I am not sure of the timing of each stage and that can change based on the model and other factors, but the total time takes 6-8 weeks. Zach and team just sold a bunch of stabilized sets so those would be ahead of yours but they should have been in the later stages to take pics of them. Well worth the wait. The key is to not think about them too much. I think the wait makes them more special. Amazon has spoiled us with this same day/next day delivery concept but finer things take time and you will cherish it.
That is so true, I find myself just keep wandering in their website as well as here for pictures and reviews given I know it will take 6 - 12 weeks... Need to focus on somewhere else lol
Lol same, it’s such a worthwhile wait that I am constantly excited just seeing everyone else’s VC knowing that one day mind will ship out.
Those emails are not exact, and pretty random, honestly. I had a headphone move from sanding to shipping with no emails in between, and another headphone shipped and a few days later I got an email saying sanding was complete haha. A better way to look at it is total time from order to shipping. My orders average about 8-12 weeks normally. Each headphone is unique though so that's only a guideline. Could take longer or less time, only time will tell
Thank you, will try to forget about it and one day it suddenly delivered would be such a happy surpriseThose emails are not exact, and pretty random, honestly. I had a headphone move from sanding to shipping with no emails in between, and another headphone shipped and a few days later I got an email saying sanding was complete haha. A better way to look at it is total time from order to shipping. My orders average about 8-12 weeks normally. Each headphone is unique though so that's only a guideline. Could take longer or less time, only time will tell
I had ordered the vc ltd olive's back on 4/10. Hopefully, it will ship in the next few weeks so I can let you know how it sounds paired with the pegasus. I am thoroughly enjoying the pegasus. But to be fair, I only have experience with one other dac, the very linear Topping D90. The D90 is like a detail retrieval expert but very two dimensional. I don't think the Pegasus is far behind in detail retrieval and the Pegasus has a more spacious r2r sound. I've heard that the denafrips ares II is a good choice as well, if you're looking for that r2r sound, but I have also heard that the detail retrieval is lacking in the Ares. There were someone on the headphones forum who had said that "The integrated sound on my motherboard was more resolving". Some really good info in the musician pegasus thread if you're interested.
I bought the Ares and Soekris 1421 at the same time and found the Ares definitely lacking in details. It was the warmer of the two, but not quite as warm as the Drop Airist and at least more detailed than that. I quickly sold it and didn't get all the praise, though it does measure well. The 1421 was up there with the Chord Hugo 2 in terms of detail. With the 1421 I quickly noticed some aspects of songs which were very distinct, such as acoustic guitar, sounded smushed into the center and was almost totally lost. It made me wonder what else I was missing from my music with the Ares. The amp on it isn't terrible either, but is on the dry/analytical side, but the Ares doesn't even have an amp so it can't be used as an all in one.
The hum with the Pendant is really only audible on the High Z (at least with the Pendant SE) but tubes could help alleviate the hum on the High Z, currently what I’m trying to eliminate with tube rolling while still keeping the sound profile I like.
The Kenzie line of amps from Ampsandsound are much quieter than the Pendant/Mogwai series, and pair wonderfully with ZMF (especially the VC and Auteur). My Kenzie Ovation is dead quiet even on the 300ohm tap with the VC.
Are we talking hum with NOS tubes, hum with new production tubes, or just hum in general w/ or w/o tubes?
In my youthy-youth, I used to wonder how we acquired such interesting and arcane bits of knowledge.
Amen brother!
