[Lohb]

Can anyone confirm that the GO1000 in red has not had its shell/finish quality downgraded ?
 
I think I read someone got it in red back in the thread and the finish was kind of lower grade on the exterior ?
 
It is brushed aluminum with red anodize on it, right ?

 

[Lohb]

@chartwell85 can you confirm :-
 
which OPAMPs are being used inside the GO1000
and
whether the ESS chips are single or dual chip implementation please ?

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

I'll answer that for you...

DAC Chip: Single ESS ESS9018K2M
OPAMP: OPA1652

Further info see link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AljAXIFo7qVqdFdmVUoxOXB1VzFPaGtkQXdRa01ibUE#gid=0

 

[eliwankenobi]

Hey Mickey, did you receive your GO SE?

 

[AxelCloris]

  Can anyone confirm that the GO1000 in red has not had its shell/finish quality downgraded ?
 
I think I read someone got it in red back in the thread and the finish was kind of lower grade on the exterior ?
 
It is brushed aluminum with red anodize on it, right ?

 
The red GO 1000 does indeed have a different finish compared to the GO 450 and 720. The black in the photos below is a 720 model.
 

 

 
Note in the second photo that all 3 of my GO have a different level of gloss on the finish, the SE being the most reflective. I took 2 photos to get different lighting angles to try and make the differences more pronounced.

 

[Lohb]

   
The red GO 1000 does indeed have a different finish compared to the GO 450 and 720. The black in the photos below is a 720 model.
 

 

 
Note in the second photo that all 3 of my GO have a different level of gloss on the finish, the SE being the most reflective. I took 2 photos to get different lighting angles to try and make the differences more pronounced.

Thanks. It looks like the red one has had the photoshop treatment with stock photos elsewhere..... !

 

[AxelCloris]

Thanks. It looks like the red one has had the photoshop treatment with stock photos elsewhere..... !

 
No Photoshop, actually. The original run (Kickstarter backers) received red GOs that have a glossy finish where as the current production models have a matte finish. The photos you're seeing online are from the original production run.

 

[cocolinho]

   
No Photoshop, actually. The original run (Kickstarter backers) received red GOs that have a glossy finish where as the current production models have a matte finish. The photos you're seeing online are from the original production run.

I confirm, mine is red with matte finish, very nice looking unit!

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Hey Mickey, did you receive your GO SE?

 


Hi Eli!

No, I didn't order one. Was tempted, but decided to save my money and backed a fully tricked out Wave.

 

[Lohb]

Anyone using this between computer and GO1000 ?
It is another cheap electrical noise clean up device.....
 
http://hifimediy.com/usb-isolator

Edit : It is about the length of the stock USB extension cable, pretty minimalistic/transportable and I wonder how it would hold up against the teradak desktop solution being powered off mains electricity.

 

[mandrake50]

The MAX 200mA output would be of some concern... I would think.
Though I don't recall seeing any power draw specs on the GO 1000, there have been a few discussions on whether 500 mA is really adequate for it.

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

These have ratings only 24/96 some may reach 24/192. But that's it.
 
Some users here went to cutting off the noise coming form the usb by supplying to a clean linear power supply.
 
This is done thru a modified Data only + Power only Y cable.

 

[Lohb]

Aaaaaah ! Back to Teradak and battery solutions then for planar cans.
 
Thanks for picking up on the limited power throughput and sample rates...

 

[glassmonkey]

Would a wireworld usb cable solve power noise issues? They appear to physically isolate the power line from the data line, which should result in cleaner data transmission. I'm no scientist, so any scientists please weigh in.

 

[eliwankenobi]

No, the idea is to only use data from the computer and power from an external device with less noise than the PC.... Although separating the power lines from the data lines in the usb cable does help apparently. I havent tested this myself yet.