I'd just like to add that I don't need to EQ my DT-880's.  At 51 I have a natural hearing roll off in the mid / high frequencies and it sounds reasonably flat to me.   

I'm loving this thread so far.  I understand how the OP feels, even though I am not a believer.  However I am willing to listen to and consider other points of view.  Interesting how most people feel a need to convert everyone to their view or way of thinking rather than being more open minded...

Quote: Based on what Kingwa has said, I'd suggest there's no issue with the final revision of the ES9018 models, and would be surprised if the value would be impacted.  Sounds like it's purely a business decision on which chip models are getting the most orders and best feedback.  I'd...

Unfortunately it appears that the NFB-7 has now been discontinued.  Good luck if you already have an order with them as it looks like they won't be accepting any new orders.     From the front page of their website:     Quote:  

  Unfortunately it appears that the NFB-11 has now been discontinued (with all other ES9018 models).  It appears that only existing orders will be filled and no new orders will be accepted.   From the front page of their website:   Quote:     When I tried to place an order...

Hey @disastermouse, I've got a EF2A and the USB DAC is basic redbook level - 16 bit 44.1kHz.  It's very ordinary in quality.  Just got an Audio-GD NFB-3 DAC (US$300) to feed it and it's totally transformed it - a huge improvement.  Very nice match.  For a budget level DAC, apparently the Nuforce...

Well after a long wait, I couldn't be happier with Audio-GD. Received an email from Edwin on Christmas day that they'd shipped it on the Friday (Christmas eve) with EMS.  I had expected it to arrive here in Melbourne (Australia) next week from China.  Guess my surprise and shock when it turned...

I'm on holidays for several weeks, so would be interested in coming along to my first head-fi meet if I'm free, i.e. if SWMBO hasn't organised something else for me...  :-)   My Audio-GD NFB-3 just turned up today, so can bring that along.  Would love to hear it feeding the C-2, which I'm...

Quote: http://audio-gd.com/ConsignmentGlobal.htm

Expected my NFB-3 to ship by mid last week, but haven't heard anything from them.  The delivery page doesn't show any updates since 2010-12-14.  Haven't received any replies to my queries on shipping either.  I know they must be busy but it would be nice to get an update.   Update:  the...

Well after reading through this thread (and a couple others), I decided to get the NFB-3 instead of the NFB-12, which I was going to get instead of the NFB-11 (which they're no longer taking pre-orders for).  In the new year I'll be sending them an order for a C-2.  Many thanks to all here for...

Just heard back from Audio-GD regarding my pre-order query.   Quote:     Quote:   So I'd say that if you're not already on the pre-order list, you won't get one this year.   Not sure what other model I would get.  I was wondering if the other DAC's which are modified to...

Having read through this whole thread, I'm still not 100% decided which unit to get, but will still be getting the NFB-11 any way, assuming it does ship shortly.   Output will be from a new 27" Apple iMac (which just replaced my old MacBook Pro).  I do have quite a large collection of 24/96...

OK so after reading through this whole thread I decided to jump in and order one of these little beauties as well. Turned up last week and I've really been enjoying them with my Alessandro MS-1i, running off my MacBook Pro via USB. Interestingly I haven't found the stock tubes to be overly...