ok so i bought this from SHENZHEN AUDIO off Amazon. But when i saw how long it would take to get to me i cancelled the order. Shenzhen emailed me and offered DHL shipping which would take 5-7 working days. i said yes and now its in california on its way to me. So not sure whats going on there
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Itâs as good as the 789, available soon-ish, and cheaper. Why wouldnât people cancel their Drop orders?
I did the same, bought it off a seller on Lazada (local online shopping giant), and Iâll have it by the 23rd. Iâll end up paying about 250 USD or so for it, so I saved myself 200 dollars or so, at least.
Massdrop is finally getting their comeuppance. They make people wait months then push it back again. WTH? I guess theyâre allergic to making money. You make someone wait that long and something better is bound to come along.
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They are just passing on lead times, for most of the stuff they donât maintain stock, minimizes their financial exposure, they are at least mostly honest about it.
I buy a fair amount from Massdrop, I donât generally buy stuff from Massdrop I want now.
They do have the slowest shipping I have ever encountered.
I alwways find it funny when I get something I ordered from China in 3 days and my Massdrop order takes 9 days to travel from the East Coast.
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MassDrop is Painful for shipping. They are in New Jersey and I am in Nova Scotia and it takes close on two weeks to reach me. I understand that they have to cross a border, but wow.
I can ship a package by Parcel Post (ground) to most of Quebec/Ontario and it takes about 3 business days.
Shane D
OCD people must do things the hard way. 
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But then just sell the case to others who are bothered lol. Turn a disorder into a developing business lol
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or just pay the $110 straight case and passthrough premium but loose a couple inches in space
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=39359
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well, I actually wouldnât buy it as thereâs no pre-out for speakers. 
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You could get something like the fostex PC-1e and have a pre out
Iâm taking that you plug the headphone out into this thing?
No, you plug the line out into it and now you have a volume control. Other options might be like the jbl nano patch +, schiit sys, jds labs ol switcher, etc
Do ANY of the THX amps have pre-outs? Last I checked the 789 and 887 only have plain ol line out with no volume control. Same with the 788 dac/amp
what line out? they donât have a line out other than for your headphone.
They have pass throughs on the back
oh right⌠but yeah, none of them can act as pre-amps.
Yes, I believe that is the case. So you would have to get a line level control/preamp
how is a pass through different from a pre-out?
pass through would still work for my powered speakers, right?
Well, a pass through just passes through the signal, and well actually a line out on most gear typically does the same thing, so really not much of a difference in this case. Typically line out is used for when a dac will be putting out a constant voltage.
If you controlled the volume either through your PC or a preamp before the thx, you could just max out your thx and control the volume with the PC or preamp, essentially making a pre out
Pick you brain for a minute? I want to use three amps coming out of one DAC. The DAC outputs SE and Balanced. The LCX will be run via XLRâs. These are the other two amps:
Can I just run an SE cable through the Vali 2 and use either amp? I donât want to be constantly changing cables or using a y-cable (which I am right now for running comparisons).
Thanks!
Shane D