Got my EL-D01 today. Open the package, the item is blue. I check the auction I closed, it clearly states black in the description and says you get what is pictured (4 pictures of a black DAC). Ok, I can live with blue who cares. I turn it over, big scratch across an entire corner. Whatever, I bought it for it's function not it's looks. Plug it in. Left comes out of right, right comes out of left. I contact the seller, slightly annoyed, and explain all of the problems. They told me they would send a new one (no confirmation of shipment yet) so we'll see. In the meantime I've had to make an IC specifically for this DAC with goofy footed connections. Now that it's playing and I'm not thinking about the fact that I waited 3 weeks to get frustrated, had to build a new cable, and had to wear my headphones backwards to demo it until I could build the cable at home, I like the sound. Very clean, nice sound. If it's better than audio creation mode on my x-fi titanium it's not by much, but it's definitely better than my phone. Happy to have something I can carry, connect to anything and have great sound. Especially look forward to having a phone with OTG usb support in Feb.