bobjew
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I did, and told him he wasn't getting it back. We had a good laugh about it, too!
My old buddy George and I drove down to Davis CA this Saturday. He had business with his niece (as well as a Lexus) there so we decided to give Xin Feng a jingle as well for dinner. It was a good time as usual.
We got to see Xin's new scooter, a brand new 150cc Piaggio. He's selling his car. Nice- disk brakes up front and freeway legal.
Besides the scooter, we got to have a little insight into what's to come at Xintech and the SuperDuals.
One nice improvement we discussed is a slicker case for the SD. Maybe a sleeker aluminum one or one modelled after the Bauhaus type styling of the Mac G5 cases. Xin was entirely amenable to this. I, for one would pay more for this type of case.
Another thing we discussed was a different form factor for the SDs. I've always thought an amp that was really flat that would velcro to whatever (Ipod?) would make the SD more pocketable. I also want one of these.
After dinner, we went back over to Xin's and he had a copy of a production looking SD amp on his bench. He had explained that he just finished it that morning and that it incorporated the latest improvements. I just happened to have my portable setup with me. (XP-7, Sony D-777, Headfile Blackcoral cable, Ety4s).
Can we have a listen? Time for a mini meet! It was getting late, so we did some quick back and forths with the amps almost but not really matched for volume. Sounded very good to me, but I would have to get this thing home and spend some time to really be able to tell, soooo.... I just grabbed it and said, I'm taking this! You had to be there, we all broke up and needless to say, no resistance!
That was Saturday and today is Tuesday. It's been burning in for about 60 hours and as with just about all of Xin's amps it's really opening up. I will run it a few more days to allow microdetail and more air to develop. New Xinamps tend to be a little tight and constricted.
Even at that, this little amp is incredible. I am comparing my XP-7 (with identical ad8610 opamps) note by note and I can't tell the difference. I have been at this for hours and hours over the last few days. Can't believe it!
The SD even goes one better with tighter and more detailed Bass than the XP-7.
I have even connected both amps to my Phillips 963sa in case my Sony portable source was the limiting factor. Still sound the same, but with the SD putting out better Bass.
The XP-7 bests the SD+ only in headroom. when you get both amps into ear-bleed loud territory, the Xp-7 will play louder and clip later, but again, you don't want to get this loud. Also, it's great to be able to roll opamps to twaek the sound one way or the other.
As far as the total general listening experience, the SuperSD,SDver2,SD+, whatever you want to call it, is just as involving, and great sounding as the XP-7. This is from an amp less than 1/10th the size. Amazing!
My old buddy George and I drove down to Davis CA this Saturday. He had business with his niece (as well as a Lexus) there so we decided to give Xin Feng a jingle as well for dinner. It was a good time as usual.
We got to see Xin's new scooter, a brand new 150cc Piaggio. He's selling his car. Nice- disk brakes up front and freeway legal.
Besides the scooter, we got to have a little insight into what's to come at Xintech and the SuperDuals.
One nice improvement we discussed is a slicker case for the SD. Maybe a sleeker aluminum one or one modelled after the Bauhaus type styling of the Mac G5 cases. Xin was entirely amenable to this. I, for one would pay more for this type of case.
Another thing we discussed was a different form factor for the SDs. I've always thought an amp that was really flat that would velcro to whatever (Ipod?) would make the SD more pocketable. I also want one of these.
After dinner, we went back over to Xin's and he had a copy of a production looking SD amp on his bench. He had explained that he just finished it that morning and that it incorporated the latest improvements. I just happened to have my portable setup with me. (XP-7, Sony D-777, Headfile Blackcoral cable, Ety4s).
Can we have a listen? Time for a mini meet! It was getting late, so we did some quick back and forths with the amps almost but not really matched for volume. Sounded very good to me, but I would have to get this thing home and spend some time to really be able to tell, soooo.... I just grabbed it and said, I'm taking this! You had to be there, we all broke up and needless to say, no resistance!
That was Saturday and today is Tuesday. It's been burning in for about 60 hours and as with just about all of Xin's amps it's really opening up. I will run it a few more days to allow microdetail and more air to develop. New Xinamps tend to be a little tight and constricted.
Even at that, this little amp is incredible. I am comparing my XP-7 (with identical ad8610 opamps) note by note and I can't tell the difference. I have been at this for hours and hours over the last few days. Can't believe it!
The SD even goes one better with tighter and more detailed Bass than the XP-7.
I have even connected both amps to my Phillips 963sa in case my Sony portable source was the limiting factor. Still sound the same, but with the SD putting out better Bass.
The XP-7 bests the SD+ only in headroom. when you get both amps into ear-bleed loud territory, the Xp-7 will play louder and clip later, but again, you don't want to get this loud. Also, it's great to be able to roll opamps to twaek the sound one way or the other.
As far as the total general listening experience, the SuperSD,SDver2,SD+, whatever you want to call it, is just as involving, and great sounding as the XP-7. This is from an amp less than 1/10th the size. Amazing!
