Amp3 Pro2 and the STUDIO - Page 17

yikes do you guys have customs or such that might be holding things up? There must be a number you can call. Craig, what can he do? Craig is recabling my Zino's but I'm sure he would know who you should call.
We have this type of shipping here in the US that is bizarre. Once I was told my package was being delivered UPS (United Postal Service) I looked online to track it and at some point....they stopped updating the info. I called about it and I was told "the package is now in the hands of the USPS (United States Postal Service). One would think that UPS would have brought the package the full way. Wrong. At some point they handed it over to the Postal Service and ALL tracking information ended for about a week. Then, out of the blue, the postman delivered it. I asked if this is customary and I was told that with that type of shipping (I forget what it was called) that yes, that is how they do it. It can be quite aggravating I know. I trust you will get your package. My advice is to "hang in there"

I ordered 3 items from Craig and now am wondering if I shouldn't have asked for some type of expedited shipping. Hopefully he will let me know when he reads this

Here is how I would describe the SQ differences between the AMP3-Pro.1 and the AMP3-Pro.2:
1) The Pro.2 provides a milder, warmer overall sound - as though a layer of high-frequency glare had been removed from the sound of the Pro.1, which permits better hearing into the depths of the music. In this transition, none of what I would call the AMP3's "live" or "fresh" sound is lost.
2) The Pro.2 provides a more 3-D sound, related to the easier hearing into the depths and lower-level details of the music. In those details (which take on a warmer hue) are found additional spatial information as well.
3) The soundstaging of the Pro.2 is different than the Pro.1:
a) The listener is closer to the musical voices using the Pro.2 than with the Pro.1. It's a noticeably more close-up and intimate listening experience with the Pro.2.
b) The overall sonic space in which the listener and all of the musical voices are located together is more spacious - as if the walls and ceiling of this "virtual venue" had been pushed out farther.

I've used a few tracks in which there are a good combination of musical voices and events in the low frequencies, the midrange, and the upper frequencies. Using the Pro.2, the voices and events in the upper frequencies are less prominent than they are using the Pro.1 - not weak, by any means. To my ear and taste, I would call their level of prominence on the Pro.2 more balanced.

Overall, how do these differences affect my listening experience?
They make for a more relaxing listening experience, yet one in which nothing is missing, relative to the Pro.1 - in fact, more detail is readily discernible (it's interesting that it takes on a warmer hue - normally colder, more high-frequency component is thought to be associated with more detail). A warmer, milder sound, with more intimacy with the musical voices and a greater sense of spaciousness - all enhance my enjoyment of everything I listen to using the AMP3. Yesterday, I was using the Pro.1 exclusively while recharging the Pro.2. I very much enjoyed my listening using the Pro.1 as I very much have for the six or so weeks that I have owned it. AND, when the Pro.2 was done recharging, I gladly switched to using it, and enjoyed my listening a noticeable and appreciated measure more.

I have some binaural recordings of rain that I purchased from whitenoisemp3s.com. These actually sound noticeably better to me using the Pro.1. The sound of water flowing and splish-sploshing sounds appreciably more convincingly real to me using the Pro.1 than using the Pro.2. For pretty much everything else that I have listened to since Friday, when the Pro.2 arrived, I have a visceral and natural preference for how the Pro.2 portrays it. My listening has been done using my favorite AMP3 phones: either the PAA-1 or Sennheiser MX500 or MX660 earbuds.

Not as bad as anyone who ordered at the end of August? Anyway, you're completely within normal shipping time. In country is about 5-10 business days, and they went out on the 5th.

It's annoying that they started being sold before they were available, but most of us pretty much knew that if we read this thread and wanted it bad enough that we would deal with the unreliability such purchases come with. It's just that now 10-14 days (+ regular shipping time to us) has turned into about 40. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

sbulack Thank You for that

If it's the USPS 10 day service, that's 10 business days.

ahh! my AMP3 froze on me while I unplugged the headphone, its been stuck on the screen for hours, and I dont anything small enough to hit the reset

Do I wait for it to run out of juice? Or should I go find a needle?

You don't have a pen, pencil or thumbtack? Well, if you don't have either of those, just let it run out of battery... it happened to me once but I had a thumbtack at my disposal.

Find a needle or a safety pin. Firmware I'm sure in the future will fix these things (at least I hope so) Look at the trouble they are having with the $650.00 HiFiMan801.

The AMP3 can run for 100 hours on a single charge, so I guess that depends on how long you are willing to wait. If it were me, I'd find a paper clip, or other piece of wire thin enough to fit through the reset button inlet hole.

paperclips. if you don't have some handy, get some from the nearest store that has them; it's like a buck for a pack :P .

Found a mechanical pencil that was just the right size, everythings alright now. Thanks for all the help fellas

Not if you used Express Mail.

And we really appreciate it!!!

I know I did. Checked online last Wednesday morning and saw it was out for delivery and even went out to greet the mail lady and get the package myself (I was just about to have to leave for school)! That's just how excited I was .

So, in conclusion,

Thanks!