DHL just brought mine in today, looks very very nice and solid build. I will post internal shots soon. First listenning impression is that it is a little coarse and harsh in the upper mids/treble but at the end of my 3 hour listenning session it was starting to tame a bit. Clarity and resolution is top notch. I am hearing whispers and speech I couldn't make out before on Roger Waters-Amused to death. I'll give it another few days of burn-in before i judge too critically. Quick comments are soundstage is very wide and imaging at the extremes is very good. Silver Raincoat powercord added a bit of bass depth and control, the stock interconnects are of reasonable quality and the goldraincoat's are very nice eye candy. Have not sat down for IC rolling yet. My only complaints are the transport tray moves really slowly like a ww1 tank
and the remote is kinda cruddy. It has to be aimed directly at the player to read and the buttons on the player and remote feel very cheap.
My fix for the remote-It rattles a bit since it is 2 pieces of aluminum that slide together. The tolerances from factory aren't that great, but I simply added a little blue tac to the battery tray and the sliders (you'll know where once you open it) and the remote now feels like a solid chunk of aluminum and the battery wont shift inside when you use it.
EDIT- DO NOT DO THIS, I've found the tile is prone to falling off and lying on the transport. While it caused no visible damage, I'd be safe and just dampen on the outside!!
I had to open the cover to let any moisture evaporate. Especially in the wintertime when you bring in a cold piece of electronics from outside, it is good to let it sit for a few hours in room temperature to avoid moisture condensation on the components inside. Small picture but the build quality is excellent and very neat. I noticed some ugly soldering on some of the other members boards but as far as I can see it is all good on this one and will not require touching up. Good quality caps are used where it counts, I will probably replace the rest with blackgates in the future.
Here is a topless frontal shot...
It matches nicely with my gilmore lite and dt880's.
