Review: ZERO 24 BIT/192KHz DAC/Headphone Amp/Pre-Amp - Page 14

Listening to Silvio Rodriguez in Argentina "ojala", in my Zero. The Zero Dac is like is made for the HD600. Separation is very nice. I can hear Pablo Milanes on the left, Silvio Rodriguez in the center and someone else on right channel. Oleeee!

I am impressed in how it sounds. Tube amps are not contenders to this baby.

Very warm and fun sound, without sacrificing extension of other frequencies. Just close my eyes and I can transport myself to the next layer. Oh, dear........

Sounds like great stuff. What we are all after, I think. Beam me up Scotty!

I was checking ebay and ran across this listing:
ZERO NEW 24BIT 192KHZ DAC +HEAD PHONE AMP - (eBay item 320197483729 end time Dec-23-07 22:23:20 PST)

This is NOT Lawrence with whom we have dealt with these past few days. His "buy now" price is only $9.99 but the shipping cost is $169.99, so I would be wary of this seller. Ebay member since 12/8/07.

The price works out to be about the same ($179.98) but not exactly what I believe to be honest marketing and, hence, questionable.

My 10 days are about up so I hope to be hearing from Lawrence in the next day or so (ordered late 12/8). Then the wait for the actual shipment!!!

I am sure it was just an oversight. :^)

Well that is a different twist isn't it? What would be the resale value if everyone bought them for $9.99? I guess, . . . . oh maybe. . . . . make it up in shipping?

Seems like the seller that had the Zeros listed for same price as Lawrence made a new ebay account. Dont know why, but I noticed that both sellers had the same email address.

I think its simply a case of making you want to look at the item when you see it listed amongst the hundreds of other items available. If you know its worth £90 and you see it listed at £9.99 it's going to be intriguing to look at. I see it a lot on ebay. I swear they also do it so that some one who doesn't read the whole description will look and think 'oh my god, bargain!' and buy it straight away and then realise the postage is £90. Its just another way of getting the total amount but it looks bargain at first glances. I emailed the guy to ask if he was the same supplier as Lawrence. This is what i got "I am not clear have other people to sell this commodity, the regret - snow48_6" What is that supposed to mean? I'm baffled!

At least to Norway, parcels with value lower than about 35USD is free, gifts with value under 180USD can be sent free without having to add taxes. Everything over those amounts, must be declared by customs and that process will add +25% tax of total amount (item+shipping) + another 40USD for handling fees, not to forget another 4-7 days it takes to get through.

It is the same guy, because of the same background and identical emails. Seems a bit weird and untrusty IMO.

It does seem weird! Ah well as long as the items turn up in the post and we get charged the right amount, who cares.

Excactly! Maybe those who order from him will even get their Zeros faster...
Many of us are still waiting for the Zeros to ship...

have none of them arrived yet? Thats the only thing that puts me off, i hate having to wait for items to arrive. Its fine if i can track where they are, but when i get told it will be 'about' ten days, its a little off putting.

I just got the same reply from Lawrence. "current batch spoken for ... will need to wait 5-10 days for availabiltiy." I appreciate the quick response but wonder how many more days it may actually take. I will hold off for now until I see some deliveries.

Thats exactly what i thought. I'm after one, but i'm also going to wait for a bit until they arrive in stock. The post is slow moving here so it wouldn't arrive for ages anyway.