[itsborken]

It seems cancellations get his attention back on producing *something* for a short period of time. I asked for a refund on my paypal, a few shipped. Someone else did the same a few months later, same thing. Two order cancellations recently, now some more shipments.

Looks like someone has to step up and take one for the team to keep him quasi-focused.

 

[BushGuy]

Oddly enough, Chris aH1......I ordered my LE just after Xmas 2006 and it was built 4/12/07. A further personal "update" I was able purchase and received a beta Reference (w/22000uf cap) and was not surprised it was an excellent mating with Klipsch Images.......what REALLY surprised me is what it did with Alessandro Ms Pro - actual toe-tappin' ensued. Nothing boring with this mating

. The MS Pro really come alive now. Up to now I'd only considered them adjuncts to HP-2 (off-setting performance for specific tracks/recordings)....But, I'd never considered the MS Pro for portable use. Gotta give this a goood think

........and my orig. Reference order is still out there for fulfilling.

 

[srikeerthi]

Got my slimy hands on the package minutes ago. My Supermicro IV is here.

Ordered: 1 March 2007
Shipped: 14 March 2008
Received: 21 March 2008

 

[tk3]

Nice, can we see pictures?
I recall that he said on forums months ago that he was working upgrades from the Reference design in all his amps or something like that.
Would be interesting to see if the amps that are shipped now are better than the 4/11 ones.

 

[Jaw007]

Quote:

Originally Posted by srikeerthi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Got my slimy hands on the package minutes ago. My Supermicro IV is here. Ordered: 1 March 2007 Shipped: 14 March 2008 Received: 21 March 2008

Pic's,and impressions please?

 

[packetloss]

Quote:

Originally Posted by srikeerthi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Got my slimy hands on the package minutes ago. My Supermicro IV is here. Ordered: 1 March 2007 Shipped: 14 March 2008 Received: 21 March 2008

Wow, when I ordered my supermini IV a couple of years ago it took 3 or 4 months to come and I thought that was long!

He really needs to hire some help or something.

 

[DDW]

I don't see much new info here. And not much to get excited about in regards to getting amps. Just (maybe) another couple shipped in the last couple of months - "maybe" one received and no pics.....

.

 

[srikeerthi]

Yeah, I have received it. Sorry no pics yet. Been to busy to click pictures of it. Its still burning in.

I have listened to it for a while in between. I have no golden ears and the only other amp I have heard extensively is Xtra X1-pro. And this sounds much better than it. It been sucking up batteries too. Running on the third alkaline since i got it (total of about 30-35 hours till now).

 

[mrarroyo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by srikeerthi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, I have received it. Sorry no pics yet. Been to busy to click pictures of it. Its still burning in. I have listened to it for a while in between. I have no golden ears and the only other amp I have heard extensively is Xtra X1-pro. And this sounds much better than it. It been sucking up batteries too. Running on the third alkaline since i got it (total of about 30-35 hours till now).

The Supermicro IV should play for about 30 hours on a single alkaline battery. Wonder why yours is sucking up the batteries so fast?

 

[jamato8]

There must have been some changes. 12 hours or so on a battery?? That would be a different opamp used or combination, which seems odd. It would be nice to see a close-up of the board.

 

[fkclo]

This I would say "abnormal" - better to write back to Xin to confirm what he thinks should be the "normal" battery life. I cannot imagine Xin will produce a design that has only 10 hours per set of batteries. This is like going one big step backwards.

F. Lo

 

[fl00r]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrarroyo /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Supermicro IV should play for about 30 hours on a single alkaline battery. Wonder why yours is sucking up the batteries so fast?

Not to mention the Eneloops I use with my referene: they seem to last forever.

 

[fkclo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fl00r /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not to mention the Eneloop's I use with my referene: they seem to last forever.

My Reference last over 250 hours (probably much more) for one set of Eneloops for me.

F. Lo

 

[jamato8]

I love the eneloops. I use the AA's in my portable Monica II dac and they do make a difference and having that stored energy seeping away while they are stored is also a very nice plus.

 

[srikeerthi]

Hmm, I too would imagine that it would last more than 20 hours. Maybe its me, i've been burning it in on higher than average volumes, and one of the batteries was used a bit before I put em in the SMIV.

I'm not alarmed yet. I will wait for a week before making any conclusions.