[squee116]

The Massdrop product does not contain a dac section.

THX engineers have been answering Questions bon the Monoprice site. So I figure they're deeply involved with the design of the Monoprice products. AKM certainly wouldn't be.

Maybe the THX modules don't play nice with the D/A chips. Maybe there's feedback or some other technical hurdle.

Every manufacturer has been dragging arse on these new products and THX is the common denominator.

Do you have evidence contradicting anything in the statement made by Monoprice regarding the reasons for its delays? It really sounds like a person projecting blame onto a company without much, if any, evidence.

 

[unmaker]

ETA reversed to 11/5/2018?

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=120&cp_id=12008&cs_id=1200801&p_id=24459&seq=1&format=2

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=120&cp_id=12008&cs_id=1200801&p_id=24460&seq=1&format=2

 

[Packdemon]

ETA reversed to 11/5/2018?

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=120&cp_id=12008&cs_id=1200801&p_id=24459&seq=1&format=2

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=120&cp_id=12008&cs_id=1200801&p_id=24460&seq=1&format=2

Interesting. Does anyone know when Massdrop ships out their first batch of THX amps?

 

[Zachik]

Interesting. Does anyone know when Massdrop ships out their first batch of THX amps?

Last week. Some people already received them!

 

[unmaker]

Yup and it measures well

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...easurements-of-massdrop-thx-aaa-789-amp.5001/

 

[Allanmarcus]

I wanna know how the Dirac sounds.

 

[Packdemon]

Yup and it measures well

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...easurements-of-massdrop-thx-aaa-789-amp.5001/

It has 1 ohm of output impedance? Isn't it supposed to be < 0.1ohm?

 

[unmaker]

It has 1 ohm of output impedance?

Here is Andrew Mason's response to amirm's 1 ohm measurement for the THX AAA 789 amp:

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...sdrop-thx-aaa-789-amp.5001/page-7#post-112221

 

[unmaker]

Still not up for sale despite today being November 5th. And the portable version has been pushed back to 12/12.

Monoprice please

 

[jsmiller58]

Still not up for sale despite today being November 5th. And the portable version has been pushed back to 12/12.

Monoprice please

Yeah, the documented availability on their website has been all over the place. Let's hope they did a better job designing and building it

 

[unmaker]

Yeah, the documented availability on their website has been all over the place. Let's hope they did a better job designing and building it

I hope so too. I'm confident that it will given how well the Massdrop THX Amp performs:

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...easurements-of-massdrop-thx-aaa-789-amp.5001/

Andrew Mason was also involved with this amp/dac so I'm expecting the same level of performance.

 

[jsmiller58]

I hope so too. I'm confident that it will given how well the Massdrop THX Amp performs:

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...easurements-of-massdrop-thx-aaa-789-amp.5001/

Andrew Mason was also involved with this amp/dac so I'm expecting the same level of performance.

That is my hope as well...

 

[jsmiller58]

Still not up for sale despite today being November 5th. And the portable version has been pushed back to 12/12.

Monoprice please

I just got a notice that the portable is now for sale and available... I checked the website and it is, while the desktop version is not...

A12/12 product available on 11/5. A 11/5 product not available on 11/5. All of this follows last week’s dates which appear to have been posted by a random date generator...

Monoprice is all over the map. This is nuts.

 

[Packdemon]

My own expectations are extremely high. I was at the CanJam SoCal earlier this year, and the Monoprice representative said they'd improved upon the design, and theirs should be better than the other versions on the market. I can't remember his answer, but I do remember asking how that was possible as I thought that they weren't aloud to change the design (as it belong to THX). They sounded pretty confident, so I'm not going to hold back on any critism once the specs and the product finally come out. I canceled my own order of Massdrop's THX amp (because this seemed like more complete package), so I'm banking on this to be good.

 

[unmaker]

I just got a notice that the portable is now for sale and available... I checked the website and it is.

Monoprice is all over the map. This is nuts.

Wow you're right! Hopefully the desktop is just around the corner. I don't know if I should get both as I'm primarily interested in the desktop version