Ebonyzer
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Also, when I look for Jay's LPS, I only find that one mass-buy that is already closed and seemed to be for Asia only? Is there a reliable place to pick one up?
Just opened a ticket with LH.
I got to stop by LH Labs at CES. They weren't in the audio hospitality suites, which is where they frankly should have been set up. Instead they were in the giant main hall of miscellaneous and small vendors. They had a laptop with an LPS 4, Pulse, and LCD-XC headphones. There was also an X or Xfi unit that was not connected. There were also shells for the Soul and Wave on the table. Most of the crew you would recognize was there at the 'booth' table.
The hall was so loud I put the demo phones on for a few seconds and gave up. The hall was loud, the music was loud, and there was no sense in it at all.
I mentioned that I was one of the original backers of the first campaign, and upgraded to X and Xfi and backed the Wave and other perks and upgrades. I basically got a response of 'oh, you didn't upgrade to infinity version? You should have gotten an LPS4...' Finally Larry stepped in and said that I would be very happy, so that was something. Otherwise response from LH Labs in person was the same as here and elsewhere: terrible.
I did ask on all of our behalf when the X and Xfi units were shipping. They said that people who upgraded at the end of the campaign got a new position at the end of the line based on the last thing you backed (I was shocked speechless and literally respond to that). Then Larry jumped in and said not to worry that they had stock for the units, they just needed to sort through all the data to make sure people were sent what they actually backed and upgraded over time.
Seeing how long it has taken them to sort through backer data in the past and how professional the staff wasn't (aside from Larry, for whom I have a newfound sense of respect), I wouldn't expect anything this month.
Just wanted to update this thread:
My LPS + Pulse is my main DAC right now and I've really been enjoying it with my $100 Crown power amp and some speakers from Dennis Murphy. One hell of a DAC, nice and aggressive with really tight bass and amazing resolution from that 9018k2m mobile chip! I am finding that I prefer the sound to any other SABRE DAC that has been in my system so far, including the XSABRE.
Are you saying a giant crowdfunding effort with thousands of customers and hundreds of parts in lots of different configurations with a bunch of extra add-ons and several bundle options may have resulted in some kind of miscommunication?
That seems ridiculous, we should jump to foul play first. And to be safe and to cover all of our bases, we should be smug at the same time.
Are you saying a giant crowdfunding effort with thousands of customers and hundreds of parts in lots of different configurations with a bunch of extra add-ons and several bundle options may have resulted in some kind of miscommunication?
That seems ridiculous, we should jump to foul play first. And to be safe and to cover all of our bases, we should be smug at the same time.
Just wanted to update this thread:
My LPS + Pulse is my main DAC right now and I've really been enjoying it with my $100 Crown power amp and some speakers from Dennis Murphy. One hell of a DAC, nice and aggressive with really tight bass and amazing resolution from that 9018k2m mobile chip! I am finding that I prefer the sound to any other SABRE DAC that has been in my system so far, including the XSABRE.