May 22, 200917 yr comment_237113 What is the Apache revision C? Internals updated to the latest spec of the tomahawk. Report
May 22, 200917 yr comment_237137 Internals updated to the latest spec of the tomahawk. Also updated to latest MilSpec fingernail polish, red. Report
May 22, 200917 yr comment_237158 Internals updated to the latest spec of the tomahawk. Two Tomahawks, it's balanced. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238606 Emmeline "The Shadow" - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Not going to offer much competition for Slim. Report
May 28, 200917 yr Author comment_238608 Sure it will. Just wait til you hear the synergy after 800 hours of burn in. It's better than the apache. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238618 Just like the Predator DAC sounded better than the Meridan CDP in the blind test Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238659 That's a totally new design from Ray... Just like the Predator DAC sounded better than the Meridan CDP in the blind test Given just how crappy Meridan CDP's are, I'm not surprised. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238679 Emmeline "The Shadow" - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Not going to offer much competition for Slim. Unfortunately it will. I'm sure that Ray announced this product even earlier than usual to keep the RSA faithful from buying the Slim, just like he did with the Predator. He seems to be falling further behind though. Sure it will. Just wait til you hear the synergy after 800 hours of burn in. It's better than the apache. Yep. It's a fact of business that, all other things being equal, the best shilled marketed product, rather than the best product, wins. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238683 Or by falling behind, you mean lagging at the starting line, so when the others come back around he can profess to be in the lead again. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238689 Well, I can take comfort in knowing that there is nothing that has more than 255 steps and 0.5dB steps (undetectable by the human ear). No hiss with ES3X, so good to go there. And it won't blow up if you plug in the USB "charger" and a USB DAC at the same time. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238692 Justin, when I decide that I'm in the market for this kind of amp, have no doubt about which I'll buy. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238698 Why was it posted by RaYSaMueLsSoN instead of regular Ray Samuels? Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238722 It could stay smaller if he shellacked the whole thing in some sort of heat-conductive coating...like fingernail polish (is fingernail polish a heat conductor or an insulator?). Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238744 It could stay smaller if he shellacked the whole thing in some sort of heat-conductive coating...like fingernail polish (is fingernail polish a heat conductor or an insulator?). Its an insulator, I'm sure it will conduct heat some but not electricity very well at all. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238749 what if it's the really bright metallic kind? Dunno, I only know that some people have used clear nail polish to glue on components to copper traces for DIY work. I'm not sure about the metallic stuff, but there is electrically conductive paint that you can use to paint or repair traces though. Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238784 The volume knob on ray's new piece of crap is an alps SLLB5 http://www3.alps.com/WebObjects/catalog.woa/E/PDF/Switch/MultiControl/SLLB5/SLLB5.PDF I'm virtually 100% sure now that the digital potentiomenter chip is a dallas semiconductor (as in maxim) ds-1802 http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS1802.pdf One of the 8 pin chips is a rail splitter and the other is a 3 volt capable opamp. Which means once again.... flea power output. OR lots of clipping... No usb charging chip. Guaranteed ground loop when using the computer to simultaneously power the amp and the sound card as the source. Yep, typical ray... better than some of his stuff, but overall a D- Did not even need my new (and currently broken) 4k x 4k Xray machine... Getting a rotating anode machine in about 1 year (50Kv at 1 AMP!) Won't even have to take the circuit board out of the case... Edited May 28, 200917 yr by kevin gilmore Report
May 28, 200917 yr comment_238813 Getting a rotating anode machine ... Won't even have to take the circuit board out of the case...Awesome. Report
May 29, 200917 yr comment_238880 Given just how crappy Meridan CDP's are, I'm not surprised. cough 508.24 cough Report
May 29, 200917 yr comment_238945 Superman glasses The superman glasses are at the beam line at argon national labs.(synchrotron) Which i have access too. But if i pulled a stunt like this on the beam line i surely would get my ass thrown in jail for a long time. This is the 2.5kw version Rigaku Americas -- Products -- Generators -- FR-E+ SuperBright The 50kw version is much more fun. Report
May 29, 200917 yr comment_238993 cough 508.24 cough It's better then the G08 but not by much. It was a bit shocking when I hooked up the Sony DAS-R1 for the first time and heard just how much better it was compared to the G08. Sure, the Meridian had a bit more extension but it made an utter mess of the rest. 1987 tech FTW! Report
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