What have you purchased recently?

My bro and sis bought me these for my birthday UwU (not my birthday today). My other bluetooth buds got in the washing machine and they are dead so I needed new ones. And the assassins creed ezio trilogy, essentially the three best games in the series imo

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That is really nice, congratulations.
When I do decide to upgrade to next level that is where I plan to go, That will probably be my end-game.

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My new mobile headphone amplifier.
Hard to give it back at this price.
Does a lot of things right, even drives the Aeon R/T with ease.
At first I am satisfied.
Unfortunately there is nothing included for Apple devices, but that’s me complaining at a high level.



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I just purchased a Matrix X-SPDIF 2. I am going to attempt to use it with my Shanling EM5 USB slot (not designed as a USB out, yet it does just that). If for some reason it doesn’t want to work, I can always bring it upstairs to my PC Rig chain (2541 > V281). Hopefully Moon Audio doesn’t take forever to ship it out (they have a bad track record of this).

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If for whatever reason they give you issues let me know, i have a spare that i would be willing to part with for less than what you spent total. Congratulations, it works well and has never given me an issue

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how did you happen to choose this one? I’ve been cycling through the Matrix, SU6, SU2-kte, and Gustard U18 for maybe 2 months now. I’ve found very few reviews or threads where people compare the performance of these units. The Gustard appears to be the latest and greatest, the Matrix the value play, the SU2 is the oldest but perhaps highest quality, and SU6 has more flexibility.

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I’ve been thinking about getting the U18 the next time it’s on sale for $450. Gustard seems to be able to do power isolation pretty well in what I’ve tried from them and that seems pretty important for a DDC. From what I’ve been able to find online, the U18 seems to be one of the best all around DDCs under $1000 for pure accuracy and it’s got a decent enough feature set like adjustable I2S settings. As much as I’d like to dump some serious money into a nicer DDC, at $450, the U18 is pretty tempting and even though I hate measurements, in a DDC I feel like there’s some value in them and the U18 is pretty impressive from that side.

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Nectar Hive electrostats.

https://nectarsound.net/

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They got the naming spot on there.

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Awesome design and name but after getting stung by a bee recently I’m not a fan lol

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The face after youre stung by a bee.

349_2

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I chose that one because it looks like the smallest option between the SU-2. My desk is already full of gear, so I wanted something sleek and compact.

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Got a Lotoo PAW S1 for a good deal used because I missed that super black background of the PAW 6000. Thing is dead silent with pre-2020 Andros. Also thought it was pretty cool they added a line out mode with the latest firmware.

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These just arrived:


They sound pretty good but the cable is absolutely horrible.

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Iron Annie Bauhaus Edition (2162-3)


Mechanical Watch, because changing a battery every so many years is hard.

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Thanks @DDT . Only 1 song in on a little questyle dongle and I can tell these are special.

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Very nice and clean looking.

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Very nice, i like the look. Congratulations :balloon::tada:

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Matrix X-SPDIF 2 arrived. It works with my EM5 aux USB port, which is great. Also, the Pontus II sounds best through I2s. AES is a close 2nd. Already very happy with my purchase.

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Just arrived today. While the thing sounds gorgeous, ̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶d̶v̶e̶r̶t̶i̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶(̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶i̶c̶t̶u̶r̶e̶s̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶v̶i̶d̶e̶d̶)̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶i̶l̶v̶e̶r̶. As ridiculous as it sounds, I’m tempted to create a WTT just to get this one in black. Maybe, much like the tubes themselves, I’ll eventually warm up to the color lmao.

Okay, I’m dumb. I found the old post again and it’s silver, but the lighting is really dark. My bad. Still holds that I probably still want a black ver., haha.

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