Kudos Curra for the FAQ section ! Especially on the subject of SUPER - What all the explanations and words could not express, just a few lines did !! Great work !..

Quote: Originally Posted by les_garten Strange, I thought you sold all your A-GD gear? Relocation Les.. will be starting afresh again - soon (now that I know where to get quality stuffs at great price.)..

UncleFestive, its actually good you started that thread - in the end, I personally cant help but supporting Audio GD when customers still crib after getting full refund including shipping for a product, and goes on further to make money on the expense of the good services of the seller. Most...

Check this link out, the end product is great, but the only problem with Zero DAC is reliability and QC factor, I am not aware how much it has been taken care in the new Zero model ; http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/fra...-heart-370985/

Quote: Originally Posted by tamahome77 EDIT: The DAC19MK3 seems like it's an inexpensive alternative and looks interesting with the optical & usb input and it's about 1/3 the cost of RE1. Somehow I couldn't find a comparison between the RE1 and Dac19mk3. If they sound about the same, I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong PP: If your Ref 1 has the original digital board, the digital signal wires going to the DAC boards were labelled wrong and thus the wires were swapped when they were built. With the new boards, the wires can be re-attached as per the labelling...

Yeah that was quick, although I felt ashamed about how much music of mine are ripped from CDs..

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong All this talk of the CD7 and transporter caused me to cave in and get the Reference 3. The basic results have been more detail, eg: the echo of the sax around the studio in Kind of Blue is now more clear. It's more of an improvement than the demo of...

PJ, glad you finally received the working REF1 !.. Seems like the transporter is the one to beat as a transport - I agree with you about a good transport taking out the best of the REF1 or any DAC for that matter, maybe a CD7 Vs Transporter is something we can look forward in the near future..

Patu, Thanks for the interesting review. I myself found the DAC19SE on the warmer side of neutral, I guess its the A-GD signature, but this isn't the case with REF1 and it took me no time choosing between both. The fact that you still haven't decided between the two does say a lot about the...

Quote: Originally Posted by FauDrei Does Ref3 + DAC-9mk3 translate as Ref1 with additional functionality (Ref1 with two SPDIF/BNC inputs + optical + USB)? ...or are there some shortcomings of such separated setup (f.e. DAC-9mk3 does not take 192KHz/24bit SPDIF/BNC input)? From...

Quote: Originally Posted by ztsen I also dont understand why need to pay for the shipping for the replacement. In my opinion that is happening because he is not shipping back the defective part for replacement (in which case A-GD pays for the shipping). Edit. In any case the...

I really think Kingwa should let Pacific Valve take care of the US market, in fact he has for the first time indicated officially in his website that they are official agents of Audio GD - ºÎÇ컪Ô*´´ÒôÏì, by giving them enough inventories to take care of such issues. I am quite sure, either this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong I wonder if it would be worth sending the DSP board first, express, as I imagine with the voltages it uses it might be the most sensitive to having issues. Curra, I was thinking the same yesterday as I am quite sure its the DSP board (the...

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ Thanks. I'd like to see a pic of yours, too. Great setup PJ ! Well, I have attached my PC setup, you can see from it that I am still more of a speaker man and slowly but surely getting into headphones. I am in the process of completing my...

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ Thanks sandchak. I finally found a package that weighs more than the Audio-gd gear!! My PPP arrived at my office and the box weighs 46 lbs. Great to hear about the PPP ! nothing like clean power supply.. Clearly there is a problem with your...

Quote: Originally Posted by scootermafia So Kingwa only pays your return shipping if you get the cheapest option? Shady. Why anyone would send a $1700 back via donkey mail is anyone's guess....seems risky. Well he pays for what you paid for shipping the gear to you - thats the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tosehee The sound is very clear and neutral. It might be 'too neutral' region. But, it's still burning-in, so I will reserve any impressions for now. RE1 is very neutral and transparent DAC, and the fact is that it will not change its character no...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey I'd like to see Kingwa become a sponsor with a subforum on Head-Fi. As far as I know, he has been postponing the sponsorship for a while, last I heard - he said after the new factory is opened ( so that he has enough time to interact with...

Quote: Originally Posted by h.rav I'll be traveling China in Jan '10, I'm going to ask him if I could visit his company. what I have been told is that the new factory of A-GD will have a couple of rooms where International customers can stay overnight free of charge !!.. maybe...

Sorry, I meant the power regulators are bolted/screwed at the bottom of the chassis with thermal compound and there is no heat sink as such. Anyway, what are your initial impressions about REF1/Phoenix combo, even though you are listening through RCA and not CAST?

Tosehee, are you sure you haven't placed your Phoenix PSU upside down??.. I don't have a Phoenix (yet..) but by looking at the design, it looks like the power regulators are heat sinked at the bottom of the PSU chassis (same as REF1).. so that is where the heat should be more.. (correct me if...

Quote: Originally Posted by johnwmclean Has anyone got photos of the CD-7? I can’t see any listing on the Audioi GD site? Well its off the A-GD website (both Chinese and English) because they only make 100 CD7 a year, and that quota is over.. anyway, I have some pictures which I...

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ Then you can challenge Kingwa on that "damn absurd percentage scale" because those are his figures, not mine. I do happen to agree with him though, based on what I've heard comparing CAST to XLR. I think Kingwa prefers numbers as its easier for...

I agree with you, the REF1 - CD7 is an awesome combo. So much that I bought 3 extra lasers and even the CD drive so that I don't have to worry for the next 5 years as far as transport is concerned. Btw, According to my experience, its takes around 20-30 mins (after its switched ON) before CD7...