So got my Pulse XFi from the customs office this morning. My guess now of why I had to pick it up although it was declared sufficiently on the outside is that the guy woo read the label had no clue of what the content was.   The customs dude handed me the package an told me to open it to show...

I think it must have been just bad luck getting the "wrong" person checking the package. Happens sometimes

Looks like German customs did not believe the declared value of 189 $ on the customs deceleration dispatch note.  -.-   Received a letter from DHL that they were unable to declare the package and that I can pick it up at my nearest customs office. I am to take an invoice or order confirmation...

Finally managed to finish my Speed Ball Upgrade today. After some delay because I lost some of the resistors (twice!) I finally got to continue building it yesterday and finished it today. Disregarding the interruptions, because of the lost parts, everything went quite smooth. I only had some...

I wouldn't give to much thought about the DHL tracking. For my DX50 it still showed Hong Kong when it arrived at my door.

Are you trying to put the fuse directly into the socket? You have to "clip" the fuse to the the plastic piece you pulled out of the power module. After that you can put it back it with the fuse in place.

  You have to twist them yourself. I used a crocodile clip on one end and twisted with a plier on the other end.

  Here are two photos from the up and downside: Sorry, for the bad quality of the second one, I tried to experiment with my camera on this one. And I listen to my Beyerdynamics T1, which I bought last christmas as an upgrade from my Senheiser HD-650.

Finished my Crack yesterday. Wanted to build it during my week of last week, but lost one of the shoulder washer for the bottom of the transformer and had to wait a week for a replacement (thanks again to Eileen for the quick response!) Only problem I had after finishing it was, that it did not...

So I picked up my package from customs on Thursday and have the next week off, which should be enough time to build it ;) On my way to the post office to pick up my solder, I will take a visit to a brick&mortar store to get some stain for the aluminum plate and wood base. Maybe I will start...

    Thank you, I will do that (if my work is successful that is ;))     I ordered mine on 27th December.   I will definitely do that, if I run into problems. I still have to gather the parts I need to order, to have everything ready to begin the assembly once the kit arrives. And I still...

Got my shipping confirmation last Friday. Now I only have to by some equipment to build it together. I am eager to do this on a weekend. :)

I thought as much, but this was more meant as an answer to the DAC questions. Of course I will still be using the Crack when my Pulse arrives. And then maybe later next year I will take a look if I go up a step or two from the Crack.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. As I already wrote, I will have a http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geek-pulse-a-digital-audio-awesomifier-for-your-desktop Geek Pulse X coming sometimes next year, so the solution would just be temporary. As such, another DAC would be a kind of a waste. I...

Also took the plunge after one and a half year with my HD650. They are estimated to arrive tomorrow which means, that the UPS guy will definitely arrive while I am still at work. So now new listening experience until next year. :(