[dw1narso]

... we discuss, and some snippers hit silently... all the first 38 units are sold out

 
Audio-Gd told me .... new batch will only be available next month...

 

[milosz]

Oh geez, another thing I want to buy.
 
I like these gizmos Kingwa comes up with. All of the units I've bought- Compass, FUN, and now the NFB11 -  work really well as stand-alone DACs, pretty good as preamps, and better-than-average as  headphone amps- and they don't cost much.  The build quality is really nice.  They look OK, kind of utilitarian; now if Kingwa could get someone with industrial design skills on board to give his products very sleek or subtle cosmetics- that would be great.

 

[spookygonk]

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... we discuss, and some snippers hit silently... all the first 38 units are sold out

Rats, that price was a total impulse buy.

 

 

[thuantran]

That's good, I don't need to contemplate to get it now or sometime later anymore (at least until next month). Besides I hope someone can review it before I'd bite the bullet.

 

[vincents]

HI well of course we are buying while you are discussing  ...!
cheers Vincent

 

[miyinan]

I was about to pull trigger on the HDP, but now I think I will wait till the NFB-11 becomes available again. It looks great. And having owned the Sparrow, I am sure that this will sound great too.

 

[krumme]

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Rats, that price was a total impulse buy.

 

LOL. Well was thinking on a 19dsp, but it is a little big, hope this will do. But dont worry, we will get back and tell you how absolute fantastic it is. Hopefully before the new ones get in stock.
 

 

[jai1611]

I've booked one . I was originally planning to pick up a Dac-19DF, but thats no longer available. Thought this was a good opportunity to try out the much-hyped Sabre chip.
 

 

[dw1narso]

so these are the snippers...

 
don't forget to update us with your impression folks...

 

[K3cT]

I thought you were getting one, sir. 

 

[vrln]

In a way I´m glad they were sold out so quickly, I really shouldn´t buy any more audio gear for a while anyway

 

[middachten]

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They look OK, kind of utilitarian; now if Kingwa could get someone with industrial design skills on board to give his products very sleek or subtle cosmetics- that would be great.

And pretty easily add at least $100 to the price if the quantities are not 10k+
Don't underestimate the cost of cosmetics..... 

I prefer industrial design with great sound at a bargain price.
 

 

[vrln]

I´d bet it would add way more than that... He´d have to pay the designer, order far more parts than he currently uses. Right now most Audio-gd gear are assembled out of the same panels. There´s the Sparrow size, the medium one and then the reference model size. If you open his DAC´s it´s easy to see how it isn´t that difficult to disassemble them. And the new chassis designs would have to be heavy like the current ones. The clean but efficient DIY look and feel is Audio-gd products is one of the reasons for the high value. If he started doing things differently, it wouldn´t be Audio-gd anymore

(high tech at extreme value prices)

 

[dw1narso]

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I thought you were getting one, sir. 

 he, he, he... no... my bullet missed...

 
wouldn't it sound interresting to feed our colored HF2 with [hopefully] clean and honest signal?

 

[ImperiumDX]

I've ordered one as well. I was initially interested in the FUN. I'm going to use it as a DAC for my Mac book pro, and to feed the Tangent Amp-30 desktop amplifier and Q-acoustics 1020i speakers. I liked the customizing options on the FUN but was put off a little bit by the size, since it's 2 times as wide as the Tangent Amp-30. The NFB-11 seems to fit nice. And the DAC chip seems to be a bit better than the FUN according to what I've read. So I'm really looking forward to see what sound improvements I am going to experience with this device. It is my first DAC, and first time I ordered an Audio-GD product. The price and the form factor along with the opinions on this site really moved me towards ordering one. Will keep you posted on xperience.