@RAAL requisite Alex Quick question, is it possible to hear/demo the SR1a anywhere in Serbia (if yes, where/how)? Thanks and keep up the good work!

This's some good schiit :D

Got my Vali today, #300... was a bit worried pairing it with Sony MA900 after everything said here, but no problems for now, there's a slight whine when I plug in the headphones, but it goes away faster than I can find the song I want to hear :D Granted, apartment I live in is not the quietest...

  Obviously a (double) account made for that purpose alone, that's a common thing on net forums :)

Same problem happened to me once and I did have to reinstall in the end... maybe there is another solution to that problem, but finding it may take more time than reinstall itself :)

  Thanks :) Yea, I know there's no silver bullet here, but since I can't loan or otherwise demo many dacs, I'm trying to at least in some way narrow the selection. I already have Modi for my home rig, and now for my second/office one I'd like something different; though Modi is fine I'd like to...

  Mine is shipped internationally, maybe there's some difference in the process then, who knows though :)   Btw, I've read the whole topic, but still I'm a bit puzzled, is there any DAC that should go well with Vali other than Bifrost Uber and more expensive options? Something like $250-300? :)

  Yes, you will get confirmation ("Your order at Schiit Audio has shipped"), until then you can only wait, mine took ~4 days to ship I think :)

  Thanks for the MA-900 info, they are not that sensitive as the specs on paper might seem, but good to hear there was no issues :)

Quote:   I tried the same and I failed. Good luck :P

  Yea, that could be the problem, maybe some authorization-related issue. The safest thing is to check with your admin.

  That's weird... which OS do you have?

It could be something wrong with the Windows installation. I'd try upgrading it to SP3 if possible and if nothing else works.

  Which XP is that? SP3? Is it the original version or perhaps something modded?

  To me at least MA900 don't seem to be that sensitive despite the low number, I use them with Asgard2 on high gain; will be getting Vali most likely even if it doesn't seem a good match, for 120$ what the heck :D