Is it possible to bypass the volume control?

Anyone tried the Rag as a preamp? How does it perform?

Thank you sir, this is certainly helpful, especially for now when 445 is riding on a hype train and teton is hiding in a place of oblivion...

You mean 445's leading time is well over 6 months?

Yes, I enjoyed it very much. It's just awesome driven by LAu :)

Yeah, will be there :)

How about Grace Design m903/m920, or even m905?

Any impressions? The RMAF has already opened...

If your source and amp are the ones listed in your profile, I think it's those components that need to be replaced first.

Any impressions of this bad boy so far?

What's the other options you are looking at?

There's an Analog dac for sale on audiogon for 6K!

The Analog dac works best in an SE system, and I think GSX MKII needs a balanced one...

Then get it ;)

So when will your 2A3x4 join the party? Seems some serious comparison review is on the road, yay~

So the mighty WA5LE still cannot beat the ZDSE? Anything you dislike about the woo with HD800?

But at the same time, the company should also maintain a healthy product release cycle, which should not be too short. Anyway, as runeight has already explained what's gonna happen, there's no argue here.

Then it seems to me they are doing experiments constantly, and treat their customers like laboratory rats. I would feel a little bit upset if I had bought an LAu...

You mean LAu only has one batch, and then there will be no more LAu, just LAu MKII?

I read that OR6 (cannot remember where) will be XMOS based, and a total redesign from the OR5. So the next version of Overdrive will be XMOS based also?

I saw the dac comparison chart on their site, seems the dac module is 25bit in the Analog which is close to (or equal to?) the dac modules in the Signature IV+, and is better(?) than the Platinum IV+. Does it mean, other than SE vs. balanced, the Analog can beat the Platinum IV+?

Just curious, anything not good enough for your pairing of HD800 with GS-X mkii?

The volume control ($995) cannot be added later, so this will add up to $8,000. Expensive, yes, but ever so tempting...

Quote: If you scroll to the bottom of this page (http://www.msbtech.com/products/analogDac.php?Page=../index), you can see the ugly PS. And you need to pay $2,995 to upgrade to the Analog Power Base...

OK, read your post again, you want the source to be something musical in the chain to complement GS-X mk2 and HD800. That's all right. Can you post some impressions on M8 vs GS-X mk2 when you get your new amp? Thanks.