[Speednut]

The RME ADI-2 is a dac/amp combo so you are planning on bypassing the amp in the RME for the 789? The 789 may sound better but just curious why you went with the RME then. Looks like a very nice unit, btw.

I'm planning on trying out both. I also got the ADI in case i wanna try different amps in the future, and then i have a dac to use. And it has EQ, and balanced output for futureprof.

 

[jsmiller58]

I once took out a 1-year bank loan to purchase a headphone without my wife knowing. The loan stayed much longer than the headphone.

Dare I ask if the wife lasted longer than the loan?

 

[Marlowe]

I think its just random and a matter of luck. I ordered approximately two hours after it went live and live just over twenty miles from the MD warehouse in NJ and it hasn't shipped yet. When I bought the Elex last month, it shipped the same day. Of course, MD standard shipping by Fed Ex Smart Post is annoying; even though the warehouse and I are both in NJ and not far apart, the package first goes in the opposite direction to a Fed Ex facility in Pennsylvania and then back to another Fed Ex facility--in the exact same town as the MD warehouse! However, since I am so close the whole process usually only takes 3-4 business days and USPS conveniently delivers it to a mail locker in the lobby of my building. Since this isn't a Christmas present I didn't bother paying for more expedited shipping.

To update, I received a shipping notice late this morning, well in advance of the two dates I had (my transactions page said 12/25, the purchase confirmation said 12/26). Given the general shipping volume this weekend, I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if the package, at best, doesn't spend Christmas in Pennsylvania.

BTW, I'm somewhat surprised to see that the drop is still active (and still selling robustly). Cee Tee posted yesterday afternoon that they had sold nearly half the available units and I think they've sold a good deal more than they had sold when he posted.

 

[bluenight]

Nothing in the works.

Thanks good to know

It's $350, mate. I dont recommemd waitimg that long for somethimg better. Buy now amd enjoy it.

We live in good times, guys. HD6XX+THX 789+Mimby would be a great setup, comparable to system much more expensive.

Yeah i ordered one yesterday. My preference is very clean and distortion free amps. And this seem to be it. I can here som mudyness being added from my external amp RS02 feed from my hugo 2 dac compared to listening direct from hugo 2. Of course my RS02 adds other good stuff like wider soundstage more powerfullsound and deeper bass. Maybe this will be cleaner.

 

[omniweltall]

Dare I ask if the wife lasted longer than the loan?

She is still here, mate

 

[alpovs]

The drop ended.

 

[MacMan31]

The drop ended.

That’s a good thing for me. I can’t afford it right now. Perhaps I’ll wait until March and get it for my birthday.

 

[Povell42]

Under my transactions on the MD site it says shipping December 25, but the email confirmation says December 26. FWIW, my last couple of MD orders on items in stock shipped a day or so earlier than stated, which may be a pessimistic estimate to give them some protection from impatient customers. But then again, it is Christmas.

Okay, so they shipped today. However, I may be going out of town right after Christmas, so with the threat that were going to ship on Christmas day... I change the shipping speed to 4 business days so they would arrive after I got back. But now they are estimated to arrive at my house the day after Christmas. I wonder if the 2 business day shipping would have had them arrive on Christmas Eve. What a mess. Dang, estimated shipping dates! HAHA.

 

[torii]

I ordered and paid for expedited shipping...they mailed yesterday night and suppose to arrive before 8pm tonight. also the drop is over now.

 

[Povell42]

I am very curious how the Schiit Freya or Saga preamps sound with the 789. I have heard mixed reviews of those, but with such a transparent amp like the 789.... Anyone have these to test and give impressions?

 

[Povell42]

I ordered and paid for expedited shipping...they mailed yesterday night and suppose to arrive before 8pm tonight. also the drop is over now.

Holy Crap! I am so glad I bought them last night or I would have been pissed having the drop close today. I also wish I kept the $15 shipping and not change it to $5 shipping.

 

[devante1977]

I ordered and paid for expedited shipping...they mailed yesterday night and suppose to arrive before 8pm tonight. also the drop is over now.

Expedited shipping is not next day air. No way they would ship something in less than 24 hours for 15 dollars

 

[torii]

Expedited shipping is not next day air. No way they would ship something in less than 24 hours for 15 dollars

I dont make crap up. just saying what fedex says..."Service FedEx Standard Overnight"

 

[devante1977]

I dont make **** up. just saying what fedex says..."Service FedEx Standard Overnight"

I didn't say you did. I was clarifying what Fed Ex means by expedited vs actual next day delivery and setting a realistic expectation.

 

[torii]

ok...maybe fedex off...just relaying the info I have available.