New addition to the stable.
I made the decision to take advantage of the $600. price on the HiFiMan Arya Stealth, here pictured with the Meze 109 Pro. I think 2025 is going to be a really uneventful year so far as new purchases. I've also upgraded my Fiio BTR7 to the newly released BTR17 and I purchased the Earmen stack which consists of Amplifier, Linear PS, DAC & Streamer.
Dec 19, 2024
I wanted to shed some additional light on the abrupt closure. We were given the product by an authorized Asian distributor who OKed the drop, but on the first day the product was live I was made aware that the timing conflicted with the official U.S. distributor.
They've invested a significant amount of effort in bringing the product overseas to offer it to North America, and I didn't feel it was right to jump in and reap the benefits. Refunds should be processing for all members who joined the drop before it closed. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Good question. There was also a significant risk of orders not being fulfilled due to the conflict. The period between the drop end date and my previous post was me talking to the manufacturer/distributor to see if we could still deliver the units to the members who originally joined the drop. Unfortunately, the answer was no.
It sucks having a drop canceled. It would suck more if we let the drop run, had hundreds of members join, then have it turn out that we're unable to deliver. It was my call to nip this one in the bud before it potentially came to that point. If you have any additional questions, I'll try to answer the best I can.