Tubewin
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Uh, the ship date for the new 339i orders on Drop ships on May 18th.... I'm glad I bought mine when I did.
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Tubewin
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So, it came.... but...
Tubes arrived shattered. The box barely being held together. The paint finish leaves much to be desired... They increased the price, but doesn't look like they increased the quality. I fortunately had 2 winged c's and 2 red 5693's to test the unit out... I can't wait until my new tubes come.
Tubes arrived shattered. The box barely being held together. The paint finish leaves much to be desired... They increased the price, but doesn't look like they increased the quality. I fortunately had 2 winged c's and 2 red 5693's to test the unit out... I can't wait until my new tubes come.
Tubewin
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I hope it sounds this way because of the tubes... tubes I can replace...
So, it came.... but...
Tubes arrived shattered. The box barely being held together. The paint finish leaves much to be desired... They increased the price, but doesn't look like they increased the quality. I fortunately had 2 winged c's and 2 red 5693's to test the unit out... I can't wait until my new tubes come.
It is a bummer! (I am not affiliate with the manufacturer but still feel bad about this).
A few peanuts won't cost a leg. Why this is always the case buffled me.
Hope the broken glass did not get into the main body. Also seems the finish of the transformer is a bit rough.
Galapac
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Did you get that through drop? I would get a replacement before you regret it. I have one in black that doesn’t look beat up like that. I didn’t get mine through drop though. I got mine through Shenzhen Audio on a price match. came DHL with no issues.
Tubewin
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Tubewin
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It sounds pretty bad right now, but I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and wait for new tubes to get here... Didn't think Drop would send a unit like this not adequately packaged... The paint is so rough on it too... and on one side its literally scratched up...
Tubewin
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I was worried about glass getting in there too, what should I do? Open and vacuum?
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jonathan c
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Agree with replacement. Send photographs to Drop before sending back unit. Condition on delivery is flat out unacceptable.
Tubewin
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Already did, no reply yet. Guess we'll see... but yeah, don't think I would ever recommend others from ordering from Drop again. Unless they make this right... like really right.
So, if not from Drop, and not from manufacturer's site, what is other place where it could be ordered?
Shenzhen Audio only?
Shenzhen Audio only?
S0undJunk1e
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This is all I needed to see to go looking in the used market.So, it came.... but...
Tubes arrived shattered. The box barely being held together. The paint finish leaves much to be desired... They increased the price, but doesn't look like they increased the quality. I fortunately had 2 winged c's and 2 red 5693's to test the unit out... I can't wait until my new tubes come.
Galapac
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If you live in Europe @bpiotrow13 I think is still selling his original modded 339i with the 6SJ7 sockets. Only real difference between his and 339i is no preamp out which is not a big deal for some.
He is even including better tubes and adapters.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fs-la-figaro-339.954355/#post-16265055
He is even including better tubes and adapters.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fs-la-figaro-339.954355/#post-16265055
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ShenzhenAudio is good, I had to wait a couple extra weeks after ordering from there, but they did their own QA testing and asked Yuking for a 2nd unit because the 1st was not acceptable to them.
Shipping from ShenzhenAudio was in perfect condition and took only a few days to Australia.
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