Quote: Originally Posted by boomana He owns them. Owns which? I can tell he owns a healthy dose of snark, but he can reply for himself I'm sure as to whether he's compared them directly.

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk you could argue it, but that'd be because you haven't heard jh13s Only way to know is to try it... have you?

Quote: Originally Posted by zeroibis I would recommend some APC battery backups. This way your never without sound! Hey works great for me... My Compass is plugged in to the APC UPS my computer is on but I don't believe it's connected to a socket that is on the battery backup...

Well it looks like my "final" Compass should be shipping today based on the email I just received confirming my address & phone #. Will be nice to finally see what the design looks like!

Quote: Originally Posted by sandchak Good to see you !.. have you sent back the old version or are you planning to have both ? I'll be keeping both but I'm not in a rush at the moment. Hopefully Kingwa will have the whole DHL mess behind him soon enough!

Hmm this sure keeps marching along, too bad I'm too busy to keep up at the moment. I wonder when I'll get a new one.

Amazing that DHL would repackage them in bags, what on Earth were they thinking? If replacing the panels is easy (like it's not the front or back panel particularly) then I imagine some will opt for replacement panels. Some of the panels look so badly damaged that even if the internals were...

Quote: Originally Posted by ecclesand PRECISELY! Only time will tell if Audio-gd will act professionally in the resolution of this mess. I was told a couple times via email that a replacement would be shipped out AFTER they received the damaged Compass. Of course, that was BEFORE the...

The more I think about this the more I feel bad for Audio-gd. You'd have to think that all the replacements they'll likely have to build will put them behind on orders a bit.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chu Did DHL tell you this? They were pretty adamant they had no record of anything incidental on my end. It would also have to be on the Hong Kong side, since some packages came in via LA with the same packaging. DHL, like most of the big shippers...

Quote: Originally Posted by Yikes I could imagine DHL damaging one and trying to get away with repacking it, I however cannot imagine them doing it multiple times from the same shipping batch. This makes me think that Kingwa ran out of boxes and tried to get away with an obviously...

Quote: Originally Posted by DaMnEd It was indeed mishandled, but I must say that the packing is greatly lacking also, a proper carton box packing with some foam (or other any other material to avoid movement inside the box) would be the way to ship an item of this size an weight...

I'm curious to see some of the bruised and battered Compasses, they're not exactly of light build. You might be right sandchak, if so then there could be a lot of problems with the recent shipments. Wonder what is going on.

Wow it sounds like DHL is giving these some major abuse. I can't imagine that, if they're still being packed like my test Compass was it sure seems pretty secure.

So have they caught up on shipping? I was expecting to see more go out the past couple days.

They're mailing more out over the next two days as well aren't they? Wonder how many will finally have shipped out by the end of this week.

It boggles my mind that Apple doesn't have a "Mac" desktop. For the hardware the Mac Mini is very pricy, you can find much better performance in other options. The iMac and all similar all-in-one systems don't appeal to me either due to limited expansion options and other hardware...

Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt Okay, forget about the compass facing you. It's best to just look at the jumpers with the right side of the compass facing you, like this. I go crosseyed when I see all those electronics, but just look at the white text underneath the jumpers...

Oh yes, the jumper diagram on the right you're talking about isn't a diagram of their alignment. To be honest I really didn't put any thought in to that part, I took what someone else designed as a suggestion and worked it in to the instructions. It's basically just a guide for what the settings...

Interesting... this image Shows that the jumpers are stacked top to bottom if you look at it from that side of the amp board, which is how they are shown in the diagram as well. If that changed in the new amp board (which it doesn't appear to have) then they should match...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dankerz I have a question about the jumpers. When you take off the lid the jumpers are shown going from left to right while on the board they run up and down. If I have the compass in front of me like the diagram under the lid shows, is the correct neutral...

Wally, thanks for the pics again, nice to see the first pictures from an owner of the final version. I'd suggest taking the lid off and seeing if you can wash that streaking off with a damn cloth or something. I really wouldn't expect Audio-gd to send something out with an obvious finish...

Quote: Originally Posted by TopPop I'm confused about the appeal of Hello Kitty... I thought it was for little kids and girls. (^Honestly, no offense intended in saying that... it's really what I thought.) I've never understood it either.

Quote: Originally Posted by senn_liu doesn't it strike the rest of you as amusing that one of the first things kingwa has revealed about the phoenix is the panel design? maybe he's been following the compass thread closely I certainly see similarities to the ideas from my...

It really amazes me how quickly Kingwa can whip up an idea and of the quality and completeness of the concept considering the pace he works at.