BenBau
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yippee, mine shipped too!
Good times ahead for Tim... We are all ears (and eyes).
Getting there Peete, getting there:
It's been sooo long since I've last heard RE-1/7... almost 10 months of listening to DacMagic. It's funny how you adapt to it and it sounds good to you... OK, DM was "sligthly" modified, powered by Little Pinkie, combined with Audiophilleo2, XLRed to MAXed Roc... but still...
yippee, mine shipped too!
Delivered!
Heavy & sturdy as all Audio-gd stuff.
No scratches and dents.
Posted a quick pic in my gallery.
Have to go to work now, will upload some more pics later today.
A quick first impressions.
Packaging was perfect as always.
Some light damage on the left back corner. Nothing really serious. Probably happened during packaging. Unfortunately still "standard" on Audio-gd stuff. Also, degreasing is necessary. Build precision is fair. Also a really sharp edge on the back side. It's heavy and sturdy though. This is still "as good as it gets" with Audio-gd. I buy the brand for it's sound quality, so for me it's perfectly acceptable.
Because the DAC and Master-5 have the same size, I can put the latter on top. I expect it to get as hot as my Phoenix. On top there's better heat dissipation.
The new ACSS connector is a lot better, it clicks and locks. I like the short black cable (the older one was pink). No pink power cable. No serial cable.
As a rule, do not listen to new Audio-gd stuff before burning in at least 200 hours. After connecting everything, I could not resist putting the HD650 on my head. Wow, this thing sounded great COLD! My Phoenix has to warm up at least an hour to get some bass and clarity, but the Master-5 is cold almost on the same level. This is promising...
Mine is in the house finally. I was waiting since January. I really missed this sound quality since selling the Phoenix. It needs a few days before I can comment further.