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Boards arrived here in Florida. Thank you Tran. I am truly appreciative of your efforts.

No, that would seem a less than prudent purchase. That said, have to admire the tenacity of the seller or lament the gullibility of the perspective clients.

Here is the promised schematic: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Schematic-Pleiades-Electra-Tubes-Only-No-Other-Components-Headphone-Amplifier-/231034522177?pt=US_Pro_Audio_Amplifiers&hash=item35cabb0a41&_uhb=1 For sale of course....

On the bright side, postage is included! Such value....

The main problem with Heineken is that they pasteurize the crap out of the product for international shipment. A brewery fresh glass is a whole different ball game. Of course, everything seems to taste better in Amsterdam....

Does anyone really care

Hmmm, intriguing. If this is so, then what indeed would be the point of moving up? I suppose then question remains, is the difference enough to justify the expense?

I haven't had a mouser order pull and ship in the same day since the end of last year. My last two orders had a one day and two day pull/ship delay respectively. Granted, these were small orders, but still surprising they took that long to process. I did use the flat rate shipping option as I was not in a big hurry. Think that might have pushed it back in the queue?

Yes, I purchased the 105. I found the digital input section attractive as it opens up the DAC to numerous external transport solutions.

So, not sure about ya'all, but color me impressed. So far, it has played all the shiny disks I have thrown at it with great effect. This as well as accommodating the optical out of my squeezebox for Internet radio and the HDMI output of my appleTV for streaming audio from my computers and IOS devices. Again, all to great effect. I personally like the sound quite a bit, even at this early stage of getting aquainted. With the right amp/speaker combo, this unit can certainly act as both source and pre-amp. Sort of like a nice all-in-one combo. A least, that is how I am currently employing it. Source => Amp => Speaker. Looking forward to using it to access a NAS as a dedicated music server. If that works as I would hope, then I think I will be quite happy with the purchase, at least for the price/value ratio, which, seems quite high at the moment. Note, I have yet to try out any of the video or surround capabilities. Also have not plugged any headphones into it either.

For those that have one, does the 105 feature digital attenuation of the volume? Mine won't arrive until Wednesday and I cannot locate any decent documentation to indicate one way or the other.

FETAudio is legit. I've bought from Spencer on a couple occasions. Great communication and fast shipping (well, at least as fast as it can come from Hong Kong). The parts appear to be exactly as they are advertised. You can get additional references over on DIYAudio. Lot's of threads on the topic. Spencer posts there as well, however, PM's or the sales link (hotmail account) on FETAudio work best for getting ahold of him.

Hmmm. Last I recall, those firmware updates were at no additional cost. Potentially, a most interesting prospect....

Regardless of the rationale behind the apparent nod to Oppo, be it for quality, flexibilty and/or price, a welcome confirmation of value. More importantly, did he provide information on that most intriguing single driver, open baffle speaker rig? Now THAT looks intriguing!

Anyone had any experience with BK Precision scopes? (Positive or negative) The 2542B-GEN model currently is very attractive as it has a built in signal generator. That said, a similar Rigol with a Rigol standalone signal generator is comparably priced or even slightly cheaper. Might even be able to bump to 200MHz-2G/s for a few dollars more. Or just say screw them both and save up for a Tek?