avitron142 said:

  It better. If it doesn't, I have half a mind to write them a review that will rip up their hype for years.

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What specifically would disappoint you regarding the DACport Slim enough to "write them a review that will rip up their hype for years"?

moedawg140 said:

   
What specifically would disappoint you regarding the DACport Slim enough to "write them a review that will rip up their hype for years"?

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Too much bass, perhaps, or a general lack of resolution. On the Massdrop discussion, they made this sound like the next bread and butter, and said things like "you owe it to yourself to get the Slim at this price range, or you'll be sorry later". Just the overall hype from them hinted not so subtly that this is better than the Sony PHA-1, Objective2, nd a host of other DAC/amps.
 
They refused to give any other review samples, instead insisting that we trust them. I hope we made the right choice.

avitron142 said:

Too much bass, perhaps, or a general lack of resolution. On the Massdrop discussion, they made this sound like the next bread and butter, and said things like "you owe it to yourself to get the Slim at this price range, or you'll be sorry later". Just the overall hype from them hinted not so subtly that this is better than the Sony PHA-1, Objective2, nd a host of other DAC/amps.

They refused to give any other review samples, instead insisting that we trust them. I hope we made the right choice.

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same here. I joined the drop though. They have made some great products and the components used seens promising

avitron142 said:

Too much bass, perhaps, or a general lack of resolution. On the Massdrop discussion, they made this sound like the next bread and butter, and said things like "you owe it to yourself to get the Slim at this price range, or you'll be sorry later". Just the overall hype from them hinted not so subtly that this is better than the Sony PHA-1, Objective2, nd a host of other DAC/amps.

They refused to give any other review samples, instead insisting that we trust them. I hope we made the right choice.

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I am not sure what would constitute as "too much bass" for you, but I personally didn't experience that, even when pairing copious quality bass world contenders SE846 and Legend Omega. Would it have more bass than say the Geek Pulse Infinity? At least when going back to back with my HE1000, yes, but good clean bass was emitting from the HE1000 and Tidal HiFi - Lossless, simply lovely. "Lack of resolution"? Not sure what would specifically constitute that either, but for a $99 slim/small-in-stature USB DAC/amp, I didn't experience a lack of resolution or deterioration of the overall sound.

I'm listening to Tidal as I type, and the MH40 sounds resolute, with punchy bass (more than say the PM-3), and takes care of what I want, which is the ability to drive headphones well (High gain) and drive easy to drive headphones and sensitive IEMs without noticeable hiss (Low gain). My fiancée approves of the DACport Slim/MH40 combination, as she listened to Pentatonix's "Can't Sleep Love", saying that the presentation sounded "balanced".  
 
Disclaimers: Your mileage may vary, caveat emptor, admonition, etcetera.

avitron142 said:

  It better. If it doesn't, I have half a mind to write them a review that will rip up their hype for years.

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It's what, $149? If gear at this price is getting your knickers in a bunch, this isn't the hobby for you.

doublea71 said:

 
It's what, $149? If gear at this price is getting your knickers in a bunch, this isn't the hobby for you.

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2X.
It's $99 and if surpasses their original Dacport in anyway...it's worth more than the price.  Heck, the Schiit Fulla is $79 and it's no where near the sound and performance of the original dacport. 

doublea71 said:

 
It's what, $149? If gear at this price is getting your knickers in a bunch, this isn't the hobby for you.

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I managed to get this far in the hobby as a broke college student; but moreover, it's not the money but the refusal for impressions that's been bothering me. They want to say it's the best in its price range, fine, but why not give out any loaners? Cheap or not, this is a mystery product, and after all the hype CEntrance generated pretty much trashing other DAC/amps, I sure hope it lives up to it. I needed an all-in-one solution, and CEntrance assured us it will be one. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks to find out, eh?
 
@moedawg140 Not saying you don't count, by any means, but you are the only person that's actually listened to it. Plus your fiancée, that makes two people   

avitron142 said:

I managed to get this far in the hobby as a broke college student; but moreover, it's not the money but the refusal for impressions that's been bothering me. They want to say it's the best in its price range, fine, but why not give out any loaners? Cheap or not, this is a mystery product, and after all the hype CEntrance generated pretty much trashing other DAC/amps, I sure hope it lives up to it. I needed an all-in-one solution, and CEntrance assured us it will be one. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks to find out, eh?

@moedawg140
 Not saying you don't count, by any means, but you are the only person that's actually listened to it. Plus your fiancée, that makes two people   

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With regards to your "Not saying you don't count" statement, nowhere did I specify that only my fiancée and I were the only ones to listen to the DACport Slim. More listened to my DACport Slim while I was in London for CanJam.

avitron142 said:

  I managed to get this far in the hobby as a broke college student; but moreover, it's not the money but the refusal for impressions that's been bothering me. They want to say it's the best in its price range, fine, but why not give out any loaners? Cheap or not, this is a mystery product, and after all the hype CEntrance generated pretty much trashing other DAC/amps, I sure hope it lives up to it. I needed an all-in-one solution, and CEntrance assured us it will be one. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks to find out, eh?
 
@moedawg140 Not saying you don't count, by any means, but you are the only person that's actually listened to it. Plus your fiancée, that makes two people 

 

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It's Centrance's prerogative to go about its release however they see fit. If you have a problem with that, don't back their product.....You make it sound like you had no choice in the matter. Next time, have some patience - just wait until it's been out for awhile so you have more impressions to help you decide. 

moedawg140 said:

With regards to your "Not saying you don't count" statement, nowhere did I specify that only my fiancée and I where the only ones to listen to the DACport Slim. More listened to my DACport Slim while I was in London for CanJam.

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He's chock full of assumptions.

@moedawg140 Then why is nobody else posting impressions? That's where I got this assumption from... Usually, when there's a "game changer", people aren't quiet about it. @doublea71
 
@doublea71 Well yes, there is no other choice - at this price, they declined to answer questions about whether the Slim will ever drop again on Massdrop. I'm just not so happy about their whole process here on the Slim; usually companies like to give reviews before the product comes out, not afterwards.
 
Of course it is their prerogative... but if that turns out to bite them in the back, it is just as expected for there to be bad reviews

avitron142 said:

@moedawg140
 Then why is nobody else posting impressions? That's where I got this assumption from...

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Just because people listened to my DACport Slim does not mean that they have to post any impressions.

"have to" is a strong phrase. I just meant that they usually do so on a new product. I didn't expect people to listen and then be quiet. After all, this is head-fi

avitron142 said:

"have to" is a strong phrase. I just meant that they usually do so on a new product. I didn't expect people to listen and then be quiet. After all, this is head-fi

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In this case and any case, no one is obligated to post impressions, regardless of any product being new or not.

I never said otherwise.