[Armaegis]

Hey Nathan, Would you like my Hegel in your dac review?

Haha, sure why not. I'm hoping to do some listening crunch next week.

 

[Armaegis]

Hey guys, if anyone is interested in Wolf Ear amps (I reviewed the Mayoki a couple months ago), I can get a stupidly good deal on their Kitoki: https://www.wolfearaudio.ca/products/kitoki?variant=24058632641
Great if anyone has high efficiency speakers. Shoot me a message if interested.

 

[-iKa-]

Thought this was quite interesting, it's a chifi Goldmund Telos HA-2 Clone: https://world.taobao.com/item/52471...000&pvid=573708e7-4713-4b54-9403-21ac1f88cae1

I find it quite fascinating that they managed to achieve the quality of a 11,000USD amp with just 600CAD though

 

[Armaegis]

You'll have to colour me skeptical over that. First of all, a clone is no guarantee of quality. It's a huge assumption that they even managed to copy the circuit (and in the likelihood that they couldn't get it, they'd just shove in a different one), and the parts quality is likely to be lower. Furthermore, Goldmund is notorious for re-badging existing products/OEM modules with a nice sticker or chassis plate on top and multiplying price by ten.

Yeah the clone price is cheap, but I wouldn't be under any illusions that I'd be getting a 11k product. Beyond that, for me I still don't like giving my money to outfits that make their living ripping off other people's designs. Things cost money because it took experience, R&D, prototying, servicing, etc, to create it. I'd sooner buy authentic products on the used market and at least support the local economy that way.

 

[-iKa-]

Goldmund is notorious for re-badging existing products/OEM modules with a nice sticker or chassis plate on top and multiplying price by ten.

Thanks for pointing this out! I actually had no idea that Goldmund did that. And this isn't really an exact clone per se. It's completely lacking the DAC module, which I assume is actually a major section of the THA-2 if I remember correctly.

 

[Armaegis]

Good price for a power distributor if anyone needs something more rugged than a typical power bar:
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-pro-audio-re...er/1272088592?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

 

[Armaegis]

Okay, so we should pick another day for a meet. I'm willing to host at my place in Fort Richmond; probably make it a bbq like last year.
If we're aiming for Sundays, my next few are unavailable which takes us into July. Potential conflicts though...
July 2 - Canada day long weekend
July 9 - folk fest
July 16 - ??
July 23 - Fringe festival

I am not currently planning anything on those days, so what works best for you guys?

 

[Velomane]

July 16 or 23 work best for me. The 9th is a maybe.

 

[-iKa-]

Any of those days are fine for me afaik.

 

[rifi]

All but Canada day weekend for me. Thank Armaegis!

 

[Armaegis]

I'm leaning towards July 16th myself.

 

[Energeezer]

I'm leaning towards July 16th myself.

Works for me

 

[rifi]

FYI if anyone is interested, there is a Little Dot MKII in Brandon for 150$ (on CAM) listed as a 9 for condition and one new set of upgrade tubes.

 

[Leftbehind]

I'm available July 2nd and 23rd. Since the redesign I haven't been using this site too much. I did really appreciate it when you tagged everyone by name to let them know a meet was coming up, the email made it really helpful.
The 16th is possible for me if it's in the later afternoon/ evening.

 

[Armaegis]

Ok, let's see if the notification system works for poking people... otherwise I'll send out individual pms to everybody.

Next meet planned for Sunday July 16th
time: mid/late afternoon-ish?
location: Fort Richmond (backyard bbq) - not posting my address publicly, but if you don't have it then send me a pm


edit: wow these are the only ones that seem to activate on the forum... hope this works:
@SennheiserMiser @rifi
@ecwl @Leftbehind @-iKa- @AdamAtAdvance @Nexolek
@Awah @orkney @dahan @aqsw
@Tuco1965 @bearFNF
@devouringone3 @Viper2005 @Velomane
@tacgunner1 @q2klepto @cocopro
@Borbafett @Energeezer


edit 2: these are the names where the mention doesn't seem to work... so I will have to message these folks individually later assuming their profiles are working
acidbasement; ajm; headcred; mythless; lwc726; cyberidd;
trapper32; theblackfox; pincher; hotaudio40; sckeith; JFroese; deeplogic;
Vault101; SVC52; Ckaz; yoyea; panda-R;
DigitalFreak; bvan37; Greyowl; DocTavia; PhrozenLife; ElmerK; gnuZ; JasonLam;
dscythe; sunjigglet; howlndog; fantus; Kevorkazito; Docks;
mechamits; n9eryeah; cannednoob; ThickGlasses;
dakki12345; JayMitch; ashmeet908; drambit; Beefy
amtasd; dockie7; ddeitz