You can buy the little optical socket/port on eBay (make sure to get the right part, you can't mix-up the transmitter and receiver, plus there are different style/specs to these with different pinouts) and get the repair guy to replace it, should be an easy soldering job. If you can switch to a...

Week 3 and 4 days into the burn-in of my Xfi.   Bass seemed to start coming back around 2.5 weeks, then receeded again, strangely volume seem to be decreasing slowly without touching the knob, had to compensate.   Currently listening to Journey's "Separate Ways" at -15.0dB with HD650 on High...

Hope so, I'm not exactly going to turn around and get rid of it before I give it a fair chance.

Just an update to my Xfi burn-in, it's been a week and a half, bass is still severely lacking, I hope it's going to pull a last minute miracle because it'll suck if this is the best it can do.

  ****, so that's what it is - ground loop!   I compared both of them head to head again, and there's no mistaking it - the Pulse Xfi is missing a LOT of bass, esp. that thick sense of presence, it's completely missing and makes the Pulse way less engaging.   Detail wise, I seriously can't...

Exactly one week has passed since I started to burn in the Geek Pulse Xfi.   Bass has CLEARLY improved, from absolutely zero impact to within a stone's throw to my Sony UDA-1, but not quite.   So far the one real positive I can say about the Geek Pulse Xfi is that it is completely silent...

  It doesn't suck because you didn't have to hand over all that money for those perks, in fact I would just get the regular Pulse if I have to do this all over again - much better bang for buck.   I have zero regret not going for the infinity because that's an extra ~$300 (THD + naked...

Hmm, didn't know that was only a placeholder, been using FTM mode exclusively per internet suggestions.

Do you mean the addition of SSM mode or an update to existing SSM mode? Because the Xfi I have that got delivered last Friday have SSM filter in the menu that I can select, so it's there already.

Thanks, that reassures me a lot, I guess I'll just ride it out and see what happens.

Received my Pulse Xfi last Friday and have listened to it extensively while burning it in for the entire weekend for more than 48 hours now.   Listening to it, there is some SERIOUS lack of bass, zero body and slam, both my Denon D2000 and HD650 sound like they had their balls cut off -...

Stumbled upon the ADL cables by Furutech, seems very interesting as Furutech is pretty reputable, also seems to be the one source of commercially available OCC SPC cable with tough rubber sheathing that looks like it doesn't need to be handled with white gloves.   However, what's with the lack...

I refuse to be roped into any more perks/products, fool me twice shame on me.   Unsubbed.

  It always sounds good on paper doesn't it?   Optical connection is much more ubiquitous amongst consumer electronics though.

Those flip door ports are quite poorly designed, aren't they?   Btw., the mini (3.5mm) type port is a million times better in terms of durability and fit, no doors to break off, no plugs to loose.   I wonder why more products don't utilize the mini port instead.

  Wow thank you!   Can't believe it's the one thing I never doubted - the cables.   Definitely going to change to a different brand.

Thanks for replying, I guess it's not as common of an issue as I thought?   All I can do is be even more careful in the future, I wonder if it's due to my optical cable, probably not as it's a monoprice, and just about everyone uses monoprice.

  Please don't deflect the actual topic of discussion.   You have suggested that keeping many backers properly informed is some sort of Herculean task requiring complicated systems and massive manpower to accomplish.   I simply pointed to the overwhelming evidence that no, that is...

  I think that's typical apologist bull.   There have been many, many crowd funding campaigns, most of them ran by only a few people or even less, and most of them were able to communicate with the backers clearly and in a timely fashion.   LH Labs is either incompetent at customer...

Well to be fair, they were testing quite quickly and "efficiently" before, the only thing they didn't do was testing properly: lachlan's defective unit that destroyed his Takstar, that guy who got his Magnepans blown, and all those firmware issues like volume changed to max after power cycle -...

The updates are on Indiegogo, seems LH labs is neglecting their own website.   Schiit gears have insane amount of power, way more than most people needs. I guess that's one of their marketing strategies, most people worry about powering their phones "properly" and with Schiit there is no...

Those little optical/toslink ports with the inward flipping door keep breaking on me.   The first time it was probably my fault, I pulled out the plug at an angle, the skewed force probably ripped out the door.   I was super super careful afterwards, and recently found that the little door...

Forget books, hand bending the metal extensions and various other techniques seen around the web. I have developed what I believe to be the ultimate method to stretch HD650/HD600 headband to your ideal clamping force with zero risk of damage and keep the metal extension smooth without any...

  Whether the price is amazing will be decided by actual performance, not because LHL jacked up MSRP to the stratosphere.   And I don't think most people would agree to save a lot of money in exchange for getting their balls twisted, whether it's physically or emotionally.

I think some people are forgetting that just because you are a backer of a crowdfunding campaign and accepted that there are risks involved you're not obligated to be happy customer when the campaign turned out to be badly run/managed.   Also it does not take away your right to voice...