[jbr1971]

   
Jody, now that you guys have shipped a few Xfi units out of the door, are you aware of when you will update the tracking page or somehow assure Infinity backers that you won't mistakenly ship out an Xfi unit?
 
I have refrained from opening a ticket as this was discouraged from LH a little while ago but the tracking page still has not updated for me (and others).
 
Thanks.

 
Unfortunately, as I am not part of that team I do not have any updates about the tracking page.
 
However, my understanding is that all orders will be reviewed by Shipping and/or CS to confirm the Infinity upgrades, or if a Xfi should be shipped.
 
Jody

 

[bitsnbytes]

Anybody noticed the wood finish on top of the 3D render? 

Just having it in chrome or shiny inox would look nice

 

[alec66]

Just having it in chrome or shiny inox would look nice

agree: that poor wood looks really low end IMHO

 

[eac3]

Just having it in chrome or shiny inox would look nice

 

 

[eliwankenobi]

 
They do look very similar when you put them together!! ... But now I'm confused... do they really look silver and brown or black and blue 

 
 
I honestly prefer it as in the original picture
 

 
It just looks bad ass in my opinion!

 

[zerodeefex]

Well, my sprout sounds like poop and all my geek products, including the Pulse, sound phenomenal. I don't want a design that reminds me of the poop sounding Sprout.

 

[Nando1970]

Anyone experiencing dropouts?
 
I have dropouts with my Pulse (February, Firmware 2/2.1)
sources: Logitech Touch, Windows+foobar (both are dropout free using other DACs as FiiO X3, ODAC, etc)
files: FLAC 16/44.1, FLAC 24/96, MP3 320
connections: I've been using both USB and Toslink
 
tried to post below with no luck...
http://lhlabs.com/force/techsupport-geekpulse/3399-what-to-do-about-frequent-dropouts/
http://lhlabs.com/force/customer-happiness-bug-reports/3659-dropouts

 

[AxelCloris]

I was not experiencing any dropouts when I was using the Pulse. I'd have music playing for hours non-stop without interruption. The Pulse was fed by my 2012 MBP playing files from Spotify and iTunes.

 

[longbowbbs]

  Anyone experiencing dropouts?
 
I have dropouts with my Pulse (February, Firmware 2/2.1)
sources: Logitech Transporter, Windows+foobar (both are dropout free using other DACs as FiiO X3, ODAC, etc)
files: FLAC 16/44.1, FLAC 24/96, MP3 320
connections: I've been using both USB and Toslink
 
tried to post below with no luck...
http://lhlabs.com/force/techsupport-geekpulse/3399-what-to-do-about-frequent-dropouts/
http://lhlabs.com/force/customer-happiness-bug-reports/3659-dropouts

I experienced no dropouts with the Xfi I reviewed. I had it three weeks and it performed without incident.

 

[frankrondaniel]

  Anyone experiencing dropouts?
 
I have dropouts with my Pulse (February, Firmware 2/2.1)
sources: Logitech Touch, Windows+foobar (both are dropout free using other DACs as FiiO X3, ODAC, etc)
files: FLAC 16/44.1, FLAC 24/96, MP3 320
connections: I've been using both USB and Toslink
 
tried to post below with no luck...
http://lhlabs.com/force/techsupport-geekpulse/3399-what-to-do-about-frequent-dropouts/
http://lhlabs.com/force/customer-happiness-bug-reports/3659-dropouts

 
No dropouts here either using JRiver 20 on a Levnovo T520 Windows 7 Pro using LH's ASIO driver on all formats (multiple resolution hi-res FLAC, DSD).

 

[jaywillin]

  Anyone experiencing dropouts?
 
I have dropouts with my Pulse (February, Firmware 2/2.1)
sources: Logitech Touch, Windows+foobar (both are dropout free using other DACs as FiiO X3, ODAC, etc)
files: FLAC 16/44.1, FLAC 24/96, MP3 320
connections: I've been using both USB and Toslink
 
tried to post below with no luck...
http://lhlabs.com/force/techsupport-geekpulse/3399-what-to-do-about-frequent-dropouts/
http://lhlabs.com/force/customer-happiness-bug-reports/3659-dropouts

been listening to my x/f/i constantly since friday, i've not had one single hiccup, no pops, clicks, anything, i've used it as a dac/amp, and as a dac for the LD mkiii, everything perfect (jriver 20, dell inspiron, windows 7 pro, lh wasapi?)

 

[uzi]

  Anyone experiencing dropouts?

I have no problem when using my Xfi units from my laptop via USB, but I do have dropouts on both units when connecting my Blu Ray player via SPDIF -- with either SPDIF port, though it makes an odd noise-ish sound on one channel with one of the SPDIF port and just a silent dropout on the other.  As it's my only device with SPDIF output, I can't determine if it's the Blu Ray player or the Pulses.
 
I guess I should try toslink as well...

 

[longbowbbs]

 

  Anyone experiencing dropouts?

I have no problem when using my Xfi units from my laptop via USB, but I do have dropouts on both units when connecting my Blu Ray player via SPDIF -- with either SPDIF port, though it makes an odd noise-ish sound on one channel with one of the SPDIF port and just a silent dropout on the other.  As it's my only device with SPDIF output, I can't determine if it's the Blu Ray player or the Pulses.
 
I guess I should try toslink as well...

Interesting. I had no drop outs from any input during the review period.

 

[uzi]

  Interesting. I had no drop outs from any input during the review period.

Well, and I want to reiterate that I'm uncertain which device is to blame, so I don't want to point any fingers yet.
 
The Blu-ray player in question is a hacked Pioneer BDP-150 which also plays SACDs (hacked to play all regions Blu-rays and DVDs).

 

[walfredo]

Because audiophile backers are always chasing that elusive extra percent(age) performance gain and are lulled into buying perks by persuasive marketing speal and the promise of enhanced fidelity. LH Labs are masters of milking the proverbial backer cash cow, and invariably ramp up the cost of purchasing an initially  inexpensive product by offering seemingly indispensable 'perks' to elevate the performance of your item to astonishing levels of fidelity.

 The problem is when the upgrade perk is *really* indispensable: 

1. Upgrade Wave 32 to Wave 64 - Save $70 on the price of a Geek Wave 64 by upgrading from the Geek Wave 32 you backed earlier this year! For only $132, you'll get the juicy goodness of zero jitter WiFi and Bluetooth plus double the internal storage! Not to mention, your shipment won't be delayed because of our flash NVRAM vendor's decision to delay shipments of their 8GB modules indefinitely (we're looking for a new vendor, but it's not looking good).