[TuR3]

Which is the price?

 

[vrln]

That will be announced 20th October, next wednesday.

 

[matthewh133]

I don't like the bulky switches

Bet it will sound great though!

 

[IPodPJ]

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Which is the price?

I'm guessing somewhere between $300 and $400.  Promo could be about $60 less, or same.  Of course this is pure speculation and I have no idea what it will really cost.
 
The Promo units (first 38) will be built with Vishay resistors.
 
If I had a nice portable like a HiFiMan 801, I would have to buy one of these.

 

[vrln]

Does anyone know if these first 38 units with the Vishay resistors will actually be better than the default NFB-11? 

 

[HeatFan12]

Just in case anyone is looking for an amp, Kingwa just posted the C-2 SA....

[size=small]Fully discrete amp without any OPA ,  couple caps and DC serve , built by exact match transistors ..[/size]
 
[size=small]http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/C-2SA/C2SAEN.htm[/size]
 
 
Going to post it in the amp sub.....
 
 
Cheers

 

[cheaphifi]

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Just in case anyone is looking for an amp, Kingwa just posted the C-2 SA....

[size=small]Fully discrete amp without any OPA ,  couple caps and DC serve , built by exact match transistors ..[/size]
 
[size=small]http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/C-2SA/C2SAEN.htm[/size]
 
 
Going to post it in the amp sub.....
 
 
Cheers

Look good but there's not ACSS input on this Preamp... Still prefer the C-2 to pair with a DAC 19 DSP, but it could be a very good heaphone amp for owner of other dac with only  standards RCA outputs.

 

[noxlord]

Price is 260$, Just ordered one.
 
I feel just as excited as when I ordered my Compass at the promo price almost 2 years ago.
 
I really hope it will be an upgrade.

 

[thuantran]

Nice price, want one but I've just spent some on my monitors and determined to stop buying audio gears for sometime.

 

[haloxt]

cheaphifi, the reason why there's no acss input is that it doesn't even have acss circuitry

. It uses diamond differential.

 

[shadowlord]

the nfb-11 looks interesting but the fact that the on/off switch is on the back is a bit of deal-breaker for me.
maybe i order a fun with the wolfson dac. does the fun feature a dual wolfson setup like the nfb-2/nfb-3 ??
 
edit: I'm looking to replace a modded zero dac.

 

[haloxt]

Only one wm8741. I wouldn't be put off by the back power switch myself... hardly takes any time to reach around to the power switch. Maybe a more important consideration is whether you like the wm8741 or es9018 sound signature. And if you want a smaller dac/amp, nfb11 vs sparrow.

 

[Currawong]

$260 is crazy.  I reckon it would be a bargain at $400.  The original Compass was sold at $260 on promotion, which Kingwa said was the cost price.
 
The most telling thing for me is that this is the first product I've seen from Audio-gd that uses SMD resistors. I thought at first it was rather small for something that Kingwa was using the "high fidelity" spiel on, but can now see that how he has compacted it.

 

[Epoch]

Its still larger than a sparrow as well, the casing is longer, so combine that with the surface mount components and I think there is a lot of stuff packed in that chassis.

 

[isao2k8]

I just ordered this one. $260 is too attractive!