Limited edition black and gold version of the Final Audio D8000 Pro. Only 200 will be available worldwide. Releases in November. Also available for pre-order on Headphones dot com
If we can have mods move all the posts related to this topic to the correct thread, it would be perfect =)
I’d love to jump in to the discussion
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Might I suggest ignoring and not engaging juliangst? Or maybe take it elsewhere. I may not speak for everyone but those of us subscribed to this thread for the sake of knowing about new products are probably uninterested in watching how this plays out.
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I agree that we should go back to talking about new releases.
This isn’t going anywhere
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If the desire to continue this discussion is there, it can be moved here
I gotta say, I am sort of interested in this! I don’t wish to crap all over @juliangst point of view, whether I agree or not. Just a thought. Now back to those rumors and new relerases!
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Done - Cheers
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If Samsung could only fix their broken SBC implementation or get over themselves and implement aptX 
Tempoptec Variations V6 DAP has some first impressions from Eric Lab and Jürgen from audioreviews and all what was said up until this point is heavy praise! Expected 270 bucks on Kickstarter for this bad boy
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xDuoo released a SPDIF / Toslink DAC with bass and treble tone control. Would like to see some measurements about the tone control. Expect the bass shelf to go too high up into the mids like on the Poke 2 I tried, unfortunately.
Some new BLON
and a DETHONRAY Pegasus SG1 bluetooth DAC/AMP. Wonder if it will have any app / EQ.
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That price isn’t too bad… Looks like a chonky boy, and I can’t help but to wonder about the lack of any kind of specs… No listing of which Bluetooth codecs it supports, or power ratings…
https://www.dethonray.com/pegasus-sg1-2/
Specifications：
| Input | Through Bluetooth |
|---|---|
| Output | 3.5 Single End/4.4 Balance |
| Bluetooth | SBC，MP3，AAC，APT-X , APTX-L，APTX-LL，APTX-HD，LDAC, etc |
| Frequency Response | 20Hz-20kHz |
| THD | 0.008% |
| SNR | 115db |
| Single End | 2.4V（32Ω） |
| Balanced | 2V（32Ω） |
| DAC Chip | ES9038Q2M |
| Chassis | CNC aluminum alloy |
| Dimensions | 118x 58 x 16（mm） |
| Weight | 186g |
| Battery Life | 3.5 Output：8.5 hours 4.4 Output：6 hours |
| Charging | 5V 2A/3.5 Hours |
| Battery | 4000 mAH |
Seems weird though. 2.4V SE and 2V Balanced? Less than 4V would be pretty weak for such a big boy. No mention about input via USB and the battery life is quite low too but you can change the “timbre with different firmware”.
I do hate when they put power ratings as volts rather then watts. Otherwise, I agree, it is weird that the “balanced” output would be less then the single ended. The fact that it’s not higher makes me think it’s another instance of putting the plug there without actually making it balanced.
Then the different run time wouldn’t make sense.
Well, for higher impedance things it is kind of okay-ish, still stupid though but for low impedance planar you really want to know the power output before the device runs out of current.
Guess later they will add more specs or L7 / ASR will provide some measurements.
They are up: Measurements of DETHONRAY SG1 BT DAC/HPAmp - L7Audiolab
Looks okay, with some quirks … I am digging the red color.
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Looks okay? Are we looking at different things? SINAD of 30, today standard is like 110+, and power output less than 20mW on both outputs.
This is the biggest piece of crap I have ever seen. Hope it is a defective unit or so…
- No USB DAC.
- 10 Ohm SE / 40 Ohm Balanced output impedance.
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True!
But I believe(hope) you are right on being a defective prototype. From some of the forums where it is starting to show up it get good word comparing it to other bluetooth dac/amp.
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