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OK ... I was originally going to just sell the Cruise unopened .... But curosity slew me, and I opened the box to look. Then the absolute beauty of the carbon fiber and polished stainless steel slew me again, and I just had to hear it LOL ...
So I plugged it in via the USB cable to my laptop with only WAV files, and started burning it in. It now has only 40 or so hours on it, but it is already in a word ... AMAZING. I will admit to being somewhat skeptical at the couple of reviews claiming it had true "high end" sound quality. But I now see exactly what they meant. I will do a full review with pics once it has a couple hundred hours on it, but I am not sure it can improve much from where it is now.
If I had to review it right now, it would be pretty easy .... because I could just copy and paste Skylab's review of the Blue Circle SBH desktop amp .... That is exactly what it reminds me of ... Amazingly transparent ... VERY dynamic .... very extended .... huge soundstage .... and very smooth.
And Average_Joe ..... you mentioned shock that Steve Guttenberg did not mention the hiss when he reviewed it .... I think you may have had a bad unit in your hands, because mine also has zero hiss with any of my IEMs. A perfect dark black background.
Stay tuned !
So I plugged it in via the USB cable to my laptop with only WAV files, and started burning it in. It now has only 40 or so hours on it, but it is already in a word ... AMAZING. I will admit to being somewhat skeptical at the couple of reviews claiming it had true "high end" sound quality. But I now see exactly what they meant. I will do a full review with pics once it has a couple hundred hours on it, but I am not sure it can improve much from where it is now.
If I had to review it right now, it would be pretty easy .... because I could just copy and paste Skylab's review of the Blue Circle SBH desktop amp .... That is exactly what it reminds me of ... Amazingly transparent ... VERY dynamic .... very extended .... huge soundstage .... and very smooth.
And Average_Joe ..... you mentioned shock that Steve Guttenberg did not mention the hiss when he reviewed it .... I think you may have had a bad unit in your hands, because mine also has zero hiss with any of my IEMs. A perfect dark black background.
Stay tuned !