The Deals Thread

Discussion in 'Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals' started by hellwhynot, Sep 30, 2015.

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    ^^ IME the parts and pieces used were cheap and not good quality. When I had the zy cable the stiffness of the plastic drove me nuts. I ended up selling it for a loss.
     
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    Schiit is selling black Valhalla 2, Bifrost & Jotunheim, atm.
     
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    I actually just came here to post this very same thing. I just happened to load up the website today and started scrolling through the products and finishes (like I do at least one a week) and about jumped out of my chair when the first product I clicked on (Jot) had black available. It was the absolute best kind of coincidence.

    You better believe I ordered the black Jotunheim immediately. I didn't need it but my Musette has two analogue outputs so it can hang out with my Lyr 2 and they can be buddies. :headbang:
     
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    Pretty good AliExpress coupons:

    https://slickdeals.net/f/9995772-aliexpress-new-customer-coupon-15-off-70-or-7-off-15

    From what I can see at aliexpress this could get you the Shanling M1 for 100 bucks if you choose the right seller. It's for new customers only so if you've ordered before use a different email. I just tried and the AENEW coupon worked to take $15 bucks off a $115 M1. Not sure that I'm going to actually pull the trigger or not but it works.

    Lots of other Audio possibilities one could purchase there as well. Expires 04/01
     
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    So they didn't fail? Just the aesthetics and ergonomics?
     
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    ^^ Yes.
     
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    I'll second @Ice-man 's opinion: I own a ZY Cables 4pin-XLR cable for my HD600, which really doesnt feel very good. The cable is strangely stiff, the mantle feels rough, it doesnt curl nicely but forces itself into these stiff loops. I actually cant just lay it on the table as once I relieve pressure it'll immediately curl up and at times get pulled from the table. So I always put it under my keyboard to secure it :D
    The Surf Cables 4pin XLR I own for my Z7 feel much better. The mantle is softer, they dont feel so stiff and stay in whatever shape you put them in. Of course they're also stupidly expensive in the eyes of someone who doesnt believe in cable sound, but just needed a 4pin XLR solution.
    Following from that I obviously dont have anything good or bad to say about the ZY cables sound. Its a freaking cable. It works. And it wasnt expensive. Perhaps you'd experience the most intensive eargasm with just this cable - depends on your inclination towards autosuggestion and audiophoolery really :D

    Anyway, if you're looking for ergonomics, keep looking: The ZY isnt recommendable in that regard.
     
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    Those look like multibit boards without the DAC or the analog stage. Weird.
     
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    Those are Bifrost AKM4399 boards and the Gungnir AKM4399 boards and Bifrost PS.
     
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    Yes, the seller has those analog boards available, but the link posted looks like it was the base Bifrost MB boards with power supply and spdif input only. Missing all the add-on/swappable boards.
     
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    Thanks! Got me a Jot and and Bifrost Multibit to try out!
     
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    I saw those and was also very confused. Very curious on the back story.
     
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    I'm not a big fan of this myself but it seems to be pretty popular - Sturgill Simpson's Metamodern Sounds in Country Music on vinyl for $11 shipped prime.

    http://a.co/1lPtIlY
     

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