[Gandah]

True that Tim, big price drop
 
With all its faults not that many a few, it is still a great dac/amp especially at its current pricing

 

[cssarrow]

Faults never bothered me to be honest.

The only one is that volume imbalance, but it can easily be avoided.
For the MUSES however, that was a different story.
 

 
Tim

 

[qqexpress]

Oh wow, thanks for the heads up. Dang I bought this when it was originally released seeing such a big price hit really hurts.

 

[dynamics]

Those look like Australian websites. If someone where to order from US, they would still have to pay for international shipping and handling.  I don't know how much that would run obviously.  But here in the US, you cannot find it for that cheap.

 

[Gandah]

Quote:

Faults never bothered me to be honest.

The only one is that volume imbalance, but it can easily be avoided.
For the MUSES however, that was a different story.
 

 
Tim

Yes I've overcome the few prob's too...... its all good now. And the SQ with the muses is just awesome, really enjoying them

 

[Gandah]

Quote:

Those look like Australian websites. If someone where to order from US, they would still have to pay for international shipping and handling.  I don't know how much that would run obviously.  But here in the US, you cannot find it for that cheap.

True

 

[midnightfox]

It's always been priced like that here in Australia. I picked mine up for $399.00 aud when they were first released.

Not sure why it's priced so differently overseas considering nearly everything is more expensive in Australia.

 

[Gandah]

Pricing does vary from country to country, like my HPs cost $500 less and my analogy amp was $600 more compared to living outside of Australia

 

[cssarrow]

Quote:

It's always been priced like that here in Australia. I picked mine up for $399.00 aud when they were first released.

Not sure why it's priced so differently overseas considering nearly everything is more expensive in Australia.

You sir, are one lucky man.

 

[4Real]

Still waiting for the Muses Edition to appear in the UK

 
What a joke

 

[dynamics]

The channel imbalance on the Muses affects the left side through the speaker output and headphone output is the right side...speakers; left channel is louder and headphones; right channel is louder.

 

[midnightfox]

would this IC extraction tool be better suited to pull out the current OPAMPS then a standard plier? 

 

 
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/390466266777?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2174wt_1202
 
 
 
 
 

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Cheers !!

 

[Gandah]

Quote:

would this IC extraction tool be better suited to pull out the current OPAMPS then a standard plier? 

 

 
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/390466266777?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2174wt_1202
 

We covered this a few pages back, check it out

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

http://www.head-fi.org/t/542563/asus-essence-one-headphone-amp-dac-cebit-2011/1605#post_9179673

 

[cssarrow]

The resistor in my Essence One broke again (near RCA op-amp).
I think it was due to solder not being hot enough to bond, no conduction = imbalanced signal.
 
At times like this, i wish i could sell my speakers and go for something with XLR input, so that i can ignore that broken RCA output on the Essence One entirely.
 
I wonder..
Is it possible to make a Dual 3 Pin XLR (Left Channel & Right Channel) to RCA's (Left Channel & Right Channel) cable and have it work with RCA input speakers?
 
Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage :
Balanced Output : 4 Vrms ( Vp-p)
Unbalanced Output : 2 Vrms ( Vp-p)
 
Just scared that the voltage different would have an adverse affect.
It would still obviously become an unbalanced cable, but it would help me get around the RCA issue.
Can anyone comment on this?
 
Tim

 

[Gandah]

I think I read somewhere XLR is 4v and RCA is 2v. You can buy XLR to RCA cables, so it should be ok