card?

Yes,i was wondering the same thing?A 1tb card read from the p6,would most likely sway me into possibly buying it.
I really hate swapping cards

 

[dhc0329]

Yes,i was wondering the same thing?A 1tb card read from the p6,would most likely sway me into possibly buying it.
I really hate swapping cards

Right, good sounds is a must but if you cannot read anything beyond 1TB on 6000 bucks device, that would be a show stopper for me
so I backed out from buying TI.

 

[colourgravity]

Right, good sounds is a must but if you cannot read anything beyond 1TB on 6000 bucks device, that would be a show stopper for me
so I backed out from buying TI.

Ti definitely reads 1TB (I have one in mine at the moment, and it scanned it pretty quickly). I don't have any rare 2TB cards to see if it can read those as well. But I assume if this reads 1TB, then the P6 will as well. Someone's already started a thread on it here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/interesting-machine-from-luxury-n-precision.918288/

 

[dhc0329]

Hmm...so you had no issues playing files on 1TB on shuffle mode?

 

[dhc0329]

@ 255g 125x67x21mm - similar to DX220, the new P6 seems to be the right portable device for me if the sound's r2r good.
Is this a dual r2r dac?

 

[colourgravity]

Hmm...so you had no issues playing files on 1TB on shuffle mode?

Sorry, I've never tried shuffle mode. I tend to listen to a whole album at a time. I can have a go, though, and see how it does

 

[dhc0329]

Sorry, I've never tried shuffle mode. I tend to listen to a whole album at a time. I can have a go, though, and see how it does

Does it not have an option to play all songs on the SD card? not just album by album.

 

[colourgravity]

@ 255g 125x67x21mm - similar to DX220, the new P6 seems to be the right portable device for me if the sound's r2r good.
Is this a dual r2r dac?

All I know is what I've gleaned (via Google Translate) from various Chinese and Japanese blogs, and from L&P's official Weibo page, which claims "The [P6] is equivalent to using 8 PCM1704K chips using discrete R2R resistor ladder DAC." This is apparently the world's first in portable form. No chip. Which is actually more advanced than the LP6Ti.

I don't know if you're into graphs and measurements (I'm afraid not much of this means anything to me!) but, if so, this might be interesting too: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...surement-review-of-luxury-precision-p6.14379/

 

[colourgravity]

Does it not have an option to play all songs on the SD card? not just album by album.

Yes, it does. I just tend to listen to an album at a time. Because most of my listening is classical, I don't think so much in terms of individual songs, more in terms of albums with tracks consisting of movements making up a whole work. Shuffle doesn't really work well with my music. Sorry! The LP6Ti is on charge at the moment, but once it's recharged, I'll have a go at shuffling and see how it does.

 

[dhc0329]

es, it does. I just tend to listen to an album at a time. Because most of my listening is classical, I don't think so much in terms of individual songs, more in terms of albums with tracks consisting of movements making up a whole work. Shuffle doesn't really work well with my music. Sor

Appreciate your checking this out although I may not end up getting the LP6 TI. The P6 looks so promising at the moment.
I really hope further review won't disappoints as I am almost certain I will get this one.

 

[john1711]

I have DMP-Z1, N8, N6ii, DX220 and Max, LPGT, SP2K, M15 , M6 Pro, R2R2K Black and LP6Ti. (And, yes, I do realise that I’m a: incredibly lucky, and b: out of my mind. Not to mention c: completely broke).

There is plenty to enjoy in each of them but, if I had to pick just one, for sound alone, with the music (almost entirely classical and mostly high res) I listen to, it would almost always be LP6Ti. With DMP-Z1 close second.

I don’t have the vocabulary or technical know-how to explain exactly why, so please take this as the entirely subjective opinion it is, but the LP6Ti has an effortless, warm, spacious and resolving sound that suits my tastes and my music, and brings out the best in all the IEMs I’ve used with it so far. I only have one full-size, non-electrostatic headphone, and I haven’t tried that yet, so I can’t comment on how it drives those.

Certainly, I’m now keen to hear L&P’s upcoming P6 with discrete ladder DAC.

How is the LP6Ti better than the DMP-Z1? It is surprising given the difference in size.

 

[colourgravity]

How is the LP6Ti better than the DMP-Z1? It is surprising given the difference in size.

This is where I wish I could speak audio! I don’t think it is ‘better’. I love the DMP-Z1. It’s just that, if I had a gun to my head and had to pick just one of the two, I’d usually pick the LP6Ti because it fits my sound preferences marginally better with a larger proportion of my music. It’s purely a matter of personal taste, which is also something I find can vary depending on how I feel and what I’m listening to, so please don’t take anything I say as any kind of objective judgement.